The City of Antigo Police Department has enlisted the assistance of the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) to conduct an assessment of evidence from the night of the shooting at the Antigo High School prom, which happened on Saturday, April 23rd. He started shooting people as they left the school about 11 p.m. Saturday, before an officer already on the scene shot him, authorities said. “But I’m hoping that we get back into our Antigo pride and how our school is and bubbly”, said Samantha Schuessler, the prom queen, before she headed into the school. “After a high-profile incident like a school shooting, we like to say there is a crisis after the crisis”, said Ken Trump, the president of National School Safety and Security Services, a large consulting organization based in Cleveland, Ohio. The two victims – a female from out of state, and a male who brought her to the prom – were treated for non-life-threatening wounds. Both victims survived. The shooter died after getting shot by police.
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Authorities say 18-year-old Jakob E. Wagner was armed with a high-powered rifle and shot two prom-goers outside the school Saturday night before he was killed by police.
CNN reports that Antigo is a small town located less than 100 miles northwest of Green Bay, Wisconsin, with a population of about 8,000 residents.
Plover Police Chief Dan Ault confirms that his officer Hopfensperger is not working for the Antigo Police Department on his off days. They said he was doing well after a long surgery and would recover “with time and effort”.
The shooter, who was wearing camouflage trousers and a dark top, was a senior at Antigo High School in 2015, although the interim district administrator said he did not graduate with his classmates.
Antigo Police told that Wagner was taken down by a single police officer after responding to a student and his date being indiscriminately shot at. They also said he was dating a girl at Antigo but had recently broken up.
Former classmate Dakotta Mills, who said he had known Wagner since sixth grade, told The Associated Press that he had “some rough spots now and then” and that he had witnessed him being bullied.
They also said they’re grateful for police keeping everyone safe and calm and catching the shooter in time before he might have entered the building.
The school district’s official statement noted that extra precautions would be put in place this week to reassure students.
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Meanwhile, the community is rallying around the school, students and staff members, Zamzow said.
