Wisconsin student suspect shot, killed by police outside middle school during active shooter lockdown

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A student in Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin, was shot and killed by police outside a middle school after it was placed on lockdown for an active shooter threat on Wednesday.

FOX 6 in Milwaukee reported that Attorney General Josh Kaul confirmed a male student had a weapon outside Mt. Horeb Middle School. Responding officers used deadly force on the student, who was not able to gain entry into the school, Kaul added.

The attorney general noted that the suspect was a student in the school district, though he did not confirm the boy’s age or the school he attended.

The Mt. Horeb Area School District turned to social media just after 11 a.m. on Wednesday, saying schools throughout the district were placed on lockdown. The posts also told family members to refrain from going to any of the schools in the district.

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An officer stands outside the school with a rifle

A Wisconsin school district said a person it described as an active shooter was outside a middle school in Mt. Horeb on Wednesday but the threat was “neutralized” and no one inside the building was injured. (FOX6 Milwaukee )

“An initial search of the middle school has not yielded additional suspects,” a post around noon said. “As importantly, we have no reports of individuals being harmed, with the exception of the alleged assailant.”

An earlier post from the district reported “the threat has been neutralized outside of the building.”