An 18-year-old youth opened fire with a high-powered rifle outside of a high school prom in northern Wisconsin, wounding two students before a police officer who was in the parking lot fatally shot him, according to the authorities.
A female student allegedly dumped Jakob Wagner three weeks ago. They broke up so close to prom that she didn’t decide to go, a source said. Wagner knew the unidentified boy he shot but it is not clear if he knew the injured girl, the source added.
Wagner had broken out of routinely posting selfies on Facebook and had shared pictures of himself with his girlfriend beginning back in August 2015 and into January of this year. At that point, the photos returned to selfies.
A band member who skipped prom confirmed the name of Wagner’s ex-girlfriend and said she towered over Wagner’s short height.
An honor roll student (PDF), Wagner had graduated the previous year but instead go on to college, he stayed local and helped out as an assistant for an art class and also served as the right-hand man to the school’s band leader, Mark Dewey.
According to the police, Wagner was taken to a local hospital but passed away after life-saving measures were applied. The injured female student was treated and released, while the male student remained hospitalized and had to get surgery for a gunshot wound to his leg at Aspirus Langlade Hospital.
The investigation was handed over to The Wisconsin Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigation because the fatal shooting involved an Antigo cop.