Wisconsin Department of Justice officials promised a thorough investigation into the fatal police shooting of an armed student outside a middle school, the Associated Press reports. At this point, few details have been released. Authorities have only said that officers responded to the school after receiving a report of someone with a weapon. But it's unclear whether the armed student fired a weapon, pointed one at police, or what type of weapon he had. The best sense of what happened came from a Facebook post. “When faced with a deadly threat, they responded with deadly force,” Mount Horeb Police Chief Doug Vierck wrote, as he asked for patience with the ongoing investigation. “No officers, students, or staff were injured other than the armed individual.” Attorney General Josh Kaul declined to answer questions about what happened once police arrived at Mount Horeb Middle School, saying he could not compromise the investigation.
Until well into the afternoon, police locked down the middle school and a nearby high school and elementary school. The district reported after 8 p.m. that all students had been reunited with family. Mount Horeb Area School District did not hold classes Thursday. On its Facebook page, the district said a space at the high school hosted a community gathering for families. “Our community has experienced a collective crisis and together we will provide support and work toward recovery,” Superintendent Steve Salerno said, in a statement.
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