9-3-24 suspect arrested in shooting death of gymnastics champion at uw-whitewater
todaySeptember 3, 2024
This photo provided by shows by the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater shows University of Wisconsin-Whitewater student Kara Welsh, who was killed Friday, Aug. 30, 2024 in an apartment near the university campus. (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater via AP)
WHITEWATER, Wis. (AP) — A suspect has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a national gymnastics champion in an apartment near the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus. Whitewater police say Kara Welsh, a 21-year-old student at the school, was killed Friday and the 23-year-old suspect was arrested at the scene that night. Police say Welsh and the man knew each other and that she was shot after they were involved in an altercation. Welsh was from Plainfield, Illinois. She was a member of the Warhawk gymnastics team and she took the individual national title on vault at the NCAA Division III championships last year.
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