Student slain by police outside Wisconsin school

The police in Wisconsin shot and killed a student outside a middle school because they got a report that someone had a weapon. The state’s attorney general gave the first law enforcement briefing on the gunshots, which made children run away and caused local schools to be locked down for hours.

Officials in Mount Horeb had said earlier that a person with a gun was stopped outside the school and did not get inside. The State Attorney General, Josh Kaul, said in a meeting on Wednesday night that no one else was hurt and that they are still looking into the situation.

“This happened outside. ” He never got inside, he said.

Officials at the meeting said the student is a young boy, but they didn’t say how old he is or which school in Mount Horeb he goes to.

Kaul didn’t answer some questions about what happened after the police came, like if the student had a gun, what kind of gun it was, and if he tried to get into the school.

The police in Mount Horeb said that several officers fired their guns, but they didn’t say how many officers did. The officers were wearing body cameras.

The police stayed at the place where the incident happened for a long time. Students were kept inside the buildings for a while and then slowly allowed to go home to their families.

The scared children and their parents were very scared during the first event and while waiting to be together again. Parents said their kids were hiding in closets, scared to use their phones, and a middle schooler said his class ran out of the gym on roller skates.

The district used Facebook posts all day to give updates. The first update was at 11:30 am and said that all district schools were on lockdown. Officials in Mount Horeb said that someone who is accused of attacking someone else was hurt, and people saw and heard a lot of kids running away. They did not say how it happened.

School buses were still waiting outside the middle school for more than four hours. The middle school, the nearby high school, and the playing fields between them were surrounded by police tape.

“A search of the middle school didn’t find any more people who might be involved,” a message posted around noon stated. “Most importantly, no one was hurt except for the person who is accused of attacking others. ”

Before, the district said “the danger has been stopped outside the building” but didn’t explain what had happened at the school in Mount Horeb, which is 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of the state capital of Madison.

Jeanne Keller said she heard five gunshots while in her shop The Quilting Jeanne, which is close to the middle school campus.

“It sounded like pow-pow-pow-pow,” Keller said on the phone with The Associated Press. “I thought I heard fireworks. ” I went outside and saw the kids running around. I think I saw about 200 kids.

A student in middle school said that his class was in the gym practicing in-line skating when they heard gunshots.

Max Kelly, who is 12 years old, said that his teacher told the whole class to leave the school. He said they skated to a street, left their skates and ran to a nearby store and gas station and hid in a bathroom.

Kelly met his parents and sat on a hill with them on Wednesday afternoon. They were waiting for Kelly’s younger siblings to come out of their schools. He had socks on, but no shoes.

“I don’t think there’s anywhere that is safe anymore,” said his mother, 32-year-old Alison Kelly.

Mount Horeb police said they couldn’t give information right away after the incident. The Dane County Sheriff’s office told journalists to go to a specific area, but didn’t give any new information.

Worried parents waited at the bus station for their children for a long time. Kaul said police were worried about the possibility of a ongoing danger, but he didn’t give more information. He said that the investigators wanted to talk to the students as soon as they were with their parents. They didn’t want to wait for several days to have these conversations.

Shannon Hurd, 44, and her ex-husband, Nathian Hurd, 39, were in a car waiting for their 13-year-old son, Noah, who was still at the middle school which was on lockdown.

Shannon Hurd said she found out what happened when Noah texted her that he loved her. She said she almost tripped on the stairs at her job while rushing to get to the school.

“I only want my child,” she said. “They should be protected at school. ”

Stacy Smith, who is 42 years old, was at the bank on Wednesday when she saw police cars drive by. Then she got a text from the school district warning about a shooter.

At first, she couldn’t find her two kids – Abbi in junior high and Cole in seventh grade. At last, she got through to Abbi on the phone. Abbi said in a quiet voice that she was hiding in a closet and couldn’t talk. In the end, she found the children and learned that they were fine.

“She said she can’t believe it, but it’s not here. ” “You hear it all over, but not here. ”

Schools across the country are trying to find ways to stop mass shootings from happening inside their buildings. They are doing this by using things like better security, practicing what to do if there is a shooter, and using technology like digital maps to help keep students safe. Many people also depend on teachers and school leaders to find problems with students’ mental health early.

The school district’s leader, Steve Salerno, said that if the security upgrades hadn’t been made, the situation could have been much worse. He also mentioned that students told staff about seeing someone outside the building, but didn’t give any more details.

“It’s something you just have to go through. “