Apparently where shooter died. On street outside middle school in Mount Horeb, population 7,700. First-responders already had removed the shooter’s body. Police also immediately retrieved the shooter’s long gun .
Lockdown was immediate response to shots outside
MOUNT HOREB, Wis. – Police shot and killed a 14-year-old student who showed up with a rifle — and fired it — outside the Mount Horeb Middle School. The school was already in lockdown when police downed the shooter. No one inside was hurt. The incident began a little before 11:30 a.m. Authorities declined to release the shooter’s identity immediately. It was believed he was a student at a Mount Horeb school although not the middle school. The middle school has an enrollment of 450 students in third, fourth and fifth grades. The school is situated next to Mount Horeb High School, enrollment l 800, but separated by athletic fields. The armed student never got inside he middle school. Converging on the scene were dozens of police officers, many in body armor, and also armored vehicles and a med-evac helicopter as a precaution if needed. It was unknown how many shots brought down the armed student. Wisconsin’s attorney general, Josh Kahl, arrived quickly from the state capital in Madison 40 miles away. Kaul offered few details at a news briefing but said an investigation already was under way. Children were not released from the middle school until each could be interviewed and assessed for trauma. This process took most of the afternoon with parents waiting to be reunited. Parents all knew from cell calls from their children that they were safe.