From jsonline: Brookfield police have confirmed that multiple people have been shot near Brookfield Square.
Multiple ambulances are at the scene. Police have not officially released any more information on the shooting.
Scanner traffic indicates that the shooter may have been dressed in military fatigues and fled from the scene in a black Mazda. http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/multiple-victims-shot-near-brookfield-square-le7a3b4-175147441.html
Brookfield is a large suburb just west of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County.
Just a few months ago, several people were killed in another Milwaukee suburb, when a man wearing fatigues shot up a Sikh Temple.
I will up date as I am able.
Brookfield Mall is a large mall off of I-94 and listening to scanner track, the scene is still very active and they have a SWAT team setting up by a store named Stir Crazy.
They also have a command post by the stand alone McDonalds int he area.
They still have many police officer responding to the scene.
Scanner traffic says that family members of shooting victims are on the scene.
Updates from jsonline:
A bystander standing in the east parking lot of Brookfield Square,
identified as Christopher Pfeiffer, 47, of Brookfield, said he was
coming from church at Spring Creek church in Pewaukee when he pulled
into the Barnes and Noble bookstore and saw a young girl running in the
aisles of the parking lot.
"She was screaming, yelling, crying hysterical. She was pleading for
help," said Pfeiffer said. "She kept saying, 'My mother was shot.' And
she mentioned that there was a gunman. She ran into the bookstore and I
followed her. But I watched her from afar."
Then he said law enforcement descended on the Azana Spa just east of
Brookfield Square, where the shooting apparently occurred. The man said
the young woman was barefoot and assumed she was a patron at the spa.
Another man, Paul Moll, 64, of Milwaukee, was having lunch at the Red
Robin Restaurant and said he just saw police car descend on the
scene. He said he noticed someone was wheeled out of the spa building in
a chair. He said he heard there was an active shooter inside.
Brookfield Square has been placed on lockdown.
Just after noon, a Flight for Life helicopter could be seen at
Brookfield Square. Police and fire units from New Berlin, Waukesha, Town
of Lisbon and others were on the scene. http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/multiple-victims-shot-near-brookfield-square-le7a3b4-175147441.html
The Waukesha County fire is quiet for right now.
Cops are still looking for the Mazda with a Wisconsin license plate. They have the plate number, so they probably already staking out the person's home..
Family members of people inside the mall are meeting by Bank Mutual to reunite.
Cops are talking to a friend of the suspect.
The suspect could be a heavy set black male according to scanner traffic as they are checking out a heavy set black male near Calhoun Rd.
More from jsonline:
A short time later, Gosh said, a large black man with a handgun ran
out and appeared to be chasing the girl. However, at that moment, police
started showing up and when the gunman saw them, he ran back into the
building - or perhaps into the woods behind the building, where Westmoor
Country Club is located.
"He was the shooter," Gosh said. "He was looking for an escape route."
Gosh and his father were fairly certain he returned to the building
because they thought they saw him appear at an upstairs window and pull a
shade down. However, scanner traffic indicated he may have left in a
black Mazda. He reportedly was dressed in military fatigues.
Gosh's father, John, saw two women come out of the building who had
been shot. They were bloody, he said; one appeared to be shot in the leg
and the other appeared to have been shot in the back.
Police officers told Gosh that at least eight people had been shot.
They were looking for a black male, 6 feet 1 inch and about 270 pounds.
As of 12:30 p.m., at least 16 emergency vehicles were staged in the mall
parking lot near the Boston Store department store, at the corner of
Moorland and Blue Mound Road. Tactical officers are swarming the area.
Cops still looking for suspect at 1:30 local time. They have SWAT teams from different locations still arriving on scene, including West Allis.
Suspect Info: Driving a Mazda Protege with license plate WI.171-KZD and he is a black male wearing blue jeans and grey sweater and is wearing a back pack.
Latest update from jsonline: Seven people were shot late Sunday morning at a spa near the
Brookfield Square Mall - apparently none fatally - and police were
combing the area searching for the suspect.
The multiple shooting occurred about 11 a.m. at the Azana Salon &
Spa on N. Moorland Road, just south of Blue Mound Road and across the
street from Brookfield Square.
Police described the suspect as a dark-skinned man, 6-2 and 210
pounds, wearing a gray sweater and blue jeans and carrying a white and
black backpack. He was seen driving a 2003 Mazda Protégé with license
number 171-KZD.
Latest from jsonline: Four people were taken to Froedtert Hospital, where they are being
evaluated. None are in critical condition, hospital officials said.
Three more victims are expected to be transported from the scene,
Froedtert spokeswoman Carolyn Bellin said. Numerous sheriffs department
and security vehicles are actively patrolling the Milwaukee County
Medical Center Complex and grounds near Froedtert. Officers are
stationed at all main entrances to the facility.
Glad to see no one was killed.
I grew up in the area and have been to Brookfield Square many, many times. It's a nice suburban mall with few problems. It's in an area where there is a huge shopping district, up and down Bluemond Rd.
Here is the information about the mall: http://www.shopbrookfieldsquaremall.com/shop/brookfield.nsf/index
Ooops, the car being sought by the cops is no longer being sought and no longer thought to be part of the shooting according to the cops.
So, now, the guy can be anywhere in the area or took another car.
The cops know who the shooter is as the cops are with the suspects daughter.
The cops have a house surrounded either in Brown Deer or on Brown Deer Rd., both in Milwaukee County and they are looking for the suspect inside the house.
More info on the suspect: Police identified the man as Radcliffe F. Haughton, 45, of Brown Deer.
Police said he is 6 feet 2 inches tall and 210 pounds, wearing a gray
sweater and blue jeans and carrying a white and black backpack. He was
seen driving a 2003 Mazda Protégé with license number
Interesting: Homeland Security is now on the scene, offering information.
Major Update from jsonline: Three people were killed in a shooting rampage late Sunday morning at a spa near the Brookfield Square Mall.
Four others were shot, and police continue to search for Radcliffe F.
Haughton, 45, of Brown Deer. Police said he is 6 feet 2 inches tall,
African-American and 270 pounds, wearing a gray sweater and blue jeans
and carrying a white and black backpack. Police have located a black
Mazda Protégé that was linked to Haughton.
The multiple shooting occurred about 11 a.m. at the Azana Salon &
Spa on N. Moorland Road, just south of Blue Mound Road and across the
street from Brookfield Square.
Police said at a 3:30 p.m. press conference that they had still not
cleared the entire building, and that their investigation of the
building was hampered by what they believe to be an improvised explosive
device. The Milwaukee bomb squad had been called to the scene.
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