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Wisconsin police seek gunman as multiple injuries reported at spa | Wisconsin police seek gunman as multiple injuries reported at spa |
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Deputies searched Sunday for a shooter after multiple people were wounded when someone opened fire at a spa near a suburban Milwaukee shopping mall. | Deputies searched Sunday for a shooter after multiple people were wounded when someone opened fire at a spa near a suburban Milwaukee shopping mall. |
Brookfield police told WTMJ-AM the shooting happened about 11am Sunday at a spa across the street from the Brookfield Square Mall. The mall and a country club adjacent to the spa were locked down, local media reported. | Brookfield police told WTMJ-AM the shooting happened about 11am Sunday at a spa across the street from the Brookfield Square Mall. The mall and a country club adjacent to the spa were locked down, local media reported. |
Calls to police rang to the Waukesha County sheriff's department. A woman who answered the phone there said deputies were looking for an active shooter but did not provide any other information. | Calls to police rang to the Waukesha County sheriff's department. A woman who answered the phone there said deputies were looking for an active shooter but did not provide any other information. |
Milwaukee FBI spokesman Leonard Peace said its special weapons team, hostage negotiators and others were helping with the response. But he declined to say how many FBI personnel were involved or provide details on what had happened. | Milwaukee FBI spokesman Leonard Peace said its special weapons team, hostage negotiators and others were helping with the response. But he declined to say how many FBI personnel were involved or provide details on what had happened. |
Robert Schmidt, spokesman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said it had 10 agents participating. | Robert Schmidt, spokesman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said it had 10 agents participating. |
Beth Strohbusch, a spokeswoman for Froedtert Memorial Hospital, said four shooting victims were taken there, and three more were expected. She said none of the four already received were in critical condition. | Beth Strohbusch, a spokeswoman for Froedtert Memorial Hospital, said four shooting victims were taken there, and three more were expected. She said none of the four already received were in critical condition. |
WISN-TV reported police were asking people in the mall's parking lot to clear out, because they had set up operations there. | WISN-TV reported police were asking people in the mall's parking lot to clear out, because they had set up operations there. |
Tactical teams were on the scene, along with at least 20 fire, ambulance and police vehicles. A medical helicopter was on the ground. | Tactical teams were on the scene, along with at least 20 fire, ambulance and police vehicles. A medical helicopter was on the ground. |
The shooting took place at Azana Day Spa, a two-story, 9,000-square-foot (836-square-metre) building across from the mall in a middle- to upper-class community west of Milwaukee. | The shooting took place at Azana Day Spa, a two-story, 9,000-square-foot (836-square-metre) building across from the mall in a middle- to upper-class community west of Milwaukee. |
It was the second mass shooting in Wisconsin this year. Wade Michael Page, a 40-year-old Army veteran and white supremacist, killed six people and injured three others before fatally shooting himself on 5 August at a Sikh temple south of Milwaukee. | It was the second mass shooting in Wisconsin this year. Wade Michael Page, a 40-year-old Army veteran and white supremacist, killed six people and injured three others before fatally shooting himself on 5 August at a Sikh temple south of Milwaukee. |
The shooting at the mall took place less than a mile from where seven people were killed and four wounded on 12 March 2005, when a gunman opened fire at a Living Church of God service held at a hotel. | The shooting at the mall took place less than a mile from where seven people were killed and four wounded on 12 March 2005, when a gunman opened fire at a Living Church of God service held at a hotel. |
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