6 dead, including shooter in rampage at Miller brewery Police were called to the 4100 block of West State Street just before 2:10 p.m. Wednesday Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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[SIRENS] ANNOUNCER: CONFIRMED ACTIVE SHOOTER, ACTIVE SHOOTER IS STILL AT LARGE. WE’VE GOT ONE MAN DOWN. >> OK, THEY’RE DOING CPR ON A GUY HERE. >> WE LOCATED FIVE VICTIMS THAT WORKED AT MOLSON COORS. >> I COULD HAVE BEEN OF ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. I CAN’T BELIEVE IT. >> EARLIER TODAY, A PERSON OPEN FIRE AT THE MOLSON COORS COMPANY, TAKING THE LIVES OF FIVE PEOPLE. >> OFFICERS HAVE LOCATED THE SUSPECT FROM AN APPARENT INFECTED GUNSHOT WOUND. >> THIS IS A TRAGEDY FOR OUR CITY. THIS IS A COMMUNITY TRAGEDY. >> THE FIRST LADY AND I WILL BE PRAYING TONIGHT TOGETHER. ♪ [CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY WISN-TV] [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CAPTION CONTENT AND ACCURACY. VISIT NCICAP.ORG] JOYCE: THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF WISCONSIN CALLS WHAT HAPPENED HERE TODAY, ANOTHER SENSELESS AMERICAN TRAGEDY. PATRICK: FIVE EMPLOYEES SHOT AND KILLED. POLICE SAY THE SHOOTER WORKED AT THE BREWERY, AND THAT HE DIED FROM A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND. HERE’S A MAP OF THE AREA OF 35TH AND HIGHLAND. THAT’S AREA NEAR THE BREWERY AND COMPANY HEADQUARTERS. JOYCE: 12 NEWS IS LEADING THE WAY WITH LIVE REPORTS ON WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT EMPLOYEES HEARD, WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE SHOOTER, AND HOW THE CITY AND THE WORLD ARE REACTING. CAROLINE REINWALD LEADS US OFF WITH THE LATEST UPDATE FROM COMPANY LEADERS TONIGHT. ♪ >> JUST UNDER EIGHT HOURS AFTER THAT ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION WE ARE HEARING FROM MOLSON COORS LEADERSHIP, SPEAKING TO REPORTERS ON THE SCENE. THE CEO OF MOLSON COORS CALL THIS A TRAGEDY AND SAID THEY ARE A FAMILY HERE AT MOLSON COORS. HE THANKED FIRST RESPONDERS WHO RUSHED TO THE SCENE AFTER ONE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES SHOT AND KILLED FIVE OTHER EMPLOYEES, THEN APPARENTLY SHOT AND KILLED HIMSELF. LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAD TO SAY MINUTES AGO. >> WE ARE A FAMILY HERE AT MOLSON COORS IN MILWAUKEE AND THIS IS AN UNTHINKABLE TRAGEDY FOR US. I’VE HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES WHO WERE STILL HERE WHEN I ARRIVED HERE THIS EVENING. I’D LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR BRAVERY, AND IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THEM ALL CLOSE IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS THAT ARE COMING. ALL ACROSS MILWAUKEE AND WISCONSIN THERE ARE FOLK THA ALL ACROSS MILWAUKEE AND WISCONSIN THERE ARE FOLK THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WHO LOST THEIR LIVES TODAY. I WOULD ASK YOU TO STAY CLOSE, PARTICULAR TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO LOST LOVED ONES TODAY. >> WE HEARD FROM THE MAYOR, THE POLICE CHIEF, AND THE CEO. THEY DID NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I ASKED WHY THE EMPLOYEE WAS DISGRUNTLED AND WHY THEY GOT UPSET. IF THEY WERE FIRED, THEY WOULD NOT CONFIRM THAT INFORMATION. WE ARE STILL WORKING TO GET THAT OURSELVES. JOYCE: WE WERE ABLE TO HEAR THE PLANT WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK. THANK YOU. PATRICK: DERRICK ROSE IS LIVE BACK AT THE STUDIO TONIGHT. DERRICK, POLICE GAVE THEIR FIRST UPDATE TONIGHT. JOYCE: