ROTHSCHILD, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on a string of shootings in northern Wisconsin that injured a police officer and at least two others and prompted local schools and a hospital to go on lockdown (all times local):

7:10 p.m.

A witness to the shooting of a police officer in northern Wisconsin says he was hit moments after arriving at an apartment complex in pursuit of a suspect in a string of shootings.

Kelly Hanson says she looked out her apartment window in the small town of Weston about 1:15 p.m. to see a squad car approach, and a few seconds later heard a gunshot and saw the officer fall. She says other officers then drove in with an armored vehicle to retrieve him.

Authorities haven’t released information on the officer’s condition.

Hanson says she stayed in her apartment all afternoon until hearing a volley of about 10 shots. Police haven’t said what happened with the suspect, but Hanson says she was finally allowed to leave her apartment in early evening.

Police say the shootings began at a bank in nearby Rothschild around midday and included one at a law firm before the violence at the apartment complex.

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5:45 p.m.

Gunshots have been heard at an apartment complex in northern Wisconsin where a suspect was holed up after a shooting that wounded at least two people other than the police officer.

WSAW-TV reports about a dozen gunshots were heard about 5 p.m. Wednesday. The station reported an ambulance went by after police said they were trying to engage the suspect.

Wausau Police Capt. Todd Baeten said earlier that a police officer was among the victims but would not give details on the officer’s injuries.

The shootings began at a bank in Rothschild where officers responding to a domestic situation arrived to find two people had been shot.

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5:10 p.m.

Police in Wisconsin say an officer is among the victims in a shooting in the small town of Rothschild.

Wausau Police Capt. Todd Baeten would not give details on the officer’s injuries. But he said authorities were in contact with the suspect at an apartment complex and were trying to engage him. He gave no other details.

Authorities say the shooting began at Marathon Savings Bank about 12:30 p.m. They say officers were responding to a reported domestic situation and arrived to find two people had been shot.

Authorities say two shootings happened later at a law firm and at the apartment complex in nearby where the suspect was being sought.

The area is about 90 miles west of Green Bay.

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4:45 p.m.

Police in a small northern Wisconsin town say they were responding to a “domestic situation” at a bank when they arrived to find two people with gunshot wounds.

Police Chief Jeremy Hunt says officers were called to Marathon Savings Bank in Rothschild about 12:30 p.m. He said the suspect was gone when officers arrived.

Authorities say two shootings happened later at a law firm and an apartment in nearby Weston. The area is about 90 miles west of Green Bay.

Schools in the D.C. Everest School District were put on lockdown, but the district posted on Facebook that the lockdown was lifted for all but two schools.

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This version of the story corrects that police now say the apartment building is in Weston, not Schofield.

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4:10 p.m.

A SWAT team and other police officers are outside an apartment in northern Wisconsin as police investigate shootings at three locations.

Wausau Police Capt. Todd Baeten says the shootings happened Wednesday at a bank in Rothschild and then a law firm and the apartment where authorities remained on the scene mid-afternoon in nearby Schofield. The area is about 90 miles west of Green Bay.

Early police reports indicated two people were shot and critically injured, but Baeten wouldn’t confirm the injuries later Wednesday. He says the shootings involved “multiple scenes” and many law officers.

Dozens of police cars and emergency vehicles were responding after the shooting was reported in Rothschild. Wausau police say the situation is active and have asked residents to avoid the area.

Schools in the D.C. Everest School District are on lockdown, as is Aspirus Wausau Hospital.

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2:55 p.m.

SWAT teams have entered an apartment building after a shooting critically injured two people in northern Wisconsin and prompted schools and a hospital to go on lockdown.

Police have marked off an area around Marathon Savings Bank in Rothschild, though a police officer told USA Today Network-Wisconsin (http://wdhne.ws/2o5KDq2 ) the incident was “not a bank robbery.”

Dozens of police cars and emergency vehicles were responding after the shooting was reported Wednesday afternoon in Rothschild, about 90 miles west of Green Bay. Wausau police posted a link on social media saying the situation was still active and asked residents to avoid the area.

