Report: Multiple people shot near Milwaukee-area mall;Three confirmed dead;authorities check for possible bomb;suspect found dead at scene
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Authorities respond to the scene near Brookfield Square west of Milwaukee.
By M. Alex Johnson and Tricia Culligan, NBC News
New in this version: Gunman found dead; survivors conditions' updated
Updated at 6:30 p.m. ET: A man
who was ordered last week to turn over all his weapons in a domestic dispute opened fire Sunday at his estranged wife's workplace near Milwaukee, killing three people and injuring four others, authorities said. He then apparently shot himself to death, police said.
Bill Dedman and Tricia Culligan of NBC News and Todd Hicks, Susan Kim and Jermont Terry of WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee contributed to this report. Follow M. Alex Johnson on Twitter andFacebook.
The suspect was identified as Radcliffe Franklin Haughton, 45, of Brown Deer, Wis., said Brookfield Police Chief Daniel Tushaus, who said Haughton was found dead inside the building, a two-story salon and day spa across the street from a busy mall.
Haughton's body wasn't found for several hours because investigators' canvass of the building was slowed by the presence of what appeared to be an improvised explosive device left at the scene, police said.
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital in Milwaukee, where the victims were taken for treatment, said none of the survivors was in critical condition. It said it had resumed normal operations after having been locked down while Haughton was still believed to be at large.Police said the shootings began at 11:09 a.m. (12:09 p.m. ET) at the Azana Day Spa, across Moorland Road from Brookfield Square mall in Brookfield, about 10 miles west of Milwaukee. The mall was closed as SWAT team members scoured the area for the suspect.
Haughton was described as an African-American male, 6 feet, 1 inch tall, weighing about 210 pounds and last seen wearing a grey sweater and carrying a white and black backpack.
Other records indicate that Haughton was also charged with disorderly conduct in January 2011, a charge that was dismissed in June 2011 when a witness failed to appear in court. He had been ordered to stay away from his wife, Zina Daniel Haughton, and the family home. Milwaukee County court records show that a temporary restraining order was issued Thursday against Haughton. A hearing was held that day, and Haughton was ordered to deliver his firearms to the sheriff and to have no contact for four years with the complainant or the residence. The complainant isn't identified in the court record, and the court records don't indicate whether he surrendered any firearms.
Brown Deer Police Chief Steven Rinzel confirmed the information in the court documents.
Zina Haughton has a state license as a cosmetology manager. Two workers at the salon said Zina Haughton was estranged from her husband.
Records suggest that Haughton had endured several years of financial problems, with a civil judgment for $19,000 in 2006 and a state tax lien for $5,000 in 2009. His home has been listed as for sale by owner. His former job, from 2003 to 2007, is listed in public records as general manager of a former Land Rover dealership in the Glendale area of Milwaukee County.
Auto advertisements and business records list a man named Radcliffe Haughton as sales manager at an auto dealership in Milwaukee. Calls to the dealership weren't returned.
Suspect's father aghast
Haughton's father, also named Radcliffe, was shocked and dismayed upon learning that his son was the suspect.
"Oh, my God," the elder Haughton told WTMJ in a telephone interview from his home in Florida. "The Haughton family apologizes, and we are sorry."
"This is not a reflection of the Haughton family," he said, adding: "One member of the Haughton family has done something terrible. This is not the Haughtons' way. This is not the way we live. This is not how I raised my son up."
Haughton told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel that he spoke to his son just last week, telling him he could stay with him in Florida if he needed to.
"I told him, 'Whatever you do, don't do anything stupid,'" the elder Haughton said.
New in this version: Suspect identified; possibility of explosive device in salon investigatedwho was ordered last week to turn over all his weapons in a domestic dispute opened fire Sunday at his estranged wife's workplace near Milwaukee, killing three people and injuring four others, authorities said. He then apparently shot himself to death, police said.
Bill Dedman and Tricia Culligan of NBC News and Todd Hicks, Susan Kim and Jermont Terry of WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee contributed to this report. Follow M. Alex Johnson on Twitter andFacebook.
The suspect was identified as Radcliffe Franklin Haughton, 45, of Brown Deer, Wis., said Brookfield Police Chief Daniel Tushaus, who said Haughton was found dead inside the building, a two-story salon and day spa across the street from a busy mall.
Haughton's body wasn't found for several hours because investigators' canvass of the building was slowed by the presence of what appeared to be an improvised explosive device left at the scene, police said.
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital in Milwaukee, where the victims were taken for treatment, said none of the survivors was in critical condition. It said it had resumed normal operations after having been locked down while Haughton was still believed to be at large.Police said the shootings began at 11:09 a.m. (12:09 p.m. ET) at the Azana Day Spa, across Moorland Road from Brookfield Square mall in Brookfield, about 10 miles west of Milwaukee. The mall was closed as SWAT team members scoured the area for the suspect.
Haughton was described as an African-American male, 6 feet, 1 inch tall, weighing about 210 pounds and last seen wearing a grey sweater and carrying a white and black backpack.
