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Milwaukee police respond to 'critical incident' amid reports of shooting Milwaukee: multiple people killed in Molson Coors shooting, mayor says
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Heavy police presence at sprawling Molson Coors complex that employs 600 people as reports say workers informed of active shooter Mayor Tom Barrett says shooter among dead at brewery campus while police say exact number of casualties yet to be confirmed
Milwaukee police are responding to what they are calling a “critical incident” on the Molson Coors Brewing campus amid reports of a possible shooting. Multiple people have been killed in a shooting at the Milwaukee campus of Molson Coors, one of the world’s largest brewers of beer, according to the city’s mayor.
WISN-TV in Milwaukee reported Wednesday that a Molson Coors employee received an email about an active shooter near one of the buildings. The dead include the shooter, said Tom Barrett, who did not give an exact number of people killed in Wednesday’s shooting. Milwaukee police said the number of casualties had not been confirmed.
Molson Coors spokesman Martin Maloney said there was an “active situation” but did not provide further details. There was a heavy police presence in the area, along with fire trucks and ambulances. “It is a horrible, horrible day for the employees here. A very rough day for anyone who is close to this situation,” he told reporters.
Multiple local media oulets, citing unidentified sources, reported fatalities at the scene, including the shooter. The Associated Press was not able to immediately confirm the reports. Police responded to what they called a “critical incident” on the campus on West State Street in the north west part of the city. “There is no active threat; however, this scene is still an active,” the police department tweeted.
Live video showed an officer in body armor getting an assault rifle out of car. Authorities did not immediately release details about the shooter or how the shooting unfolded.
Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett also arrived on the scene. It occurred at a sprawling complex that includes a mix of corporate offices and brewing facilities. At least 600 people work at the complex, which is widely known in the Milwaukee area as Miller Valley, a reference to the Miller brewing company that is now part of Molson Coors.
It occurred at a sprawling complex that includes a mix of corporate offices and brewing facilities. At least 600 people work at the complex. James Boyles told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that his wife, Lasonya Ragdales, works at Molson Coors in the claims department. She was texting from inside the facility and told her husband that there was an active shooter and she was locked in a room with a bunch of co-workers, the Journal Sentinel reported.
Miller Valley features a 160-year-old brewery, with a packaging center that fills thousands of cans and bottles every minute and a distribution center the size of five football fields.
The facility is also home to corporate customer service, finance, human resources and engineering. Tours take people to underground caves where beer was once stored, a saloon with intricate woodwork, a stein hall with stained-glass windows, a champagne room meeting hall with leaded-glass windows, and an outdoor beer garden that can hold 300 people.
Milwaukee police asked that people stay clear of the area and that no helicopters or drones be flown over the site for “officer safety purposes”.Milwaukee police asked that people stay clear of the area and that no helicopters or drones be flown over the site for “officer safety purposes”.
James Boyles told he Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that his wife, Lasonya Ragdales, works at Molson Coors in the claims department. She was texting from inside the building and told her husband that there was active shooter and she was locked in a room with a bunch of co-workers, the Journal Sentinel reported.
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