Former judge was killed in the US, suddenly with a “black list” in the hands of the suspect

According to the news agency Reuters On June 4, on this “black list” were Mitch McConnell (leader of the US Senate minority faction), Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers.

“Yesterday, our office was notified by law enforcement officials that the name of Governor Gretchen Whitmer has appeared on a blacklist of a gunman in Wisconsin,” a spokeswoman for Ms. with Reuters.

He declined to comment further and said an investigation was ongoing.

The state of Wisconsin and the US Congressional Police have also recorded the incident.

Senator Mitch McConnell – Photo: REUTERS

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer – Photo: REUTERS

Earlier, Wisconsin’s judicial agency said retired judge John Roemer, 68, was found dead at his home on June 3, after the local sheriff’s office received a call about the incident. “An armed man and two shots were fired in a residential area of ​​New Lisbon”.

Follow NBC NewsMr. Roemer retired from August 2017.

Authorities see the case shoot killing the former judge was a “targeted” attack, it said, adding that police found a man named Douglas Uhde, 56, in the Roemer’s basement with an apparent gunshot wound. self-induced.

The suspect was taken to hospital, still in critical condition, and a firearm was recovered at the scene.

Governor of Wisconsin Tony Evers – Photo: REUTERS

The incident marks the latest incident of gun violence in the US, following mass shootings in recent weeks at a New York supermarket, an elementary school in Texas and a medical building in Oklahoma that left dozens of people dead. people killed.

Gun safety advocates are pushing the US government to take stronger measures to curb gun violence.