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3 injured, 1 critically in Wisconsin school prom shooting Shooter injures 2 at Wisconsin school prom, dies in hospital
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At least three people have been injured, one of them critically, in a shooting incident at Antigo High School in northern Wisconsin, according to local officials. Local media say the school is currently on lockdown. The shooter, who injured two people at a prom in at Antigo High School in northern Wisconsin, has died in the hospital of wounds inflicted by police during his arrest.
The shooting was confirmed by the Langland County sheriff to WSAW News. The incident took place at around 11:00 p.m. local time (0400 GMT) at the end of the prom, with multiple gunshots heard in the school building.
The incident took place at around 11:00 p.m. local time (0400 GMT) at the end of the prom, BNO news reported. “A subject showed up with a rifle on the outside of the building started shooting, two students from the prom were shot as they exited the building,” the Antigo police said in a statement.
At least three people, have been injured in the shooting, and one of them is in critical condition, Lt. Jamie Lenzer of the Antigo Fire Department said, as cited by CNN. The attacker was “immediately” gunned down by the officers, who were assigned to provide the security at the event, it added.
According to reports, multiple gunshots were heard in the school building. The shooter and the two victims were taken to Aspirus Langlade Hospital, according to the statement.
Reports on social media said the school is currently on lockdown and the students are not being released until the area is secured. On Sunday, Antigo Police Chief, Eric Roller, described the injuries picked up by the students as non-lethal. However, the hospital is not commenting on their condition.
The emergency room director at Aspirus Langlade Hospital confirmed to WSAW News that the hospital treated three patients following the shooting. The school was on lockdown for several hours after the incident, with all students later evacuated to safety. 
Only parents are being allowed to the scene of the incident to reunite with their children, NewsChannel 7 reported, citing investigators. "We were able to escort them out of here safely and they’ve all been returned to their families," Roller said.
The suspect, who used a rifle in the attack, is currently in custody, the police chief said, as cited by the local media. According to the police chief, the relationship between the shooter and the victims was not immediately clear.
“Last Saturday night at the Antigo High School prom a subject showed up with a rifle on the outside of the building started shooting, two students from the prom were shot as they exited the building,” a statement from Chief Eric Roller said. It’s also yet to be established if the perpetrator was himself a student at Antigo High School, he added.
He added that the shooter is now in custody and that all people within the prom “were eventually escorted from the school and are safe.” The attacker died of his wounds in hospital early on Sunday, Langlade Co. Coroner Larry Shadick told NewsChannel 7.
Antigo is a town of about 8,000 people some 56 kilometers northeast of the city of Wausau in Wisconsin.