WEST SALEM, Wis. – Quarry workers found the bodies of three men at the quarry gate, all shot, when they showed up for work. The slayings had occurred overnight. The quarry workers called 911 at 4:57 a.m. Sheriff Jeff Wolf said the victims appeared to be in their 20s, two of Asian descent and one of white descent. His officers were trying to establish their identities, the sheriff said. He called the killings a “targeted act.” No suspects had been identified, he said. What happened? “We do not know the reason,” Wolf said. No vehicles left at the quarry, he said. He called the crime scene “very complicated.”. Deputies canvassed residents in the area for anything they noticed suspicious overnight: “We are getting a lot of information. It’s coming very fast.”
Romskog Quarry. The quarry is five mils up County Road M from the LaCrosse suburb of West Salem. It’s in heavily forested bluffs with scattered farms. The gate to the Romskog Quarry is in plain view just off the County Road M intersection with County Road S. Image: Steve Lunde