WASHINGTON – At least seven people were killed in a shooting at Molson Coors Brewing Company campus in Milwaukee today (Thursday).
The gunman was also killed while the motive for the attack remains unclear.
Police Chief Alfonso Morales said at a press conference that “Officers located the suspect, a 51-year-old Milwaukee man, deceased, from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound,” adding that “We have located five additional deceased adult victims.”
At 2:08 p.m. local time (8:08 p.m. GMT), police responded to a call of a shooting at the Miller Coors plant in the US city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Local WISN 12 news broadcaster reported that the suspected shooter was a former employee who was fired earlier in the day and returned to the facility with a gun.
US President Donald Trump during a press briefing at the White House extended condolences to those killed in the “terrible” shooting.
Molson Coors CEO Gavin Hattersley in a statement said the company was closing its Milwaukee office for the remainder of the week.
Miller Coors is a subsidiary of Molson Coors.
