Three people were killed and three were injured in a shooting at a Kenosha, Wisconsin, bar early Sunday morning, the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office reported. Police said Sunday evening that a person of interest is in custody.
Two people died at the bar and another died after getting into a car leaving the scene, the sheriff’s office said. Officials said they did not believe it was a random act, but rather a specific situation. The three people who died were all known, according to the sheriff’s office.
On Sunday evening, police said there were six confirmed victims (three dead and three men hospitalized with gunshot wounds) and one more unknown gunshot victim.
Authorities said they believed guns were used and that more than one was recovered at the scene.
The shooting took place around 1 a.m. at Somers House Tavern, a popular bar among Carthage College students, according to CBS Chicago. The school closed early Sunday, but has since risen.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers issued a statement saying he and his wife “think of the families and loved ones affected and the entire Kenosha community as they mourn and face another tragic incident in Kenosha. gun violence “.
The Kenosha shooting was one of several shots across the country this weekend. On Saturday night, a man was killed and a woman was injured in a shooting at a mall in Omaha, Nebraska. Omaha police said Makhi Woolridge-Jones, 16, was arrested Sunday in connection with the incident. In a separate incident in Phoenix, several people were injured while fleeing gunfire at a Saturday night concert, CBS affiliate KPHO added.
This weekend’s violence comes after a series of deadly shots, including one at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis on Thursday it left eight people dead.