An officer on the scene confirmed shots were fired. Other information wasn’t immediately available.

Schools in the D.C. Everest School District are on lockdown, as is Aspirus Wausau Hospital.

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2:40 p.m.

Authorities say a shooting has critically injured two people in northern Wisconsin, and area schools and a hospital are on lockdown.

Dozens of police cars and emergency vehicles were responding after the shooting was reported Wednesday afternoon in Rothschild. The Wausau Police Department posted a link on social media saying the situation was still active and asked residents to avoid the area.

An officer on the scene confirmed to USA Today Network-Wisconsin (http://wdhne.ws/2o5KDq2 ) that shots were fired. Other information wasn’t immediately available.

Police have marked off an area around Marathon Savings Bank in Rothschild. Schools in the D.C. Everest School District are on lockdown, as is Aspirus Wausau Hospital.</s>MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Three people and a police officer were killed in a series of shootings in the town of Rothschild in the US state of Wisconsin, media report.

The shootings occurred on Wednesday, at a private home, a law firm and an apartment complex, Fox 6 said, adding, citing Everest Metro Police Chief Wally Sparks, that the suspect was in custody.

Schools and a town hospital were on lockdown in Rothschild on Wednesday, but the lockdowns have already been lifted, according to Fox 6.</s>A police officer and three other people were killed in a series of shootings Wednesday in northern Wisconsin that apparently began as a domestic dispute in a bank, officials said.</s>At least one police officer and three civilians have been killed in a series of shootings in northern Wisconsin on Wednesday (22 March).

A suspect has been detained in connection with the incident. Local officials reportedly said that the shooting spree started off as a domestic dispute in a bank.

Shootings also followed at a nearby law firm and an apartment complex, where officers, including a SWAT team, were engaged in an hours-long standoff with the suspect. Jason Smith, a deputy administrator for the state Department of Justice's Division of Criminal Investigation, said more than 100 officers were investigating the incident, according to Fox News.

The first shooting reportedly happened around 12:30 pm local time at Marathon Savings Bank in Rothschild, following which officers responded to the domestic situation. On arrival, police found two people shot dead at the scene.

The second shooting was reported about 10 minutes later at the Tlusty, Kennedy and Dirks law firm in nearby Schofield, followed by a third at 1:30pm (local time) at an apartment complex in Weston. Police said they were engaged in a prolonged standoff in the apartment complex.

The entire area was on a lockdown following the shootings and all nearby schools and hospitals were shut. Police said more information with regard to the shootings will be released on Thursday (23 March).

The officer who died in the incident was from the Everest Metro Police department, their chief, Wally Sparks, said at a news conference, but did not reveal the identities of the victims.</s>ROTHSCHILD, Wis. -- Police in northern Wisconsin say an officer and three other people were killed in what apparently began as a domestic dispute in a bank.

Everest Metro Police Chief Wally Sparks said the slain officer was from his department. Sparks did not release the officer’s name. The names of the other three dead also were not released.

Sparks said a suspect was in custody. The suspect was taken into custody after 5 p.m. following a standoff at an apartment building, CBS affiliate WSAW reports.

The shootings happened at a bank, a law firm and an apartment complex, where officers, including a SWAT team, were in a standoff with the suspect late in the afternoon, Wausau police Capt. Todd Baeten said at a news conference. The area is about 90 miles west of Green Bay.

Baeten would not give details of the officer’s injuries or those of other victims. But he said authorities were in contact with the suspect and were trying to engage him. He gave no other details. He said the situation was still active and asked residents to avoid the area.

A SWAT team and other police officers are outside an apartment in northern Wisconsin as police investigate shootings at three locations.

Baeten said the first incident was reported around 12:59 p.m. in an area near Marathon Savings Bank in Rothschild, reports CBS affiliate WSAW. Soon after, officers were called to the second scene about a mile and a half away, near a law firm called Tlusty, Kennedy & Dirks S.C. That incident was followed shortly after by the third shooting, at the Aspen Street Apartments, about two miles away.

