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Police Search for Answers in Wisconsin Shooting
By CHRISTINE HAUSER

Published: March 13, 2005

The police in Wisconsin said today that the gunman who fatally shot seven people and wounded four at a church meeting on Saturday had entered from the back of the room and opened fire without warning, squeezing off about 22 rounds and stopping to reload once before shooting himself in the head.

Chief Daniel Tushaus of the Brookfield Police Department, speaking at a news conference, was announcing details of the shooting that investigators have so far pieced together from interviewing 50 to 60 witnesses. He identified the gunman as Terry Ratzmann, 44, of New Berlin, Wis., but did not provide names of any of the victims.

Chief Tushaus said that investigators were still collecting evidence from the scene of the crime, which took place at a hotel, but that there was no evidence to lead the police to believe there was an organized plan or that there were other suspects. Nor has there been any note to explain the suspect's actions.

"We have no clear motive," Chief Tushaus said.

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