| August 1, 2008 Wisconsin shooting suspect in custody
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NIAGARA, Wis. (AP) - An official says a suspect is in custody in the
shooting deaths of three people in Wisconsin.
A man wearing camouflage clothing and carrying an assault rifle
walked out of the woods and gunned down four young people who
had gathered at a river to go swimming, killing three of them
and wounding one.
More than 100 law enforcement officers from at least 10 agencies
searched Friday for the gunman, a middle-age man who was last seen
near the town of Niagara in northern Wisconsin, across the state
line from Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Officers set up roadblocks and evacuated an unknown number of
homes.
Nine young adults had gathered near a railroad bridge on the
Menominee River when the gunman came out of the woods and opened
fire about 5:30 p.m. Thursday, according to Sheriff Jim Kanikula.
Authorities have not determined a motive. The sheriff said there
was no communication between the gunman and his victims.
The shooter was only 7 to 10 feet away from one victim when he
fired, the sheriff said.
On Friday, two of the bodies remained at scene about three miles
west of Niagara because of fear that the shooter was still in the
area.
The dead were identified as Tiffany Pohlson, 17; Anthony
Spigarelli, 18; and Bryan Mort, 19. A fourth victim, 20-year-old
Daniel Louis Gordon, was wounded.
Niagara is about 210 miles north of Milwaukee.
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