Gunman who hurt three in shooting at US software firm is killed by police
‘I’m running as fast as I can,’ a witness said after hearing shots at WTS Paradigm in Middleton, Wisconsin. ‘You just wonder, do you hide or do you run?’
A man who injured three people when he shot up a software company in a suburb of Madison, Wisconsin on Wednesday has been killed by police, authorities said.
The attacker had been critically hurt during the late-morning shooting at WTS Paradigm in Middleton, and later died, Middleton Police Chief Chuck Foulke said. Three other people were wounded during the attack, Foulke said.
City Administrator Mike Davis initially said four people were injured during the shooting in Middleton, about 90 miles (145 kilometres) west of Milwaukee. But he and Foulke said the correct number is three, not including the suspect.
Foulke said officers were alerted to an active shooter situation at about 10.25am Eastern Time (11.25pm Hong Kong Time). He did not release details about the suspect or how the attack unfolded. He said officers were still interviewing witnesses.
Judy Lahmers, a business analyst at WTS Paradigm, said she was working at her desk when she heard shots at about 10am. She said it sounded “like somebody was dropping boards on the ground, really loud”. Lahmers said she ran out of the building and hid behind a car. She said the building’s glass entrance door shattered.
“I’m not looking back, I’m running as fast as I can. You just wonder, do you hide or do you run?”