Police shot and killed a student outside of Mount Horeb Middle School Wednesday after receiving a report of someone with a weapon, according to the Associated Press. Initial gunshots sent children fleeing and prompted an hourslong lockdown of local schools.
Authorities had previously said an active shooter who never got inside the building was “neutralized” outside Mount Horeb Middle School. State Attorney General Josh Kaul told reporters Wednesday evening no one else was harmed and that an investigation is ongoing.
Authorities described the student as a juvenile male but didn’t provide an age or indicate which of the Mount Horeb district’s schools he attended. They said multiple Mount Horeb officers, wearing body cameras, had fired weapons but they did not say how many.
Police remained on the scene hours afterward while students were kept locked down in buildings late into the afternoon before slowly being released to relatives.
