Authorities described the student as a juvenile male but did not provide further identification or specifics pending an investigation

Wisconsin police shot and killed a student who officials say came to a local middle school with a gun. The student never got into the school, but as a precaution the entire district was put on a lockdown late Wednesday morning.

Students have since been reunited with their parents, some of whom waited up to five hours for their children to be dropped at a bus storage center in Mount Horeb, a village about 20 miles south-west of Madison, the state capital, according to WMTV 15 news.

No other students or staff were injured in the shooting, Josh Kaul, Wisconsin’s attorney general, said during a Wednesday news conference.

  • quindraco@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    15
    ·
    6 months ago

    Would you prefer the police wait for the kid to shoot someone first?

    So you’d prefer to be put in prison now, rather than having society wait for you to actually commit a crime?

    • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      edit-2
      6 months ago

      It’s a crime to carry a firearm without a carry permit in Wisconsin. It’s also a crime to bring a weapon to a school in most states.

      Edit: No, it’s not ok that the police shot the kid. I’m just saying there was a crime committed.

    • smackjack@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      6 months ago

      If someone is running towards your wife with a knife, are you going to wait for him to stab her before you shoot him?