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- A personification described arsenic an progressive shooter was ‘neutralized’ extracurricular a mediate schoolhouse successful Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, according to nan district.
- Students successful each territory schools were placed connected lockdown, and families were instructed not to travel to nan schools.
- Mount Horeb is astir 25 miles westbound of Madison, Wisconsin's authorities capital.
A Wisconsin schoolhouse district said a personification it described arsenic an progressive shooter was extracurricular a mediate schoolhouse successful Mount Horeb connected Wednesday but nan threat was "neutralized" and nary 1 wrong nan building was injured.
There was nary contiguous study of immoderate shots fired though authorities said without giving specifications nan "alleged assailant" was harmed.
The territory said successful respective posts on Facebook opening astir 11:30 a.m. that students astatine each of nan district’s schools were connected lockdown and family members were told not to travel to immoderate schools.
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"An first hunt of nan mediate schoolhouse has not yielded further suspects," a station astir noon said. "As importantly, we person nary reports of individuals being harmed, pinch nan objection of nan alleged assailant."
A Wisconsin schoolhouse territory said a personification it described arsenic an progressive shooter was extracurricular a mediate schoolhouse successful Mount Horeb connected Wednesday. (Philipp von Ditfurth/picture confederation via Getty Images)
In an earlier post, nan territory said "the threat has been neutralized extracurricular of nan building."
The posts by nan territory did not supply immoderate specifications astir what had happened.
Police successful Mount Horeb said they could not instantly supply much information. A personification who answered nan telephone astatine nan schoolhouse territory agency declined comment.
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A typical for nan Dane County Sheriff's Office could not instantly beryllium reached.
The southwestern Wisconsin metropolis is astir 25 miles westbound of nan authorities superior of Madison.
The territory said successful Facebook posts that it was preparing buses to bring students from schools to a spot wherever families could reunite pinch their kids.
