Todd Richmond
The Associated Press
DELAVAN, WIS.— A shooting inside a home killed six people, and a toddler was found in a nearby vehicle with a gunshot to the chest, the police chief said Sunday.
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Police found the bodies while investigating a report of shots fired Saturday night in this southern Wisconsin city, Chief Tim O’Neill said.
The wounded child, a 2-year-old girl, was taken to a hospital in Rockford, Ill., where she was reported in critical condition late Saturday, hospital officials said. Rockford Memorial Hospital officials said she was flown to the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison, where officials did not immediately give her condition Sunday morning.
Police cordoned off a two-block area around the crime scene Sunday morning as neighbours gathered on the sidewalks to watch the investigation.
One of the spectators was next-door neighbour Jesus Valadez, 27, who said he was outside in spite of police telling him to stay indoors and keep his doors locked.
“It’s kind of scary,” Valadez said. “Exciting, don’t get me wrong. Better than watching TV.”
Delavan is about 64 kilometres southwest of Milwaukee.