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U.S. NEWS Thursday 27 February 2020

Multiple people dead in Milwaukee shooting at Molson Coors

By C. ANTLFINGER/ G. EHLKE mayor said. Police tweeted
Associated Press that there was no longer
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Multiple an active threat. Authori-
people were killed Wednes- ties did not immediately
day in a shooting on the release details about the
Molson Coors Brewing Co. shooter or how the shoot-
campus, Milwaukee Mayor ing unfolded. It occurred
Tom Barrett said. at a sprawling complex
The dead include the that includes a mix of cor-
shooter, said Barrett, who porate offices and brew-
did not give an exact num- ing facilities. At least 600
ber of people killed. people work at the com-
President Donald Trump plex, which is widely known
addressed the shooting in the Milwaukee area as
before speaking at the "Miller Valley," a reference
White House with reporters to the Miller Brewing Co.
about steps his administra- that is now part of Molson
tion is taking to combat the Coors. James Boyles told
coronavirus. He said the the Milwaukee Journal Sen-
attacker killed five people tinel that his wife, Lasonya
and wounded others. Ragdales, works at Molson
"Our hearts break for them Coors in the claims depart-
and their loved ones," the ment. She was texting from
president said. "We send inside the facility and told Police work outside the Molson Coors Brewing Co. campus in Milwaukee on Wednesday, Feb. 26,
our condolences. We'll be her husband that there was 2020, after reports of a possible shooting. Associated Press
with them, and it's a terrible an active shooter and she
thing, a terrible thing." was locked in a room with 160-year-old brewery, with waukee, where beer and was once stored, a saloon
Local media reported oth- a bunch of co-workers, the a packaging center that brewing are intertwined in with intricate woodwork,
er numbers of dead, citing Journal Sentinel reported. fills thousands of cans and the city's history. a stein hall with stained-
unnamed law enforce- Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers bottles every minute and The facility is also home to glass windows, a cham-
ment sources. "It is a hor- was on his way to the a distribution center the corporate customer ser- pagne room meeting hall
rible, horrible day for the scene. Attorney General size of five football fields. A vice, finance, human re- with leaded-glass windows,
employees here. It's a very Josh Kaul called the shoot- massive red Miller sign tow- sources and engineering. and an outdoor beer gar-
rough day for anyone who ing "gut-wrenching." ers over the complex and is Tours take people to under- den that can hold 300
is close to this situation," the "Miller Valley" features a a well-known symbol in Mil- ground caves where beer people.q

Woman accused of leaving her boyfriend in

suitcase to die

WINTER PARK, Fla. (AP) — Authorities dispatchers her boyfriend was dead, ments didn't line up with video evi-
in Florida have arrested a woman news outlets reported. dence found on her phone showing
accused of zipping her boyfriend Investigators said she claimed they a blue suitcase facing downward
into a suitcase, recording his repeat- had been drinking the night before with Torres trying to free himself.
ed cries for help and leaving him and agreed it would be funny if Tor- In the video, he called for help and
locked inside until he died, accord- res got into the suitcase during a yelled that he couldn't breathe,
ing to sheriff's office documents. game of hide-and-seek, according deputies wrote in the affidavit.
Deputies with the Orange County to an arrest affidavit from the sheriff's Boone could be heard laughing and
Sheriff's Office took Sarah Boone, 42, office. saying:
into custody on second-degree mur- Boone reportedly admitted she "That's what I feel like when you cheat This Monday, Feb. 24, 2020
der charges in the death of Jorge zipped Torres into the suitcase, went on me," according to the document. booking photo from the
Torres Jr., 42, the agency said in a upstairs to bed and awoke the next It's unclear whether Boone has an Orange County Sheriff’s
statement Tuesday. morning to find him still inside and un- attorney who can comment on her Office shows Sarah Boone.
Associated Press
Boone called 911 Monday afternoon responsive, the document alleged. behalf.q
from her Winter Park home and told The sheriff's office said Boone's state-