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Oshkosh Shooting Is Second in 2 Days at Wisconsin High Schools Oshkosh Shooting Is Second in 2 Days at Wisconsin High Schools
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For the second time in two days in Wisconsin, an armed high school student was subdued in a confrontation with a police officer, the police said on Tuesday. For the second time in two days in Wisconsin, an armed high school student was shot during a confrontation with a police officer, the authorities said on Tuesday.
The latest incident occurred on Tuesday morning at Oshkosh West High School, about 50 miles southwest of Green Bay. The Oshkosh Police Department wrote on Facebook that an armed student had confronted a school resource officer. Both the officer and the student were injured and taken to local hospitals. The latest incident occurred on Tuesday morning at Oshkosh West High School, about 50 miles southwest of Green Bay. A 16-year-old student armed with an “edged weapon” stabbed a school resource officer in his office just after 9 a.m., Chief Dean Smith of the Oshkosh Police Department said at a news conference.
The police said there were no other injuries. Students were being taken to a nearby middle school to be picked up by their parents. The officer fired his 9-millimeter gun, striking the student once, Chief Smith said. The officer sent out a garbled call for help, and additional officers were on the scene two minutes later, he added. Both the student and the officer were transported to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.
The Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation will conduct an investigation, the police said. No one answered the phone at the high school on Tuesday. The school, which has about 1,700 students, carried out its ALICE training, an acronym for alert, lockdown, inform, counter and evacuate, Superintendent Vickie L. Cartwright of the Oshkosh Area School District said at the news conference. Students went to a nearby middle school to be reunited with their parents.
“Today’s tragic event shows that trained school resource officers can save lives,” Dr. Cartwright said.
School was canceled on Wednesday, and counselors would be available for students, she added.
The Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation will conduct an investigation, Chief Smith said.
An eerily similar incident occurred about 80 miles south on Monday, in Waukesha, Wis.An eerily similar incident occurred about 80 miles south on Monday, in Waukesha, Wis.
An officer there shot and injured a 17-year-old boy who had pointed a gun at law enforcement authorities as they were trying to persuade him to hand it over, officials said.An officer there shot and injured a 17-year-old boy who had pointed a gun at law enforcement authorities as they were trying to persuade him to hand it over, officials said.
The episode unfolded at Waukesha South High School around 10:17 a.m., after a student informed the authorities that another student had a handgun, Chief Russell Jack of the Waukesha Police Department said.The episode unfolded at Waukesha South High School around 10:17 a.m., after a student informed the authorities that another student had a handgun, Chief Russell Jack of the Waukesha Police Department said.
The student was taken to a hospital and was in stable condition, the chief said. No one else was injured.The student was taken to a hospital and was in stable condition, the chief said. No one else was injured.
Less than three hours later on Monday, there was another report of a student with a gun at Waukesha North High School, about four miles away, the police said in a statement on Facebook.Less than three hours later on Monday, there was another report of a student with a gun at Waukesha North High School, about four miles away, the police said in a statement on Facebook.
The school was locked down during a search, and police officers determined that the student believed to be carrying the weapon was no longer at the school. The school was locked down during a search, and police officers determined that the student believed to be carrying the weapon was no longer at the school. The police then went to the student’s house and arrested the suspect, a 15-year-old male. A “facsimile firearm” was found hidden in the house, the police said.
The police then went to the student’s house and arrested the suspect, a 15-year-old male. The police found “a facsimile firearm” hidden in the house, they said. And in Sparta, Wis., in the western part of the state, classes were canceled on Tuesday because of reports of a missing handgun.
And in Sparta, Wis., in the western part of the state, classes for all grades were canceled on Tuesday because of reports of a missing handgun.
The Sparta Area School District said in a statement that Sparta High School had been put on lockdown on Monday afternoon after administrators received information about a missing handgun “that was potentially in the possession of a student.”The Sparta Area School District said in a statement that Sparta High School had been put on lockdown on Monday afternoon after administrators received information about a missing handgun “that was potentially in the possession of a student.”
“While this information was unconfirmed, we perceived it to be a credible safety concern and treated it as such,” the statement said. “This student was not present in any of our school buildings today. The student’s whereabouts were and continue to be unknown.” While the student’s whereabouts remained unknown, the police determined that there was no direct threat to school safety in the area, the district said in a statement on Tuesday.
Officials canceled activities and classes throughout the district on Monday evening and Tuesday, and said they were working with law enforcement officials to resolve the matter. A normal school schedule was set to resume on Wednesday.
Christine Hauser contributed reporting.Christine Hauser contributed reporting.