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Police: Shooter at apartment complex kills 2, then himself

BROWN DEER, Wis. (AP) - A man who fatally shot two people at an apartment complex in a Milwaukee suburb has died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.

Three people, including the suspect, were killed and one other person was injured in Saturday morning's shooting, which authorities believe began as a 'œdomestic dispute,'ť Brown Deer Police Chief Peter Nimmer said.

He said the 26-year-old suspect shot himself and was taken to a hospital, where he died.

Nimmer said a 31-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman were also killed. A 36-year-old man was shot in the leg.

A child in the apartment was not hurt, he said.

Nimmer said he did not know the "relationships of all involved."

Police were called to the Park Plaza Court apartments shortly after 10 a.m. The suspect fired shots at officers from the second floor but no officers were hurt, although a police car was hit. Nimmer said no officers returned fire and officers afterward heard only one more round fired - likely the self-inflicted gunshot.

Local news outlets reported earlier that police vehicles, ambulances and fire department vehicles had gathered outside the apartment complex and that a Milwaukee County medical examiner had been called to the scene.

Brown Deer Police Chief Peter Nimmer speaks to reporters during a news conference Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022 after a shooting in Brown Deer, Wis. Nimmer said two people were killed and two more were injured in a shooting at an apartment complex in the Milwaukee suburb. (Ebony Cox /Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP) The Associated Press
Police investigate near the Park Plaza Apartments where there was a shooting, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, in Brown Deer, Wis. Police say a few people were killed and a few more were injured in a shooting at an apartment complex in the Milwaukee suburb. (Ebony Cox/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP) The Associated Press
Police are seen walking from Park Plaza Apartments Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022 where there was a shooting in Brown Deer, Wis. Police say two people were killed and two more were injured in a shooting at an apartment complex in the Milwaukee suburb. (Ebony Cox /Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP) The Associated Press
Police are seen walking from Park Plaza Apartments Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022 where there was a shooting in Brown Deer, Wis. Police say two people were killed and two more were injured in a shooting at an apartment complex in the Milwaukee suburb. (Ebony Cox /Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP) The Associated Press
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