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Police have confirmed multiple reports of an active shooter at Esker Software in a commercial building at 1850 Deming Way in Middleton, Wisconsin. The report of the active shooting came in around 10:25 a.m. local time.
According to reports, the FBI, local police, multiple ambulances, and other law enforcement agencies are on the scene. Some tweets from the scene show “at least” 50 cop cars at the scene.
Nearby University Hospital has confirmed they are treating four victims from the shooting. There is no word on their condition.
The incident is near Madison College, causing a ‘shelter in place’ order for the West Campus.
Madison College released a statement on Twitter, saying “Middleton PD & Dane County Sheriff are responding to an active shooter in Middleton, north of the West Campus. There is no active threat on campus at this time. If at West, shelter in place & standby for updates. Avoid the area north of West Campus into Middleton.”
https://twitter.com/MadisonCollege/status/1042440514157592579
The Middleton Police Department sent out the following alert message about the incident:
This is an emergency message from the Middleton Police Department. There is an active shooter in the area please lock all doors stay inside and shelter in place. Police officers are on scene at this time.
Twitter user @m_e_grunde wrote: “some kind of shooting in Middleton WI just now, very close to my work place, a couple people shot, suspect is down”
https://twitter.com/m_e_grunder/status/1042438588569411590
Twitter user @Deweymad84 wrote “just had like 10 cops blow past me on Century Ave in Middleton.”
The reports of an active shooting in Middleton, Wisconsin, — about six miles north of Madison, Wisconsin — is the is just the latest in a string of lockdowns, bomb threats, and shootings that have plagued the United States.
