UPDATED: Shooting reported in Plymouth Township
PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP—The Rock County Sheriff's Office is asking people to stay away from the area of Stuart Road in the town of Plymouth, where authorities are responding to a report of a shooting.
Channel 3000 reports that a woman in her late 50s was found shot to death in a shed, according to the Rock County Sheriff's Office.
They found a man thought to be in his 70's in another shed on the property. He was transported to University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Channel 3000 reports.
Deputies and other emergency crews began staging around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 6800 block of Stuart Road after it was reported a female had been shot, radio communications indicated.
A Special Weapons and Tactics trailer arrived on scene at 9:30 a.m.
"At this time, deputies are setting up a perimeter, and the Rock County SWAT Team is also responding," according to a sheriff's office news release received at 9:43 a.m. "This is very fluid, and citizens are asked to avoid the Stuart Road area. Information will be released as more facts are known."
A "staging area" has been set up for news media at Plymouth Town Hall at 8219 High St., Hanover.
