ANTIGO, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin police say an 18-year-old toting a rifle opened fire outside a high school prom, leaving two people injured.
Antigo Police Chief Eric Roller says in a statement that the shooter “showed up” Saturday night at Antigo High School and started firing at two people outside the building.
The Antigo School District says the suspect, identified by police as Jakob E. Wagner, shot at the two prom-goers as they left the dance, wounding one in the leg and grazing the other.
Roller says officers in a nearby parking lot heard gunshots, and an officer fired upon the shooter, “stopping the threat.” Wagner was fatally wounded.
Roller says everyone at the prom was eventually “escorted from the school and are safe.”
School officials say the officers “prevented what might have otherwise been a disaster of unimaginable proportions.”
Police were already stationed to patrol the parking lot at the high school dance in Antigo, a community about 150 miles north of Milwaukee.
The district said in a statement that Wagner had approached the school with a high-powered rifle and a large ammunition clip.
The district says it’s extremely grateful for the “well-rehearsed response” by police and district staff.
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