Shooting reported near Brookfield Square Mall (Wisconsin "mass casualty" situation)

WISN ^ | Sunday, October 21, 2012

[kristinn]

WISN 12 News has learned that a mass shooting has taken place near the Brookfield Square Mall.

WISN 12 News has been told that this is a "mass casualty" situation and that the scene is not secured.

Link to live coverage.

[PLMerite]

“Bald man shoots up hair salon”

Just wanted to get that out there.

[ColdOne]

1:41 p.m. Authorities have retracted an earlier statement, saying that the suspected shooter is not African-American, but is "ethnic with dark skin." http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/175145691.html

[DoughtyOne]

You asked, and here’s your answer Pappy smear.

This text was located down about 15 deep, give or take a few.

In 2005, a man killed seven people at a church service at a hotel near Brookfield Square.
by Amy Smith/Staff Writer 11:08 AM

http://scribblelive.mobi/Event/Breaking_News_Brookfield_Mall_Shooting?Theme=2282

Thanks TornadoAlley3

[flaglady47]

“Authorities have retracted an earlier statement, saying that the suspected shooter is not African-American, but is “ethnic with dark skin.”

If it is a Muzzie, that won’t bode well for the Obama part of the Obama/Romney debate Monday on international relations.

[PA Engineer]

Authorities have retracted an earlier statement, saying that the suspected shooter is not African-American, but is "ethnic with dark skin."

Worth repeating. BTTT.

[Never on my watch]

The scanner just said the suspect is a balding black man in camo jacket again.

[Irenic]

what’s with the differences in descriptions.
one is grey sweater, black pants, black and white back-pack.

another cream shirt and dark brown pants.

just heard another with camo-jacket

[Lancey Howard]

"authorities are searching for a 6'1", 270 lb. African-American"

If Ubama had a son...

[TornadoAlley3]

scanner repeating black male, may be wearing camo jacket.

[DoughtyOne]

There is now a small map that shows the location of the hotel where the church service was attacked in 2005.

http://scribblelive.mobi/Event/Breaking_News_Brookfield_Mall_Shooting?Theme=2282

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Checked the online reviews... It’s a regular beauty salon, the kind our mothers and sisters go to. Nothing sordid about it. If CNN just suggested this was a gay bath house (which is what a “gay salon” is) to a national audience, this salon should own a dying cable news channel in short order.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks. Sure wish they had this guy in custody by now.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks kristinn. From a comment in another of these topics, apparently the shooter is what Obama's son would look like.

• Report: Multiple people shot near Milwaukee-area mall
• Wisconsin deputies on scene of shooting near suburban Milwaukee mall; multiple victims

[acoulterfan]

Just heard that the police apparently know who the suspect is and that he has “fled the scene”.

[TornadoAlley3]

BROOKFIELD –Brookfield Square mall is on lockdown after a shooting at the Azana Salon & Spa across the street from the mall. FOX6 News has learned at least seven were injured in the shooting. FOX6 News has learned Froedtert Hospital is also on lockdown, as of 1:45 p.m. — with no one allowed to enter or exit the hospital. Police tell FOX6 News the shooting happened around 11 a.m. on Sunday, October 21st. Investigators say the area near the mall and the spa is an active shooting scene. FOX6′s media partners at the Brookfield Patch have reported the suspect is described as a black man who is 6’1″ tall, weighing 270 pounds. The man is reportedly bald with brown eyes. Police say he was seen driving a 2003 black Mazda. Initial reports indicate there were multiple shooting victims. Froedtert Hospital has confirmed to FOX6 News four victims have arrived at the hospital, and they are expecting three additional victims. Froedtert has said they are aware of no other hospitals receiving patients. Froedtert is a Level One Trauma Center, and is on standby to handle any additional victims needing treatment. FOX6 News learned just before 2:00 p.m. that Froedtert Hospital is on lockdown, with no one allowed to enter or exit the hospital without a police escort. Officials have said the reason for this is because the location of the shooter is unknown.

[Never on my watch]

what’s with the differences in descriptions

More than one perp?

[Irenic]

They just talked about checking the cemetery, that sounds like a disgruntled husband/boyfriend type thing.

[ColdOne]

can you confirm this??Confirm that a propane Tank IED has been found and to watch out for vehicles around the mall.

[Carriage Hill]

A propane tank, even a small one, is VERY deadly when it blows. Someone's (muzzie sleeper?) got 'experience/training' in boobytraps.

Asymmetrical warfare "soft targets"? That IS already here.

[DoughtyOne]

Well, at least they know who it was (hopefully).

So far no people have been killed (to my knowledge), and I’m hoping it stays that way.

(If fatalities were mentioned up thread and I missed it, I apologize.)