An 18-year-old gunman opened fire outside a high school prom in northern Wisconsin, wounding two students before a police officer who was in the parking lot fatally shot him, authorities said Sunday.
The attack happened late Saturday outside the Antigo high school prom, said Eric Roller, the chief of police in Antigo, a community of about 8,000 people roughly 150 miles north of Milwaukee.
Roller told reporters that the gunman shot the two students as they exited the building, though he didn’t say whether investigators believed they were specifically targeted, nor did he discuss a possible motive for the attack. One was wounded in the leg and a bullet grazed the other.
“Officers were in the parking lot patrolling the activities and heard the shots and an officer immediately fired upon the shooter, stopping the threat,” he said. He said the gunman was then taken into custody.
Antigo Police Department have identified him as Jakob Wagner - a former student at the high school who graduated last year.
A woman claiming to be his neighbour, Hannah LeVeqe, reacted to the news on Facebook: She said, "He lived a couple houses away from me. I have known Jakob for a long time and when I knew him, he was a very sweet boy. He could have been battling a personal battle that none of us may understand.. Now I am not rooting for him, I'm just saying we are all battling something no one else knows about and we make irrational decisions. I am sending prayers to all of the families involved and all of the people involved."
A supposed friend of his named Sierra Violetta also reacted to the news on social media and said, "I am sad to hear about this. I didn't know Jakob very well, but we talked a bit not too long ago. He was just telling me how he bought a new rifle, I didn't know he was going to do this. This just breaks my heart. Rest in Peace."
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