Posted on 09/19/2018 9:50:11 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Police and multiple ambulances were sent Wednesday morning to a Middleton office building on reports of an active shooter in the building, authorities reported.
The 911 Communications Center said at about 10:30 a.m. that the shooter was at 1850 Deming Way, which houses companies that include Esker Inc. and WTS Paradigm. State Journal reporter Dean Mosiman said from the scene said there were at least 40 police squad cars and ambulances from multiple jurisdictions outside the building.
Police have set up a perimeter around the building, Mosiman reported. More officers were continuing to arrive wearing bulletproof vests around 11 a.m. and FBI agents were on the scene.
The Middleton Police Department issued an alert at 11:15 a.m., advising people in buildings in the area to lock doors, stay inside and shelter in place until further notice.
People are being taken out of the building by police to the Hilton Garden Inn, 1801 Deming Way, which is on lockdown.
The perimeter has been expanded around the building, with police moving people away from the yellow police tape.
Mosiman said one woman was taken out of the building screaming, saying it was "a devastating loss." She was being held up by another person.
The Dane County Medical Examiner's Office said nobody from the office has been sent to the scene as of 11:10 a.m. The medical examiner is called in if there are fatalities.
Authorities were asking people to avoid the area.
Employees at another building close to the shooting site said they saw people running out of the building where the shooting was reported. Andrew King, an employee at TrafficCast, 1800 Deming Way, said he saw a man carrying a handgun inside the 1850 Deming Way building.
"I saw a dude walking with a gun inside the building," King said. "He was just walking with it, and I didn't see any shooting."
A hotel inside the police perimeter, the Marriot Residence Inn, had about 35 to 40 people milling about the entrance, but it wasn't known if the people had come from the building where the shooting took place.
I am out the door taking the dog to the Vet, but wanted to get this posted. If someone would be so kind as to add updates as they post them, it would be appreciated. Thanks!
This doesn’t look good. At work here, co-worker who knows someone down there already said there’s multiple casualties.
Priya Allu, a woman who works in the building where the shooting took place, spoke to her husband, Mukesh Allu, after getting out of the building.
“She said she heard sounds like hammers hitting something, but it was gunshots,” Allu said. “She believed people were hurt.”
And banning guns will change this?
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No idea what state. Curious. But......
Using Broadcastify, you can go to Middleton Police to listen to the scanner. For quick finding, hit the link with Alert.
Wisconsin....where Madison might be the capitol?
Middleton is a suburb of Madison, WI.
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Update: Four injured, no fatalities in Middleton workplace shooting
Did you even read the article? Wasn’t the fact that the author works for the Wisconsin State Journal enough of a clue for you?
Glad to hear that.
Likely a LIB gone wild.
Sounds like they have the suspect in custody, his clothes were cut off by EMS. Sounds like they are clearing the building now.
Aww, man, you could have used all that time to just look the location up yourself.
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