The train is delayed due to an endangered passenger. There... Emergency personnel arrive at the scene where a shooting was reported at a software company in Middleton. Three people were wounded in an office shooting in Wisconsin Wednesday morning – before the gunman was killed by police, authorities said. The chaos unfolded at a commercial building in Middleton just outside of Madison at the location of software company WTS Paradigm at around 10:30 a.m., cops said. An onslaught of emergency responders quickly descended on the scene. The gunman, whose identity was not immediately released, was shot by officers and removed to a local hospital before succumbing to his injuries. The three victims were also taken to area hospitals. Their conditions were not immediately disclosed by cops. “We know that three people were injured and are being treated at local hospitals for gunshot wounds,” Middleton Police Chief Charles Foulke said at a press conference. “Officers who responded engaged the suspect. He was shot by officers,” Foulke said. An employee at WTS Paradigm, who witnessed the shooting, told the Wisconsin State Journal that the gunman was also an employee with the company. The witness, who asked not to be named, heard about a dozen gunshots from what he says sounded like a handgun, as he was holed up in a room and texting his wife before police arrived. The man told the news outlet that he kept thinking, “The walls in the office aren’t thick enough.” One woman being assisted out of an area building was screaming, saying it was “a devastating loss,” according to Wisconsin State Journal reporter Dean Mosiman. Andrew King, an employee at an area building, said he saw a man with a handgun going inside another building. “I saw a dude walking with a gun inside the building,” King said, according to the news outlet. “He was just walking with it, and I didn’t see any shooting.” A lockdown in relation to the incident was lifted by police less than three hours after the shooting started. Members of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives also responded to the scene. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker wrote in a tweet that he and his wife, Tonette, “are praying for those who were injured and for those who are caring for them at local hospitals.” “On behalf of a grateful state, I thank our outstanding first responders who acted decisively in the face of danger and stabilized the situation,” Walker wrote. Middleton Mayor Gurdip Brar told the State Journal: “My heart goes out to the families of anyone who may have been hurt…The city will do everything we can to help them in this situation.” Middleton is about 90 miles west of Milwaukee. With Post Wires<doc-sep>MIDDLETON, Wis. -- A developer at a Wisconsin software company where a shooting unfolded Wednesday described hearing shots fired -- and what he did when he heard them. Drew Beatty said he heard several loud bangs while he was sitting at his desk, CBS affiliate WISC-TV reports. "At that time I didn't really process what was happening," he said. "I looked around and then I heard a couple more bangs and then I saw one of my coworkers just bolt out the door, and that's when I realized this is a crisis situation," he told the station. "Shot were not rapid fire. ... It was just, 'bang, bang, bang, bang, and then bang, bang,'" Beatty said. "You could tell it was kind of calculated shots. It wasn't just spraying around." He said he crawled under office desks and bolted for the door when he heard the shots pause. Drew Beatty WISC-TV "It's a glass door and it was shattered and there was a person outside the door that was injured," Beatty said. "He was on his hands and knees saying he was shot." Authorities have said they still don't know why an employee at the company, WTS Paradigm, went to the office with a pistol and extra ammunition and began firing on his colleagues, seriously injuring several, before he was fatally shot by police. Middleton Police Chief Chuck Foulke released some details about the suspect: that he was an employee of WTS Paradigm and lived in nearby Madison. The chief said he didn't know if victims were targeted, adding that investigators were following all leads. Foulke said the shooting happened Wednesday morning. Officers arrived to find a man armed with a semi-automatic pistol and extra ammunition. "We have reason to believe the suspect was heavily armed with a lot of extra ammunition, a lot of extra magazines," Foulke said. The man fired at officers before he was shot. Foulke said four officers fired their weapons within eight minutes of getting the call, preventing more bloodshed. "I think a lot less people were injured or killed because police officers went in and neutralized the shooter," Foulke said. Police conducted a secondary search of the office building after the shooting to ensure there were no more victims or suspects -- and officers discovered some people still hiding in the building, which also houses Esker Software. Gabe Geib, a customer advocate at Esker Software, said he was working at his desk when he heard what "sounded like claps." He said he then saw people running away from the building at "full sprint." "We knew at that point that something was going down. A ton of people were running across the street right in front of us," he said. Geib said he and his colleagues were still huddled in their cafeteria, away from windows, more than an hour after the shooting. WTS Paradigm Marketing Manager Ryan Mayrand said in a statement Wednesday evening that the company was "shocked and heartbroken" and was working to set up counseling for workers. The company makes software for the building products industry. A Wisconsin State Journal profile from 2014 listed company employment at about 145 employees and noted the company was looking to move to a larger location at the time.<doc-sep>Multiple people have been injured in a shooting at an office building in Wisconsin, where the suspect was shot and killed by police. Middleton Police Chief Charles Foulke said officers responded to reports of an active shooter in the suburban area around 10:25 am local time. The suspect shot three victims, he said, before the officers fatally wounded him. There were no other suspects in the attack. “I know you have a million questions and so do I, and I don’t know those answers," Mr Foulke said at an afternoon press conference. "The main thing we can say right now is that the suspect was neutralized.” A UW Health University Hospital spokeswoman confirmed to The Independent earlier on Wednesday that four people had been transferred to the hospital with injuries. Two people were in serious condition and one was in critical condition, she said. The condition of the fourth was unclear at the time. Officers from the county sheriff's department and the regional office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) also responded to reports of an active shooter on the 1800 block of Deming Way in Middleton that morning. The block houses offices for software companies WTS Paradigm and Esker, but employees of the latter told local news outlets the shooter had not entered their office. A witness to the shooting who works for WTS Paradigm told the Wisconsin State Journalthat the shooter was an employee of the company. The witness said he heard about a dozen gunshots from what sounded like a handgun. He estimated the company had about 160 employees at that location. The scene was still active more than an hour after the first report, with police warning residents to shelter in place. An Esker employee told the Associated Press that he and his colleagues hid in their office cafeteria for more than an hour after the shooting. 