Ex-student, 18, killed by police after Wisc. prom shooting
ANTIGO, Wis.- A former student at a northern Wisconsin high school was shot and killed by police after allegedly opening fire on students during their prom, officials say.
Police identified the deceased shooter as Jakob E. Wagner, 18, a former student at the high school who graduated last year, reports CBS affiliate WSAW in Wausau.
Langlade Co. Coroner Larry Shadick said Wagner passed away early Sunday morning following the Saturday evening shooting. He was pronounced dead around 1 a.m., the coroner said.
Officials say there were several police officers nearby when the suspect began shooting at two students leaving the prom around 11 p.m. local time. A police officer who was in the parking lot fired on the attacker, "stopping the threat," authorities said.
The attack happened late Saturday outside the Antigo High School prom, said Eric Roller, the chief of police in Antigo, a community of about 8,000 people roughly 150 miles north of Milwaukee.
Roller said in a news release that the students who were wounded were shot as they exited the building, though he didn't say if investigators believe those students were specifically targeted.
"Officers were in the parking lot patrolling the activities and heard the shots and an officer immediately fired upon the shooter, stopping the threat," he said.
The statement didn't include the identities or sexes of the wounded students, and it didn't specify the nature of the assailant's injuries or a possible motive. Roller didn't respond to repeated requests for further information left on his voicemail Sunday.
After the attack, students were escorted from the prom to safety and the victims' families were notified.
In a press release, the Antigo School District says the quick action of the Antigo Police "prevented what might have otherwise been a disaster of unimaginable proportions."
Because the shooting involved an officer, the state's Department of Justice is now leading the investigation in Antigo, as required under a state law passed in 2014. It requires the state's Division of Criminal Investigation to determine whether the use of force was justified.