A man was hospitalized after being shot multiple times in a targeted shooting at a Stoughton bar early Saturday, police reported.
Stoughton police received several calls of shots being fired at Shakers Saloon, 111 Chalet Drive, shortly after 2 a.m., Sgt. Patrick Frisch said in a statement.
Responding officers located several shell casings in the bar’s parking lot and a short time later Stoughton police were notified that a victim of the shooting was at Edgerton Hospital, Frisch said.
The 26-year-old man was taken to a Madison hospital by MedFlight, Frisch said about 8 a.m. Saturday.
Frisch said in an interview the victim was in stable condition by the afternoon.
The shooting appears to be targeted, Frisch said.
Several cars were seen leaving the bar when police were responding to the shooting, which happened in the parking lot, he said.
Frisch said no one is in custody, and the investigation is ongoing.
Finding of no evidence in reported hate crime, crash into church top recent crime news in Madison area
Watch now: St. Bernard Catholic Church in Middleton cleans up after driver smashes into building
MIDDLETON — Stained-glass windows were shattered, bricks and debris covered the floor and pews of the sanctuary, and an alleged drunken driver was in the hospital Monday after ramming a vehicle into St. Bernard Catholic Church.
Middleton police say the crash at the church, located at the corner of Parmenter Street and University Avenue near the city’s downtown, occurred about 1 a.m. The driver, whose name has not been released, has been cited for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and for having open intoxicants.
2 arrested in violent robbery and attack on Near East Side, another with stolen handgun, Madison police say
Two men have been arrested in a violent robbery and attack on the Near East Side in June, and a third man with a handgun stolen in the attack, Madison police reported.
At about 12:30 a.m. on June 29, a 27-year-old Madison man suffered a concussion and a broken jaw in a battery and robbery in the 1000 block of Williamson Street, police spokesman Joel DeSpain reported at the time.
‘Concerning’ Halloween decoration in Fitchburg neighborhood taken down by property owner
An outdoor Halloween decoration the mayor of Fitchburg called “concerning” was taken down by the property owner Wednesday at the request of city officials.
The decoration — a skeleton hanging from a tree — was part of a Halloween display in a neighborhood on the city’s west side, Fitchburg police Sgt. Ryan Michaels said.
Crash victim hopes multi-million dollar settlement will make people think before driving drunk
Amy Sylve doesn’t remember the crash that took the life of her husband nearly two years ago.
She only remembers making plans with Kevin Sylve to stop at a pumpkin patch they’d never been to before to get ready for Halloween. She doesn’t recall getting into the car, riding in the car or seeing the truck that slammed into their car as Kevin slowed and started making a left turn into the pumpkin patch along Highway T near Sun Prairie.
Man out on bail charged with homicide in crash that killed former Madison schools standout, board member
An 18-year-old Madison man out on bail was charged with reckless homicide Thursday in a crash last week on the West Side that killed a 22-year-old former Madison School Board member and National Merit Scholar.
Maurice M. Chandler is also charged with driving with a revoked license, reckless injury and eight bail-jumping violations after the Jeep he was driving T-boned a car driven by Anthony M. Chung as Chung was making a left turn Sept. 17 on Mineral Point Road at Grand Canyon Drive. Chung died at the scene, according to investigators.
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