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Firefighters have brought the fire under control but they expected to keep working through the day EPA World news in pictures 15 September 2020 Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny posing for a selfie with his family at Berlin's Charite hospital.<doc-sep>MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin software worker who opened fire on his fellow employees in their suburban Madison office had worked for the company for almost 18 months and had no criminal history in the state, authorities said Thursday. Police killed the gunman in a shoot-out Wednesday morning inside WTS Paradigm's Middleton offices while responding to reports of an active shooter. The Dane County medical examiner identified the shooter Thursday as 43-year-old Anthony Tong. Police said three people were seriously wounded in the attack and remained hospitalized Thursday. A fourth person was grazed but a bullet. Middleton Police Chief Chuck Foulke said the gunman had worked at WTS Paradigm since April 2017. Foulke said he had no criminal history in Wisconsin and lived alone. Officers searched Tong's house in nearby Verona Wednesday evening, but Foulke didn't say what they found. The chief said investigators still don't know what prompted the attack . "I'm dying to know the motive also," Foulke said during a Thursday news conference. "We just have not found one yet." One victim was critically wounded but had been upgraded to serious condition by Thursday morning, while the two other victims remained in serious condition at University Hospital, according to a spokeswoman. Foulke said investigators had interviewed two of those victims. He did not say what they divulged but called the conversations "really important interviews." The victims' names haven't been released. WTS Paradigm officials issued a statement Wednesday saying the incident was shocking and heartbreaking, but the company provided no information about the shooting. A company spokesman didn't reply to emails Thursday. Officers were called to WTS Paradigm in Middleton, a Madison suburb of about 17,440 people, just before 10:30 Wednesday. Foulke said officers arrived within 8 minutes of receiving emergency calls and found a man wielding a semiautomatic pistol. Foulke said the man was carrying extra magazines as well. Story continues Two Middleton officers and two Dane County sheriff's deputies exchanged gunfire with Tong, killing him. The officers and deputies were not hurt, Foulke said. The police chief said he didn't know if the victims were targeted or shot at random. He added that federal authorities are tracing the history of the pistol to determine how the gunman's acquired it. WTS Paradigm makes software for the building products industry. A Wisconsin State Journal profile from 2014 listed company employment at about 145 workers and noted the company was looking to move to a larger location at the time. The company has posted You Tube videos depicting a loose atmosphere in an upscale office marked by a breakroom that resembles a bar, a ping-pong table and a shuffleboard table, and workers in jeans and sweatshirts. One video depicts an office Olympics in which workers compete by pedaling themselves around in their chairs and toss garbage in wastebaskets. Another video touts the company's charity contributions, including donations to the Madison Children's Museum, the American Diabetes Association and Habitat for Humanity. ___ Associated Press writer Gretchen Ehlke in Milwaukee contributed to this report.<doc-sep>
(CNN) — Three people were seriously wounded Wednesday morning when a coworker opened fire at a software firm in a small Wisconsin city, police said. The gunman, who was critically injured during an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement officers, died later at a hospital, Middleton police said. His identity has not been released. The suspect, a US citizen in his 40s, did not have any known criminal record or family who lived in the area, Chief Charles Foulke said Thursday. Authorities searched the suspect’s residence on the southwest side of Madison on Wednesday night. It’s unknown if the gun used in the shooting was owned legally. But police said he did not have a Wisconsin conceal-and-carry permit. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is investigating where the weapon was originally purchased. “A significant number of bullets were fired” between the suspect and responding law enforcement, Foulke said. The motive for the shooting, which unfolded in an office complex housing several businesses, is unclear. Middleton Police Chief Charles Foulke said the gunman was an employee of WTS Paradigm, a software firm where he began shooting about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. The suspect had been employed at the company since April 2017. “It wasn’t unusual for him to be in there,” Foulke said. “He had a reason to be in there.” During the shooting, people hid under desks or barricaded themselves, and many ran, he said. Foulke said the suspect exchanged gunfire with four law enforcement officers, whose actions he described as “very heroic … and, from what I’ve been told and I believe, prevented much more bloodshed from happening.” The officers have all been placed on administrative leave, following department policy. “We have reason to believe the suspect was heavily armed with a lot of extra ammunition, a lot of extra magazines,” the chief said. A total of 10 police officers and sheriff’s deputies initially responded and entered the two-building complex, Foulke said. They arrived as workers poured out. According to Foulke, three victims, two males and a female, are being treated for gunshot wounds at UWHealth, a local hospital. A fourth person was grazed. A tweet Wednesday night from UWHealth said one person was in critical condition and the other two were in serious condition. The victim in critical condition had been upgraded on Thursday, Foulke said, declining to identify the victims. The FBI is assisting in the investigation, the chief said. About 50 police cars plus the FBI responded to the scene in the 1800 block of Deming Way, Keely Arthur of CNN affiliate WISC reported. Police video is being reviewed, Foulke said. The building also has surveillance cameras. Some witnesses says shooter ran into this building 1800 Deming Way, police around the perimeter pic.twitter.com/47m3RX0N5H — WRAL Keely Arthur (@keelyarthurnews) September 19, 2018 Middleton, a suburb of the state capital Madison, is a city of about 17,000 residents. “My heart goes out to the people involved in the shooting,” Middleton Mayor Gurdip Brar said. “You never would think this type of thing would happen in your city. Really, so sad that this happened here.” CNN’s Sheena Jones, Jason Carroll and David Williams contributed to this report.