Shooting at spa in Wisconsin: 3 dead, 4 wounded, suspect remains at large, police say

By Dylan Stableford, Yahoo! News | The Lookout – 4 hrs ago

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A tactical unit responds to the shooting in Brookfield, Wis. (AP)

A shooting at a spa near a Brookfield, Wis., mall on Sunday left three dead and four others wounded, police said, and authorities are searching for the suspected gunman.

Police identified the suspected shooter as 45-year-old Radcliffe Haughton, of Brown Deer, Wis. Haughton is 6-foot-2-inches tall, weighs approximately 210 pounds and was last seen wearing a camouflage jacket, grey sweater, blue jeans and carrying a white and black backpack, police said. He was reportedly driving a black 2003 Mazda Protégé with license plate no. 171-KZD, though according to witnesses he may have fled on foot.

The shooting occurred at the Azana Spa across the street from the Brookfield Square Mall at approximately 11:15 a.m. local time, police said. A spokeswoman for Froedtert Memorial Hospital told the Associated Press that said four shooting victims were being treated for non-life threatening injuries at the hospital.

"Our entire operation is focused on locating the suspect," Brookfield Police Chief Daniel Tushaus said at a press conference on Sunday.

Haughton (Waukesha County Sheriff's Dept.)

Authorities have not released a motive. Butaccording to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, a restraining order requested by Haughton's wife was issued against him on Thursday in Milwaukee County Circuit Court. According to WISN-TV, Haughton is the estranged husband of one of the spa workers.

"According to online court records," the Journal-Sentinel said, "Haughton was not allowed to have firearms and was directed to deliver firearms to the sheriff. The order does not indicate if that happened."

The paper said it spoke to the suspect's father, Radcliffe Haughton Sr., who spoke with his son last week. "So he hasn't been apprehended?" Haughton Sr. said. "Oh Lord. Have mercy, God."

The suspect does not appear to have a page on Facebook, but a Google Plus page for a Radcliffe Haughton includes a photo of a man who looks like Haughton displaying what appears to be a gun. A LinkedIn page lists Haughton as the owner of "Haughton International Corporation."

Following the shooting, the mall and a nearby country club were placed on lockdown. SWAT, FBI, fire and rescue officials responded to the scene, and a Flight for Life helicopter landed in the mall's parking lot. Police and tactical units were conducting a sweep of surrounding buildings.

A representative from the Deptartment of Homeland Security arrived on the scene to offer investigative assistance, while police and FBI--assisted by a bomb squad--conducted a search of Haughton's home.

In August, Wade Michael Page, an Army veteran with white supremacist ties, opened fire at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., killing six and injuring three others before shooting himself.

And Sunday's shooting took place less than a mile from a hotel where a gunman opened fire during a Living Church of God service in 2005. Seven people were killed and four wounded in that shooting.