Oh No!! My son and family live in Brookfield.
If you hear details, please post them.
bbl
Beat me to it by 50 seconds...
Apparently gunman shot himself too- no word on whether he survived.
OMG
Please keep us informed
Bummer. :(
Does it seem odd to you all the high-profile shootings lately just as they are trying to reintroduce gun bills in the Senate?
8 people shot at Brookfield hotel
Journal Sentinel staff reports
Posted: March 12, 2005
Eight people have been shot at the Sheraton Hotel on Moorland Road off of I-94 in Brookfield, according to police dispatch reports this afternoon.
There is no word on the condition of those shot except that the shooter apparently is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Several ambulances and the medical examiner were called to the scene.
This story will be updated as reports come in.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/wauk/mar05/309035.asp
Hold everything Geraldo. No more time for anymore breathless reports on this one. We gotta pack and get up to Wisconsin!
Wow. I know this place well. They do a lot of conferences. I've been to probably 20 events here.
WTF? over?
Goodness, what's going on? Look like folk have gone bunkers and flipping out!
http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/5288840.html
Last update: March 12, 2005 at 2:42 PM
5 dead after shooting at Brookfield, Wis., hotel
Associated Pfress
March 13, 2005 BROOK0313
BROOKFIELD, Wis. - A shooting at a church function at the Sheraton hotel left five people — including the gunman — dead and sent several people to area hospitals Saturday afternoon, authorities said.
The gunman apparently shot and killed himself, said Brookfield Police Department Daniel Tushaus.
"There is nobody else being sought at this time as a suspect,'' he said.
Seven to eight people, ages from early teens to the 60s, were taken to hospital and were in serious condition, he said.
The shooting was reported to police at 12:51 p.m. Tushaus said it occurred during a regularly scheduled church service at the hotel.
Prayers for all who have to deal with the ramifications of this.
I wonder what underlying vice precipitated this mess?
The gun control freaks will be all over the news next week, Atlanta, this incident, and whatever else happens this weekend that they will use to try/cry for more gun control.
Believe like me, or die!
Wisconsin is a "no issue" state; consequently, the law-abiding cannot protect themselves in public.
oh, damn!
I get so angry myself, and often very caught up in the hype of things, like the goings on for the past 24 hours in Atlanta. All I wanted to hear was that the guy was caught and that it ended. I had to remind myself to think of the victims and the sorrow of the reality of what was the worst about the story.
But, now we learn of new families of the people who have died today at the hands of this gunman, oh how they must be suffering. I am trying very hard to keep it in perspective and focus on what great losses have occured. My heart goes out to them. I have felt tragedy in my own life, and I know the healing hurts and takes a long time. I pray for their peace and comfort.