Wisconsin Prom Shooting: 2 Students Shot, Suspect Killed

ANTIGO, WI — A person armed with a rifle opened fire outside the Antigo High School prom late Saturday night wounding two students before police fired back, critically wounding the gunman.

Langlade County Coroner Larry Shadick told The Associated Press that the attacker died shortly after 1 a.m. in the intensive care unit of a Wausau hospital. He said further details would have to come from police.

The shooter "showed up" and started firing outside the building where the dance was being held, about 150 miles north of Milwaukee, Eric Roller, Antigo's police chief, said in a statement. "Officers were in the parking lot patrolling the activities and heard the shots, and an officer immediately fired upon the shooter, stopping the threat. "All the people within the prom were eventually escorted from the school and are safe."

Authorities told WSAW two students suffered injuries that were not believed to be non-life threatening.

"The victim’s families have been notified. We believe the scene is secure and do not see a further threat to the community at this time," police said in a statement.

According to a report from WSAW, the suspected shooter was pronounced dead by the Langdale County Coroner Sunday morning. The body of the suspected shooter is being transported to the Fond du Lac County medical examiner's office.

The suspected shooter was identified as 18-year-old Jakob E. Wagner. WSAW reported he was a former student at the high school who graduated in 2015.

According to the WSAW report, because the shooting involved a police officer, the State Department of Justice is now leading the investigation because of a state law passed in 2014.

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