Active shooter reported at business in Madison suburb
Source: Associated Press
Associated Press Associated PressSeptember 19, 2018
MIDDLETON, Wis. (AP) -- Police are responding to a report of an active shooter at a commercial building in a suburb of Madison, Wisconsin.
The State Journal reports that the Dane County dispatch center said shots were fired Wednesday morning at a building that houses Esker Software and WTS Paradigm in Middleton. Police and multiple ambulances have responded.
Dane County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Elise Schaffer confirmed there is an "active shooter situation." She says the office is assisting Middleton police. She provided no additional information.
A State Journal reporter on the scene said one woman was taken out of the building screaming, saying it was "a devastating loss" and was being held up by another person.
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mikeysnot
(4,757 posts)AllyCat
(16,189 posts)Just another day in NRA's America. No community is safe. None.
mikeysnot
(4,757 posts)HuskyOffset
(889 posts)I heard a bunch of sirens earlier, must have been this.
Javaman
(62,530 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,321 posts)The article now makes it sound like it was all at the WTS Paradigm software company.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)Three victims are hospitalized (1 critical, 2 serious) and one other person was treated and discharged. Middleton is right next to Madison WI, and there are lots of businesses in the area.
Shooter was an employee of the company where the shooting happened, which was a software company, WTS Paradigm.