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Six dead after Wisconsin shooting Six dead after Wisconsin shooting
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Six people have been found dead and a child badly injured after a shooting incident at a house in south Wisconsin. Six people have been found dead and a child badly injured after a shooting at a house in south Wisconsin, in the US.
Police in the town of Delavan found the victims after responding to a call at 10.36pm on Saturday. Police in the town of Delavan found the victims after responding to a call late on Saturday night.
A child who had been shot in the chest was found in a car outside the house, a police spokeswoman said. The child was found shot in the chest in a car outside the house, a police spokeswoman said.
Delavan is 45 miles (70 km) south-west of Milwaukee. Police are withholding the identities of the dead until their families have been informed. Although police provided little further information, AFP news agency says they seem to be treating the incident as a possible case of murder-suicide.
A police spokeswoman said the Walworth County Swat team had attended the incident, which happened at 0336 GMT on Sunday, and had "entered the residence where six gunshot victims were found dead". During a brief press conference, police chief Tim O'Neill said that the injured child was a two-year-old girl.
"The Delavan Rescue Squad assessed all the victims. Six were confirmed dead and a seventh victim is currently in a critical condition at Rockford Memorial Hospital." She is in a serious condition at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison, he said.
Police are to hold a news conference later on Sunday morning. AP reports that a 19-year-old woman, Vanessa Iverson, was one of the victims of the shooting.
Her sister-in-law said a family with three children lived in the house, including a set of twins as well as the two-year-old girl.
Police set up a cordon around the property, in a residential area some 45 miles (70km) south-west of Milwaukee.
Neighbours, many of whom had believed that the sound of gunshots was children playing with fireworks, watched as the bodies were wheeled out on Sunday morning.