Early police reports indicated two people were shot and critically injured, but Baeten wouldn’t confirm the injuries later Wednesday. He says the shootings involved “multiple scenes” and many law officers.

Residents of the Aspen Street Apartments are considered displaced. According to dispatch reports, eight families will receive assistance from the Red Cross, WSAW reports.

A woman who lives in the complex said she looked out her apartment window in the small town of Weston about 1:15 p.m. to see a squad car approach, and a few seconds later heard a gunshot and saw the officer fall. Kelly Hanson, 21, told The Associated Press she saw other officers put the wounded policeman in an armored SWAT vehicle and take him away, but she did not know if he was alive or dead.

“I thought, what is going on? I know what a gun sounds like, and thought ‘This isn’t good,’” Hanson said. She said she stayed in her apartment until about 4:45 p.m. when she heard a volley of about 10 shots and began to “freak out.” Authorities eventually let her leave her apartment.

“It’s tragic that had to happen, but I think they did a good job out here today,” Hanson said.

Dozens of police cars and emergency vehicles responded after the first shooting happened around 12:30 p.m. at Marathon Savings Bank in Rothschild. Officers responding to a reported domestic situation arrived to find two people had been shot.

A second call came about 10 minutes later from the Tlusty, Kennedy and Dirks law firm in nearby Schofield, and then a third report came in at 1:30 p.m. from an apartment complex in Weston.

SWAT members entered the apartment building about 2:30 p.m., the Wausau Daily Herald reported. Nearby schools and a hospital went on lockdown. The lockdowns were later lifted.

Susan Thompson, a resident of the building, told the newspaper she heard gunshots and heard someone scream. As she left her apartment, police called to her to get inside and lock her doors. Thompson, 21, said she had her 2-year-old daughter in the apartment. Officers later came to her door and helped her and her daughter outside, she said.</s>Police confirmed that the suspect was taken into custody. However, they did not release the names of the people involved and killed during the shootings in Wisconsin.

Four people including a police officer were killed in a series of shootings Wednesday in Marathon County, northern Wisconsin that began after a domestic dispute at a bank, officials said. At a press conference in the evening, police confirmed that the suspect has been taken into custody and that there is no public threat anymore. The police have neither released the name of the suspect nor has it named the people, killed in the shootings.

Everest Metro Police Chief, Wally Sparks confirmed that the officer who was killed during the shootings was from his department, according to the Associated Press.

"I would like to send all my thoughts and ask everybody listening, thoughts and prayers to all the victims and their families. Please keep them in your prayers and be with our officers," Sparks said during the news conference Wednesday evening.

Wausau, Wisconsin police Capt. Todd Baeten described the incidents and said the series of shootings first took place first at Marathon Savings Bank in Rothschild after a domestic dispute. The shootings then took place at a law firm in Schofield and at the Aspen Street Apartments complex. On being informed, the police rushed to the spot, following which a SWAT team and the officers had a standoff with the suspect late afternoon.

Police did not mention the exact locations where the victims were killed. Baeten only mentioned that the first shooting at the bank was reported around 12:59 p.m. EDT and the others followed, CBS affiliate WSAW reported.

"As you all know this is a complex and ongoing investigation involving three crime scenes and multiple victims of shootings at those locations. The process has begun to investigate these situations," Baeten said, Fox News reported.

The residents were asked to avoid the entire area during the incidents and after 3 p.m. EDT till the suspect had been taken into custody. "One of the main reasons that we want to keep everybody away from those streets we've listed is because I can confirm that a local law enforcement officer was shot. I cannot comment on the extent of the injuries at this point, or the extent of anybody's injuries. Officers are in contact right now with the suspect at the Aspen Street Apartments site, and are working to engage in communication with him," Baeten explained to the CBS Affiliate WSAW.

