Last Updated on 03/09/2024 by Arun jain
The person who is accused 21-year-old shooting of University of Wisconsin-Whitewater gymnast fatal Kara Welsh is identified as Chad T. Richards, police said.
Richards, 23, of Loves Park, Illinois, was arrested Friday night after shooting the award-winning gymnast multiple times in an apartment about a block from the university’s main campus, the Whitewater Police Department said.
Whitewater police have requested charges from the district attorney’s office of first-degree intentional homicide, endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct while armed, police said.
Richards is due to appear in Walworth Court Circuit Court on Tuesday afternoon.
Police believe Welsh knew the suspect, but it is unclear what their relationship was.
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