Two students are dead after a suspected murder-suicide at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, police said.
Officers “responded to a call at Wilgus Hall, a student residence hall at the university, for a disturbance” on the afternoon of Monday, authorities said.
“Upon arrival, law enforcement officers from the UW-Platteville Police Department found two individuals injured, suffering from gunshot wounds.”
“One of the individuals was identified as Kelsie Martin, 22. Martin was transported to Southwest Health and then med-flighted to UW Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.”
Martin was a Wilgus Hall Assistant Resident Director and a psychology major from Beloit, Wisconsin. She died from a gunshot wound.
“The other individual was identified as Hallie Helms, 22, who died at the scene. Based on preliminary autopsy findings, Helms was determined to have died by self-inflicted gunshot wound.”
Helms was a campus resident and an elementary education major from Baraboo, Wisconsin.
The incident was deemed “targeted and isolated,” and “no other subjects are suspected to have been involved.”
