Ethan Safran

USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

TOWN OF BUCHANAN - Four people were in the Buchanan Town Hall Tuesday afternoon when a man came through the front door with a gun and shot himself.

"Everybody is safe, but obviously staff here is very shaken up by the incident," Town Administrator Joel Gregozeski said. "It's very traumatic from that standpoint."

Gregozeski was in the rear of the building with interim fire chief Neil Cameron. Two town employees were in the front office where the incident occurred.

Grief counselors have already been brought in, Gregozeski said.

Police responded to the town hall at N178 Outagamie County N just before 1 p.m. Tuesday after reports of a shooting.

Lt. Terry Hammen of the Outagamie County Sheriff's Department said the man shot himself; no one else in the building was injured.

However, since the shooting happened in their workplace, "a lot of people (are) shaken up," he said.

The man who died has not been identified. Gregozeski said he did not know if the man had any connection to the town, and Hammen declined to release any information because the investigation is ongoing.

"Witnesses still have to be interviewed. ... It's still in the preliminary stages of the investigation," Hammen said.

Gregozeski said he was in his office at the back of the building and he and Cameron ran to the front when they heard the gun shot.

"Shortly after 1 p.m., we had an individual enter the office, come to the front counter and, in an apparent suicide attempt, shot himself," Gregozeski said.

They found the man on the ground in the town hall lobby.

"There were no signs of life, and you could see the wound," Gregozeski said.

Gregozeski then called 911, and a local sheriff's deputy from Buchanan was at the scene within seconds.

Gregozeski said he does not know if the man interacted with or threatened the employees before shooting himself.

The Town of Buchanan canceled a board meeting originally scheduled for Tuesday night. A new meeting date has not been set.

The building is shared space between the fire department and town administration offices. Gregozeski said the offices will be closed Wednesday.

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