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Two women are dead after a Friday afternoon shooting in Fitchburg, police said.

The suspect in the shooting was taken to a hospital with injuries not inflicted by police, said Fitchburg Deputy Police Chief Donald Bates.

Police did not release the names of the victims or the suspect Friday night. Nor would they say if they were related.

The suspect’s condition was not released.

Bates did not say if the suspect’s injuries were self-inflicted.

He said it was “too early to tell” if the incident was related to domestic violence.

Police swarmed the neighborhood after being called at about 12:15 p.m. to 3038 Yarmouth Greenway Drive. The property is owned by former Dane County sheriff’s deputy Andy Steele, according to online records.

Bates would not confirm that the incident involved Steele, 39, who was diagnosed in June with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS, and retired from the sheriff’s office. Steele’s wife, Ashlee, began raising money in a campaign called Tough as Steele/Taking Down ALS for her husband’s upcoming care needs through a website called Give Forward. As of Friday, nearly a third of their goal of $75,000 had been raised through 257 individual donations.