Authorities described the student as a juvenile male but did not provide further identification or specifics pending an investigation

Authorities described the student as a juvenile male but did not provide further identification or specifics pending an investigation

Wisconsin police shot and killed a student who officials say came to a local middle school with a gun. The student never got into the school, but as a precaution the entire district was put on a lockdown late Wednesday morning.

Students have since been reunited with their parents, some of whom waited up to five hours for their children to be dropped at a bus storage center in Mount Horeb, a village about 20 miles south-west of Madison, the state capital, according to WMTV 15 news.

No other students or staff were injured in the shooting, Josh Kaul, Wisconsin’s attorney general, said during a Wednesday news conference.

  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
    311·
    6 months ago

    It’s a crime to carry a firearm without a carry permit in Wisconsin. It’s also a crime to bring a weapon to a school in most states.

    Edit: No, it’s not ok that the police shot the kid. I’m just saying there was a crime committed.

    • quindraco@lemm.ee
      155·
      6 months ago

      A capital crime where we can skip the trial and just execute you without due process? Without you entering the school?

      It’s a crime to carry a firearm without a carry permit.

      That’s next-level false, partly because it’s state specific. You know this incident happened in Wisconsin, right? They let teens hunt deer with rifles, and while they need a hunting permit to do so, they don’t need a carry permit.

      In fact, if the rifle was unloaded - and there is no evidence it wasn’t - it can legally be carried on school grounds in order to reach a hunting area.

    • havokdj@lemmy.world
      26·
      6 months ago

      You don’t need a carry permit in the vast majority of states unless you conceal it in a holster on your person.