Oopsy....

WKOW (Madison) is kind of, sort of admitting to making a mistake, but they are giving their excuses as to why they did.

The Allen Media station reported that a Wisconsin Department of Justice Agent shot a drug suspect and the station said that the same Agent also shot a person in Milwaukee back in 2002.

While the agent had the same name as the officer involved in the 2002 shooting, they were not the same person.

In correcting the story on their website, WKOW tried to make some excuses as to why they made the mistake:

“WKOW-TV incorrectly reported Monday Wagner was involved in a 2002 deadly, police shooting in Milwaukee. DOJ Spokesperson Gillian Drummond Tuesday said the Mark Wagner involved in the 2002 Milwaukee shooting was not the same Mark Wagner involved in the Wilson shooting.

WKOW-TV Reporter Tony Galli relied on independent sources close to the current investigation of Wilson's incident and other research to produce Monday's report, but our report was in error.

WKOW regrets the error.

Neither Drummond nor sheriff's officials have released any information on Wagner's tenure with the state justice department.”

The suspect that was shot was not armed according to investigators.