JOINING THE POLICE CHIEF OR THE MAYOR, GOVERNOR, AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. >> THEY WERE. THEY WERE LIMITED ON WHAT THEY COULD SAY ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION ITSELF, BUT THEY DID SPEAK TO THE EMOTION AND HEARTBREAK OF TODAY’S TRAGED >> THERE WERE FIVE INDIVIDUALS WHO WENT TO WORK TODAY, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY GOES TO WORK, AND THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO GO TO WORK, FINISH THEIR DAY AND COME HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES. THEY DIDN’T. TRAGICALLY, THEY NEVER WILL. >> WE SHOULD NOT ACCEPT THIS. THIS IS NOT THE WAY THINGS SHOULD BE AND WE SHOULD NEVER FEEL COMFORTABLE IN THE FACE OF THESE REPEATED TRAGEDIES ALL ACROSS AMERICA AND ESPECIALLY RIGHT HERE AT HOME. WE HAVE A DUTY TO ACT. WE HAVE TO BE MORE RESPONSIBLE AS A CITY, AS A STATE, AS A NATION AND STOP THESE PREVENTABLE TRAGEDIES FROM HAPPENING. >> IT IS A TRAGEDY FOR MILWAUKEE, YES, BUT IT’S A TRAGEDY FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF WISCONSIN. WISCONSIN IS A STRONG STATE. WHAT HAPPENS IN MILWAUKEE IMPACTS PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE STATE. >> OUR STATE AND CITY LEADERS, THE LATEST LIST OF OFFICIALS HAVING TO ADDRESS A COMMUNITY FOLLOWING A DEADLY MASS SHOOTING. THIS TIME, THE BACKDROP IS IN MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. PATRICK: A TRAGIC DAY FOR THE CITY AND STATE OF WISCONSIN. EMPLOYEES REUNITED WITH FAMILY MEMBERS HERE AT 46TH AND STATE. JOYCE: MATT, YOU TALKED A WORKER WHO WAS IN THE BUILDING WHERE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED. >> THEY WALKED FROM THE BUILDING TO THIS INTERSECTION. THEY HAD TO LEAVE BEHIND EVERYTHING, PERSONAL BELONGINGS, PHONES, KEYS WHEN THE ALERT HAPPENED. THEY IMMEDIATELY WENT INTO LOCKDOWN AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO COLLECT THE LONG SENTENCE. TONIGHT THEY ARE REACTING AND WE ARE HEARING STORIES FROM INSIDE THE BUILDING. ONE BY ONE, FAMILIES REUNITED AT 46TH AND STATE. >> IT IS SAD. IT’S SAD. >> EMPLOYEES REELING FROM AN UNSPEAKABLE AFTERNOON. >> WE WERE EVACUATED TO ANOTHER BUILDING, EVACUATED TO ANOTHER BUILDING. >> NO, WE WEREN’T ALLOWED TO GO BACK IN TO GET OUR JACKET OR KEYS OR ANYTHING. >> RANDY CHENOWETH. >> I COULD HAVE BEEN ONE F THOSE PEOPLE VERY EASILY. >> WAS INSIDE BUILDING FOUR, WHEN THE SHOOTING HAPPENED. >> WELL I SEEN A BODY OUT ON STATE STREET. OTHER THAN THAT I ONLY HEARD WHAT I THOUGHT WAS GUNSHOTS AND WE THOUGHT SOMEBODY WAS PLAYING A GAME BY THROWING SOMEONE DOWN THAT SOMETHING DOWN THE STAIRS, YOU KNOW? BUT NO, IT WAS A BODY. >> YOU’VE BEEN HERE 40 PLUS YEARS. >> 42. YEAH, NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. >> HOW FAR AWAY WERE YOU FROM THE GUNSHOTS? >> ABOUT 15 TO 20 FEET. >> IF I WOULDN’T HAVE GONE TO TALK TO THIS GUY WHO WAS RELIEVING ME, I’D BE ONE OF THEM GUYS. I KNOW THAT FOR A FACT BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE WALKED RIGHT INTO WHAT WAS GOING ON. >> DO YOU KNOW ANY OF THEM? >> WHEN I HEARD NAMES, YEAH, I KNOW THEM ALL, EVEN THE GUY THAT’S APPARENTLY ACCUSED OF DOING IT. I DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT MADE HIM GO. >> WHAT WAS THE POLICE RESPONSE LIKE? >> THEY BEAT ON THE DOOR AND WE YELLED, YEAH WE’RE IN HERE, WE’RE EMPLOYEES AND WE OPENED THE DOOR. AND THEY ESCORTED US OUT I HAD MY HANDS UP AND WALKED DOWN HERE. >> WALKING OUT WITH HIS HANDS UP. THE FBI WAS TAKING NAMES AND PHONE NUMBERS AS THEY EXITED THE BUILDING TONIGHT. NOT