A woman named Kelly Hanson who lives in the Aspen complex told the Associated Press that she saw the SWAT team take away a wounded police officer after a few gunshots were heard.

"I thought, what is going on? I know what a gun sounds like, and thought 'This isn't good,'" Hanson said. Hanson said she stayed in her apartment until about 4:45 p.m. when she heard a volley of about 10 shots and began to "freak out." Authorities eventually let her leave her apartment.

"It's tragic that had to happen, but I think they did a good job out here today," she added.

Another man named Omar Sey who recently moved to the apartment heard about the incident after he reached home and saw several squad cars outside.

"This is crazy," Sey said. "You have everything at your disposal. Why don't you make your life better instead of engaging in this."</s>WESTON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on a string of shootings in northern Wisconsin that killed a police officer and three others and prompted local schools and a hospital to go on lockdown (all times local):

Police in northern Wisconsin say an officer and three other people were killed in what apparently began as a domestic dispute in a bank.

Everest Metro Police Chief Wally Sparks said the slain officer was from his department. Sparks did not release the officer’s name. The names of the other three dead also were not released.

Sparks said a suspect was in custody.

The violence in the small town of Rothschild began shortly after noon on Wednesday, after police were summoned to what they called a “domestic situation” at Marathon Savings Bank.

They say they arrived to find two people with gunshot wounds and the suspect gone. Authorities say a second shooting happened soon after at a law firm and a third at an apartment complex.</s>ROTHSCHILD, Wis. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A police officer and three other people were killed in northern Wisconsin Wednesday in what apparently began as a domestic quarrel in a bank.

Everest, Wisconsin Metro Police Chief Wally Sparks said the slain officer was from his department. Sparks did not release the officer’s name.

The names of the other three dead also were not released.

Sparks said a suspect was in custody late Wednesday.

The violence in the small town of Rothschild began shortly after noon on Wednesday, after police were summoned to what they called a “domestic situation” at Marathon Savings Bank.

They said they arrived to find two people with gunshot wounds and the suspect gone. Authorities said a second shooting happened soon after at the Tlusty, Kennedy and Dirks firm in nearby Schofield and a third at the Aspen Street apartment complex in Weston, CBS affiliate WSAW-TV, Wausau reported.

A witness said the officer was shot moments after arriving at an apartment complex in pursuit of a suspect in a string of shootings.

Kelly Hanson said she looked out her apartment window in the small town of Weston about 1:15 p.m. to see a squad car approach, and a few seconds later heard a gunshot and saw the officer fall. She says other officers then drove in with an armored vehicle to retrieve him.

Hanson said she stayed in her apartment all afternoon until hearing a volley of about 10 shots. She said she was finally allowed to leave her apartment in early evening.</s>WESTON, Wis. (AP) — A police officer and three others have been killed in Wisconsin shootings on Wednesday night, police said.

No other information has been made available by police.

Stay with KRON4 for updates on this breaking news story on-air, online, and on the KRON4 app.</s>Three civilians and a police officer were killed Wednesday in a shooting incident in northern Wisconsin, Everest Metropolitan Police Chief Wally Sparks said.

Police said the shootings occurred at three locations in the Wausau area.

The officer, from the Everest Metropolitan Police Department in Schofield, was killed in the line of duty, Sparks said. The name of the officer was not released.

“This was one suspect, at this point in time. He has been taken into custody,” Sparks said at a media briefing where he did not take questions.

Sparks did not provide a possible motive for the shooting, and said the Wisconsin Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigations is handling the investigation. Jason Smith of the DCI said the investigation is complex.

It is not clear precisely where the four fatalities occurred.

CNN affiliates WJFW, WAOW and WSAW reported the shootings took place at a bank in Rothschild, a law office in Schofield and an apartment in Weston.

“This is a complex, ongoing investigation involving three crime scenes and multiple victims of shootings at those locations,” Wausau Police Capt. Todd Baeten said.
A series of shootings in Rothschild, Wisconsin, leave at least four people dead, including a police officer.