Molson Coors Shooting
An employee walked onto the Molson Coors campus on Wednesday afternoon and began shooting, killing five coworkers before killing himself.
On 26 February, at around 2 p.m., people began calling law enforcement to report gunfire coming from what locals in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, colloquially refer to as the old Miller Brewery. The campus includes roughly 20 buildings where more than 1,000 people work. The size of the site and its workforce meant law enforcement spent hours clearing the scene, according to The New York Tiimes.
Several details about the incident, including the identity of the 51-year-old shooter, the victims’ names, motive, and more remain undisclosed to the public.
Few answers after mass shooting at Milwaukee brewing complexhttps://t.co/AS2o3me8bg pic.twitter.com/lLgu27DDMB
— WSFA 12 News (@wsfa12news) February 27, 2020
Along with the Milwaukee police department, additional law enforcement responded to the shooting, including SWAT teams, and federal agents from the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
According to The Washington Post, the shooting was not only the first act of gunviolence in 2020 to claim more than four lives, but also Wisconsin’s eleventh mass shooting since 2004. The Post maintains a database of mass shootings that occur in the United States.
The brewery has shut down until further notice.
All's quite at Molson Coors as CEO Gavin Hattersley said in an email to employees that the Milwaukee office will close for the rest of the week in the wake of the shooting that left 6 dead including the gunman. #MilwaukeeStrong pic.twitter.com/Pm7BN8cd7D
— Mike De Sisti (@mdesisti) February 27, 2020
Wisconsin governor Tony Evers ordered for flags in the state to be flown at half-staff in honor of the lives lost. While Evers and other politicians, including U.S. President Donald Trump, expressed sorrow over the incident, some local and national Democrats said that the incident illustrated a need for stricter gun control.
We've lost too many sons, daughters, friends and neighbors to this devastating scourge. Today, we mourn the five innocent lives lost in Milwaukee and pray for yet another community to find strength.
— Joe Morelle (@RepJoeMorelle) February 27, 2020
We cannot let another year go by. The Senate must join us in passing #HR8 – now.
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