WORT/Madison DJ Injured As Shooter Takes Aim At Several Workers

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A shooting inside BACK PORCH BROADCASTING Triple A WORT/MADISON, WI resulted in an unnamed wounded DJ, and sent station members scrambling for cover on SUNDAY (8/5).

Police arrived at WORT, "shortly after 3a. A 33-year-old man was found at the scene with gunshot injuries and taken to a hospital, police spokesman HOWARD PAYNE" told THE AP. "The station said a man wearing a mask and hood entered the station and opened fire on three workers. Police said there were no signs of forced entry into the building. The shooter 'fired a number of shots,' the President of WORT's Board Of Directors DAVID DEVEREAUX-WEBER told the WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL. He said volunteers ducked for cover and ran into the master control room before hiding in the music library and calling 911."

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