ONLY FOR A HEADCOUNT, BUT IT IS AN INVESTIGATION CASE WITH QUESTIONS ONGOING. JOYCE: WHAT WE LEARN FROM THE NEWS CONFERENCE IS ALL VICTIMS WERE SHOT INSIDE. WE WILL HAVE TO LEARN AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. PATRICK: THANK YOU. >> YES. JOYCE: POLICE CONFIRMED THAT THE SHOOTER WAS A 51-YEAR-OLD MALE WALKING MAN WHO DIED OF A -- 51-YEAR-OLD MILWAUKEE MAN WHO DIED OF A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND. PATRICK: BEN WAGNER IS LIVE NEAR POTOMAC AND COURTLAND, WHERE THE SUSPECT LIVED. BEN, WE KNOW THE SHOOTER WORKED AT THE BREWERY. >> WE HEARD THAT AGAIN FROM POLICE 20 MINUTES AGO IN THE UPDATE. I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE SCENE LOOKS LIKE. IT HAS BEEN ACTIVE ALL DAY. THERE IS A FIRE TRUCK ON SCENE THAT HAS ROLLED UP IN THE LAST 20 MINUTES OR SO. THEY FOCUSING ON THAT HOUSE WITH THE LIGHT ON. THIS IS AS CLOSE AS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO IT SIX HOURS PLUS NOW. POLICE HAVE DIVIDED THIS NORTHWEST SIDE OF THIS MILWAUKEE NEIGHBORHOOD. FOR HOURS WEDNESDAY, POLICE TAPE DIVIDED THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AT COURTLAND AND POTOMAC, OFFICERS SEARCHING THE HOUSE OF, WHO MULTIPLE SOURCES SA, IS THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER, A 51-YEAR-OLD MOLSON-COORS EMPLOYEE, WHO POLICE SAY DIED OF A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND. EXCLUSIVE VIDEO FROM NEWSCHOPPER 12, SHOWS THE LARGE POLICE RESPONSE TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. >> YEAH, IT IS SCARY. IT IS TOO CLOSE TO HOME. >> PAT NIEMI LIVES JUST UP THE STREET FROM WHERE POLICE FOCUSED THEIR INVESTIGATION. SHE DIDN’T KNOW THE PERSON WHO LIVED THERE, BUT LIKE MANY NEIGHBORS, SHE HAS UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT’S TAKEN OVER THEIR COMMUNITY. >> WE ARE HEARING THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER WAS AT MOLSON COORS. >> YEAH, THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE SAYING. >> DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY? >> YEAH, BUT NOT IN THE HOUSE. >> POLICE AT THE SCENE WOULD NOT CONFIRM THE INVESTIGATION IS RELATED TO THE SHOOTING AT MILLER COORS. SOURCES HAVE CONFIRMED THE SUSPECT’S NAME AND 12 NEWS HAS LEARNED THIS IS WHERE HE LIVED. PATRICK: AS YOU SAID, POLICE HAVE NOT CONFIRMED THAT SCENE IS RELATED TO THE SHOOTING, BUT OTHERS HAVE MADE THAT CONNECTION? >> THEY HAVE. STATE REP LAKESHIA MYERS SAYS TONIGHT THIS IS ALL IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE SHOOTING AT MILLER COORS. WE ARE NOT NAMING THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER, BUT MULTIPLE SOURCES HAVE CONFIRMED THAT PERSON’S NAME TO 12 NEWS. PATRICK: BEN WAGNER, LIVE NEAR POTOMAC AND COURTLAND IN MILWAUKEE. JOYCE: WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU NOW THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN FIRST RESPONDERS THIS AFTERNOON DURING THE INITIAL RESPONSE. JOYCE: THEY GOT THAT FIRST CALL ED 2:08 P.M. THIS AFTERNOON. PRESIDENT TRUMP SPOKE ABOUT THE SHOOTING TRAGEDY THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. PATRICK: KENT WAINSCOTT IS THE NEWSROOM WITH WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAD TO SAY. >> EVEN BEFORE MILWAUKEE POLICE HAD RELEASED DETAILS OF THE MASS SHOOTING, PRESIDENT TRUMP SPOKE TO THE NATION ABOUT IT. IT WAS A PLANNED ADDRESS ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS, BUT HE OPENED HIS REMARKS BY ADDRESSING THE TRAGEDY IN MILWAUKEE. >> AND I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE