Police fatally shot armed student outside Wisconsin school [Video]

MOUNT HOREB, Wis. –

Police shot and killed a Wisconsin student outside a middle school after receiving a report of someone with a weapon Wednesday, the state’s attorney general said in the first law enforcement briefing on gunshots that sent children fleeing and prompted an hourslong lockdown of local schools.

Authorities in Mount Horeb had previously said an active shooter who never got inside the building was “neutralized” outside the school in Mount Horeb. State Attorney General Josh Kaul said at the briefing Wednesday evening that no one else was harmed and that an investigation is continuing.

“This incident took place outdoors. The subject in this case never gained entry,” he said.

Authorities at the briefing described the student as a juvenile male but did not provide an age or any information about which of the Mount Horeb district’s schools he attended.

Kaul declined to answer several questions about what happened once police responded, …