Other records indicate that Haughton was also charged with disorderly conduct in January 2011, a charge that was dismissed in June 2011 when a witness failed to appear in court. He had been ordered to stay away from his wife, Zina Daniel Haughton, and the family home. Milwaukee County court records show that a temporary restraining order was issued Thursday against Haughton. A hearing was held that day, and Haughton was ordered to deliver his firearms to the sheriff and to have no contact for four years with the complainant or the residence. The complainant isn't identified in the court record, and the court records don't indicate whether he surrendered any firearms.
Brown Deer Police Chief Steven Rinzel confirmed the information in the court documents.
Zina Haughton has a state license as a cosmetology manager. Two workers at the salon said Zina Haughton was estranged from her husband.
Brookfield, Wis., Police Chief Daniel Tushaus says Radcliffe Haughton was found dead after shooting at least seven people at a day spa.
Auto advertisements and business records list a man named Radcliffe Haughton as sales manager at an auto dealership in Milwaukee. Calls to the dealership weren't returned.
Suspect's father aghast
Haughton's father, also named Radcliffe, was shocked and dismayed upon learning that his son was the suspect.
"Oh, my God," the elder Haughton told WTMJ in a telephone interview from his home in Florida. "The Haughton family apologizes, and we are sorry."
"This is not a reflection of the Haughton family," he said, adding: "One member of the Haughton family has done something terrible. This is not the Haughtons' way. This is not the way we live. This is not how I raised my son up."
Haughton told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel that he spoke to his son just last week, telling him he could stay with him in Florida if he needed to.
"I told him, 'Whatever you do, don't do anything stupid,'" the elder Haughton said.
Updated at 3:14 p.m. ET: Police were looking for a suspect after several people were shot at a hair salon near a mall Sunday morning in the Milwaukee area, witnesses and police said.
Four people were being treated at Froedtert Memorial Hospital, none of them in critical condition, and three more were expected, Beth Strohbusch, a spokeswoman for the hospital, told NBC News. Authorities were investigating the possibility that an improvised explosive device may have been left in the salon, which is across the street from Brookfield Square in Brookfield, about 10 miles west of Milwaukee. Bomb squads and FBI tactical and hostage teams were on the scene, authorities told NBC News.
No children were believed to have been injured, according to the hospital, which was on lockdown with the gunman at loose.
Police were surrounding Haughton's home in Brown Deer, NBC station WTMJ of Milwaukee reported.
Two workers at the salon said he was the estranged husband of one of their co-workers, a hairstylist. They said they didn't know whether he had left or was still in another part of the building.New in this version: More details on gunman; new witness account
Updated at 2:55 p.m. ET: Police were looking for a suspect after several people were shot at a hair salon near a mall Sunday morning in the Milwaukee area, witnesses and police said.
An eyewitness, Jenny Remshak, told WTMJ that she was parked nearby when she saw a woman "crawling out of the building, and she rolled over to the cops, and they picked her up and took her right away in the ambulance."
A few minutes later, "about 10 people come running out of the building, screaming," Remshak said.
"Everybody was just grabbing their hearts and covering their mouths and watching in fear," she said.
Updated at 2:55 p.m. ET: Police were looking for a suspect after several people were shot at a hair salon near a mall Sunday morning in the Milwaukee area, witnesses and police said.
Multiple ambulances were at the scene near Brookfield Square in Brookfield, about 10 miles west of Milwaukee, NBC station WTMJ of Milwaukee reported. Four people were being treated at Froedtert Memorial Hospital, none of them in critical condition, and three more were expected, Beth Strohbusch, a spokeswoman for the hospital, told NBC News.
Witnesses said the shootings happened either at or near the Azana Salon and Spa, across Moorland Road from the mall. Brookfield Square was closed as SWAT team members scoured the area for the shooter.
No children were believed to have been injured, according to the hospital, which was on lockdown with the gunman at loose.
NBC News isn't reporting the suspect's name, but court records show that his wife was granted a protective order against him on Oct. 18.
He was described as an "ethnic" male, 6 feet, 1 inch tall, weighing about 270 pounds, with a bald head and brown eyes. He was believed to be from Brown Deer, about 15 miles north of Milwaukee, and driving a black 2003 Mazda.
Two workers at the salon said he was the estranged husband of one of their co-workers, a hairstylist. They said they didn't know whether he had left or was still in another part of the building.
An eyewitness, Jenny Remshak, told WTMJ that she was parked nearby when she saw a woman "crawling out of the building, and she rolled over to the cops, and they picked her up and took her right away in the ambulance."
A few minutes later, "about 10 people come running out of the building, screaming," Remshak said.
"Everybody was just grabbing their hearts and covering their mouths and watching in fear," she said.
Nick Iannelli of WTMJ radio in Milwaukee talks to MSNBC-TV's Richard Lui about the shooting.
Updated at 1:50 p.m. ET: Police were looking for a suspect after several people were shot at a hair salon near a mall Sunday morning in the Milwaukee area, witnesses and police said.
Multiple ambulances were at the scene near Brookfield Square in Brookfield, about 10 miles west of Milwaukee, NBC station WTMJ of Milwaukee reported.
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported that police confirmed that "multiple people" were shot about 11 a.m. (noon ET).
Witnesses said the shootings happened either at or near the Azana Salon and Spa, across Moorland Road from the mall. Several stores in Brookfield Square were on lockdown while SWAT team members scoured the area for the shooter,
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