VICTIMS AND FAMILIES IN MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. EARLIER TODAY A WICKED MURDERER OPENED FIRE AT A MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY PLANT, TAKING THE LIVES OF FIVE PEOPLE. A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED, SOME BADLY WOUNDED. OUR HEARTS BREAK FOR THEM AND THEIR LOVED ONES. >> HE CONCLUDED BY SAYING, OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE PEOPLE OF WISCONSIN. JOYCE: REACTION FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. THANKS VERY MUCH. NEWS CHOPPER 12 HAD A UNIQUE VANTAGE POINT OF EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED THIS AFTERNOON. PATRICK: IT GAVE US A VIEW FROM UP ABOVE AND SHOWED US SOME OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING BEHIND THE POLICE TAPE. >> THESE ARE SOME OF THE IMAGES FROM ABOVE. NEWS CHOPPER 12 SPOTTED OFFICERS ON A ROOF CHECKING A BUILDING. ON THE GROUND, EMPLOYEES ESCORTED OUT OF BUILDINGS, OFFICERS MOVING AROUND CAMPUS, AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES AT THE READY. IN ONE PARKING LOT, MATT SALEMME SPOTTED OFFICERS SEARCHING A VEHICLE. AT NIGHTFALL, A LONG LINE OF FLASHING LIGHTS. >> WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF OFFICIAL VEHICLES FROM ALL DIFFERENT AGENCIES. >> SOME OF THOSE VEHICLES WERE NEAR TWO BODIES OUTSIDE. >> THERE ARE TWO BODIES OFF STATE STREET IN THAT TUNNEL IN LINE WITH THAT VEHICLE THEY WERE SEARCHING EARLIER ON THE CORNER OF THIS LOT. THEY WERE TAKING PHOTOS AND GOING THROUGH THAT VEHICLE, AND DOWN THE ALLEY WAY INTO STATE STREET, TWO BODIES. PATRICK: WHEN YOU SEE THAT VIDEO, YOU GET A SENSE OF URGENCY WHEN THIS WAS GOING ON AND WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THE INVESTIGATION, AND HOW MANY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE INVOLVED IN THIS INVESTIGATION. JOYCE: AND HOW MUCH GROUND THEY HAD TO COVER. THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH 20 BUILDINGS ON THE SITE. WE HAVE HEARD THAT THIS IS A TRAGEDY, AND THE BURISMA COMMUNITY. THERE IS A BAR OFFERING SUPPORT FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO SURVIVED THIS TRAGEDY. LET’S GO LIVE TO 12 NEWS’ SARAH THAMER. >> SPITFIRE’S IS JUST A COUPLE OF BLOCKS DOWN FROM THE BREWERY. IT IS CLEAR TO SEE HOW MUCH THOSE EMPLOYEES MEAN TO THE PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE. A BAR WHERE MILLER BREWERY REGULARS HANG OUT. >> THESE ARE FAMILY. THESE ARE FRIENDS. THEY’RE NOT JUST WORKERS, THEY’RE PEOPLE WE KNOW DEEPLY DOWN HERE IN THE VALLEY. >> TONIGHT PLACE OF HEARTBREAK , A AND HUGS, AND INSTEAD OF SPORTS, DEVASTATING NEWS THAT HITS TOO CLOSE TO HOME. >> THEY GOT EVACUATED, THEY DIDN’T HAVE THEIR MONEY, DIDN’T HAVE THEIR KEYS, DIDN’T HAVE THEIR JACKETS. >> SPITFIRE’S ON STATE IS DOING ITS PART TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR MILLER BREWERY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE GRIEVING THEIR OWN. >> SO WE SAID COME ON DOWN, WE’LL GET YOU GUYS SOME BEERS, GET YOU SOME WATER, SODA, WHATEVER YOU NEED. >> MIKE WAS WORKING WHEN HE HEARD THE NEWSAN ACTIVE SHOOTER AT THE BREWERY. >> JUST DISBELIEF, THAT IS ALL I CAN SAY. I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, I HAVE NO CLUE. >> HE SAYS THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT HERE MEANS EVERYTHING ON AN UNIMAGINABLE DAY ON THE JOB. >> THESE PEOPLE ARE AMAZING HERE. SPITFIRE’S IS UNBELIEVABLE. >> THE OWNERS HERE TELL ME A LOT OF OLD HAVE STOPPED BY WITH DONATIONS TO HELP GRIEVING FAMILIES. JO