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BREAKING NEWS: "Multiple victims" in Wausau area shooting rampag - WAOW - Newsline 9, Wausau News, Weather, Sports
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BREAKING NEWS: "Multiple victims" in Wausau area shooting rampage
Posted: Mar 22, 2017 12:24 PM CST
By Jordan Betts, Multimedia Journalist
WAUSAU (WAOW) - Gunshots rang out at three locations just outside of Wausau Wednesday afternoon, wounding "multiple victims," including a police officer, a spokesman for the Wausau Police Department said.
Capt. Todd Baeten, said gunshots were fired at Marathon Savings Bank, Tlusty, Kennedy and Dirks law office and the Aspen Street Apartments shortly after 1 p.m. near Wausau's south side.
The suspect in the shootings was holed up in Aspen apartments and police were communicating with him at about 5 p.m., the spokesman said. Eyewitnesses reported hearing gunshots about that time.
Rothschild Police Chief Jeremy Hunt said two people were wounded in the bank shooting. He said officers went to the bank about 12:30 p.m. for a "domestic situation" and were called back 30 minutes later to find two people hurt by gunshots.
The Wausau Police Department's Facebook page earlier reported two people were critically wounded but did not say where.
Baeten declined comment on the extent of the injuries at a late afternoon news conference.
DC Everest Schools were locked down as a precaution but that was lifted shortly after 4 p.m., except for two schools closest to the Aspen apartments, Those students were to be bused to another school about 5 p.m., Baeten said.
Aspirus Wausau Hospital also went into lockdown, blocking the public from getting inside, but it was also lifted by mid-afternoon.
Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Weston near the high school was to open it chapel for prayer from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. because of the shooting tragedy, worship administrator Tammy Hoyord said.
This is a developing story and stay with Newsline 9 for updates.
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