A Wisconsin school district said an active shooter was “neutralised” outside a middle school in Mount Horeb on Wednesday, and no one inside the building was injured.
Authorities said without giving details that the “alleged assailant” was harmed, and a witness said she had heard gunshots and seen children running.
Photos by the Wisconsin State Journal showed more than a dozen law enforcement vehicles including SWAT-style trucks near the school with their emergency lights flashing.
First responders surrounding a gurney on the sidewalk also were visible. The district said in several posts on Facebook beginning around 11.30am that students at all of the district’s schools were on lockdown and family members were told not to come to any schools.
”An initial search of the middle school has not yielded additional suspects,” a post around noon said.