The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater community is in mourning.
Kara Welsh, a 21-year-old management student and a member of the school’s Warhawk gymnastics team, was fatally shot in an apartment off campus by a man she knew, Whitewater Police said. The suspect has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
The police said in a statement that Aug. 30, just before midnight, officers arrived on the scene in response to a report of a gunshot victim and found Welsh deceased with multiple gunshot wounds.
“Also present in the apartment was a 23-year-old male who was known to the deceased female,” the statement said. “Through investigation, it was determined that leading up to the shooting, an altercation had occurred between the two.”
The man, who was not identified, was arrested and charged with first-degree intentional homicide, endangering safety by the use of a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct while armed, the police said in another statement. The investigation is ongoing, they added.
