Seven dead including shooter in rampage at Molson Coors in Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE – Seven people were killed including a gunman during a shooting rampage on the Milwaukee campus of Molson Coors on Wednesday afternoon, according to multiple sources who spoke to the Journal Sentinel.

The company told employees in an email that the active shooter was located in or near South Packaging, Building 4, second-floor stairwell.

James Boyles spoke with the Journal Sentinel. He said his wife, Lasonya Ragdales, works at Molson Coors in the claims department. She has been told that there is an active shooter and she is locked in a room with co-workers. She was texting him from inside the building.

Police responded at 2:11 p.m. to 4115 W. State St. for a report of a shooting.
 

Officers from the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office, Marquette University Police Department and the U.S. Marshals were also responding. Officials with the ATF and FBI were also on the scene.

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was on the scene.

Police blocked off the scene at North 35th and West State. Highway 175 was also closed at West State and Vliet.
 

Molson Coors Beverage Co., which operates MillerCoors, on Oct. 30 announced plans to close a Denver office and relocate hundreds of corporate support jobs to the Milwaukee office, 3939 W. Highland Blvd. 

The brewer now has 610 jobs at the Milwaukee office. Corporate functions based there include human resources, financing and information technology. 

Also, the main brewery on West State Street and a smaller, recently expanded brewery, at 1515 North 10th St., together have 750 jobs.

Joe Taschler, Tom Daykin, Jordyn Noennig, Ricardo Torres, Sarah Hauer, John Steppe and Annysa Johnson of the Journal Sentinel staff and Grace Hauck of USA TODAY contributed to this report.