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A former judge was killed in his Wisconsin home in a targeted attack, officials say
The suspect was recognized as Douglas Ok. Uhde. Authorities tried to barter with the suspect whereas he was within the house, the state’s DOJ stated. The Juneau County Particular Ways and Response Staff entered the house shortly earlier than 10:20 a.m. and located the suspect within the basement of the house with an “obvious self-inflicted gunshot wound,” the state’s justice division stated. Uhde, 56, was taken to a medical facility and stays in vital situation, the division stated Saturday.
A firearm was recovered on the scene, the DOJ stated.
“Decide Roemer devoted a lot of his profession to public service within the legislation,” Wisconsin Supreme Court docket Chief Justice Annette Kingsland Ziegler stated in a press release. “Earlier than taking the bench in 2004, he had served as an assistant district lawyer and as an assistant state public defender. He was recognized by colleagues for his sharp authorized thoughts and his willingness to share his time and data with others.”
The suspect had different targets in thoughts — together with Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and Senate Minority Chief Mitch McConnell, the supply informed CNN. One other supply corroborated the officers’ names to CNN.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s workplace stated on Saturday that her identify additionally appeared on the gunman’s checklist of targets.
“Yesterday our workplace was notified by legislation enforcement officers that Governor Whitmer’s identify appeared on the Wisconsin gunman’s checklist. Whereas the information studies are deeply troubling, we is not going to remark additional on an ongoing felony investigation,” Whitmer’s workplace stated.
“This as I discussed earlier than does look like a focused act and the person who’s a suspect seems to have had different targets as properly. It seems to be associated to the judicial system,” Wisconsin Legal professional Normal Josh Kaul stated Friday in a information convention, stopping in need of naming the sufferer.
Kaul added that investigators aren’t conscious of any proof that factors to hazard for different folks, noting the probe is ongoing.
“Those that could have been different targets have been notified of that, however we’re not conscious of any energetic menace to people,” he stated. “If we change into conscious of any particular ongoing menace, we will definitely notify folks once we are conscious of that.”
CNN has reached out to Gov. Evers’ workplace, McConnell’s workplace, the US Capitol Police, the Juneau County Sheriff’s Workplace and the Wisconsin Justice Division.
CNN’s Omar Jimenez contributed to this report.