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VIDEO REPORT: Hostage Situation near Mineral Point Leads to One Injury

Posted: Saturday, August 25, 2012 --- 8:00p.m.

A man is injured after holding his wife hostage in Iowa County.

Saturday afternoon, law enforcement agencies responded to Highway Q & QQ near Mineral Point.

The situation apparently started as as domestic dispute.

The sheriff's department says the man was holding his wife at gunpoint.

Law enforcement set up a perimeter around the home.

There were three people inside the home at the time and they later all walked out of the house. That's when there was a gunshot fired, the man shot himself.

He was taken by med flight to a hospital in Madison. No word on his condition.


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