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May 1 (UPI) -- Sounds of gunfire rang retired Wednesday greeting extracurricular Wisconsin's Mount Horeb Middle School, but constabulary "neutralized" nan shooter, nan Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, ABC News and PBS Wisconsin reported.
Multiple rule enforcement agencies responded to nan segment pinch SWAT-style trucks and engaged nan equipped individual extracurricular nan mediate schoolhouse building.
A witnesser told PBS Wisconsin she heard gunshots and saw children fleeing nan schoolhouse Wednesday morning.
Officials pinch nan Mount Horeb Area School District posted situational updates connected Facebook starting astatine 11:30 a.m. CDT and said only nan shooter was harmed.
No explanation of nan alleged shooter aliases nan person's information were announced.
The district's Facebook page was not moving Wednesday afternoon.
The schoolhouse and its students were connected lockdown by noon, and a hunt of nan mediate schoolhouse didn't find immoderate different suspects, schoolhouse officials said.
Armed officers continued operating nan schoolhouse grounds Wednesday afternoon.
Law enforcement units responding to nan segment included nan Dane County Sheriff's Department, nan Mount Horeb Police Department and nan Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms.
Mount Horeb is located astir 20 miles westbound of Madison and had a organization of 7,754 successful 2020, according to nan U.S. Census.
