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Gunman Shoots 4 at Middleton Software Company; Dies in Shootout With Police (madison.com)

Posted by msmash on from the breaking-news dept.

Several Slashdot readers shared this report overnight: A gunman shot four people, none fatally, at his Middleton, Wisconsin workplace Wednesday morning before he was killed in a shootout with police, Middleton Police Chief Charles Foulke said. Authorities had not released the man's name or age, but police said he was from Madison and worked at WTS Paradigm, a software company at 1850 Deming Way where the shooting occurred. Police said a motive for the shooting was not yet known. Foulke said the shooter had been in the building before he began shooting at fellow employees around 10:29 a.m. One of the four people injured was just grazed by a bullet police say was fired from a handgun. Citing UW Health, a local NBC affiliate reported that two victims are in serious condition and one is in critical condition. "In a situation like this, you learn how great a community really is," WTS Marketing Manager Ryan Mayrand said. "We cannot thank the Middleton Police Department, the Dane County Sheriff's Office and other emergency personnel enough for their amazing response."

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  1. I'll settle this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Vi is better than Emacs. There will not be any more arguments about this...

  2. FFS Editors. Where TF is Middleton? by OzPeter · · Score: 5, Informative

    There's likely to be a ton of towns called Middleton in the US and the main story links to local paper and even TFA doesn't say which Middleton. It was only looking at the banner of the TFA that I saw it was Wisconsin.

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  3. Quick question by TimMD909 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Was this against a Code of Conduct? Without a document telling me exactly how to act, I'm lost. Make it as big as possible so that almost no one reads it. Then appoint people to lay down the law from this infallible book, as your average person couldn't understand it.

    Actually, could we get a cheat sheet with 10 easy to remember rules? Write it in stone too, so people know they're not up for negotiation. I'd split it into 2 tablets to make it easier to carry down the mountain.

    Lastly, we'll need a sacrifical lamb, of sorts. He'd have to be a really good guy. Someone who wants to help but says things not politically correct. If we could then figuratively crucify him in the court of public opinion, maybe then we could wake up as a society.

    Not sure if this has ever been tried before, but it might work.

  4. We have CC at our office by p51d007 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Our office, 15-20 people midwest, we have the OWNER that carries and probably 4-5 people that carry. We are all 2nd amendment promoters and believe everyone that is responsible and has the legal right to carry, should be permitted to do so. These "gun free" zones are just like dangling a worm on a hook, near a fish.