WHITEWATER — Kara Welsh, a 21-year-old UW-Whitewater student from Plainfield, Ill. was killed in a shooting Friday and a man was arrested on homicide charges, according to the Whitewater Police Department.
Welsh was shot multiple times in an apartment in the old Wisconsin Dairy Supply Co. building. Police arrested a 23-year-old man who supposedly knew Welsh and will refer several charges to the Walworth County District Attorney’s Office, including first-degree intentional homicide, endangering safety by the use of a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct while armed.
Police discovered there was likely an altercation between Welsh and the suspect before the shooting took place.
An initial notification to campus students by UW-Whitewater Chancellor Corey King let students know police were confident there was no additional danger following the arrest of the 23-year-old.
In a later message posted to the university website, King gave more information about Welsh.
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