MADISON, Wis. — The superintendent of the Madison Metropolitan College District says he and the remainder of the district is grieving after a deadly capturing following a highschool basketball sport over the weekend in Beloit.
Beloit Police say a 19-year-old former Beloit Memorial Excessive College scholar was shot and killed within the car parking zone after the varsity’s sport towards Madison’s La Follette Excessive College.
“We’re grieving, together with the College District of Beloit, over the mindless and violent tragedy which occurred within the car parking zone of Beloit Memorial Excessive College Saturday evening, the place a former Beloit scholar misplaced his life because of gun violence,” MMSD superintendent Dr. Carlton Jenkins stated in an announcement Monday morning.
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All MMSD college students had been deemed protected after the incident, with district officers saying Saturday evening that La Follette’s basketball group was on the group bus and on their means residence as police investigated the capturing.
Nevertheless, it’s the newest brush with gun violence for La Follette Excessive College and MMSD.
“Though we’re grateful and relieved all of our MMSD college students had been saved protected, these mindless acts of violence have a ripple impact, impacting the essential cloth of all our college communities,” Dr. Jenkins stated. “As we proceed supporting our La Follette college students, our hearts break for the Beloit college neighborhood, and we ask you to hitch us in maintaining them in our ideas within the upcoming days.”
A La Follette scholar was arrested for bringing a stolen gun to school in early December, prompting a cancellation of co-curricular actions that evening with Madison East Excessive College. Madison police responded by stationing additional officers outside of La Follette High the subsequent day.
College officers in Janesville are responding to Saturday evening’s capturing by growing police presence at its sporting occasions for the rest of the yr — starting with Monday night’s girls’ basketball game between Janesville Craig High School and Beloit Memorial.
In Beloit, authorities expressed frustration Sunday as a result of a gaggle of at the very least 30 folks witnessed the 19-year-old being killed, however no one is talking to police about what occurred.
“My division and myself are rising bored with the people who find themselves refusing to speak to us,” Beloit Police Chief Andre Sayles stated. “The tradition of no snitching must cease.”
As of Monday, no arrests have been made for Saturday evening’s capturing and no suspects have been publicly recognized.
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