Brewery worker in Wis. then kills self

the brewery around 2:08 p.m. local time. About a halfhour later, the cops tweeted that a “critical incident” was taking place at the beer manu facturer.

The police asked people to avoid the area. Nearby schools were locked down.

Marquette University police responded to the shooting along with the city’s cops. The Catholic school is nestled near the heart of the city.

The Chicago division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives also responded.

Molson Coors Beverage, based in Chicago, operates MillerCoors. At least 600 people work at the Milwaukee complex, according to The Associated Press.

The brewing complex, with more than 20 buildings, sits about 2 miles west of downtown Milwaukee, in the Miller Valley — a neighborhood that bears the moniker of the 165-year-old Miller Brewing Co.

Molson Coors CEO Gavin Hattersley said the shooter was an active employee, according to the AP. But no motive was established in the deadly attack.

The scene remained active long after nightfall, according to authorities, but the threat had subsided.

On Wednesday evening, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she was following the shooting, and the California Democrat called on Congress to take action on gun violence.

“Our prayers are with the families who have lost loved ones and the first responders protecting the community,” Pelosi said in a tweet.

President Trump also offered his condolences before beginning a previously scheduled White House briefing on the coronavirus.

“It’s a terrible thing,” Trump said. “Our hearts go out to the people of Wisconsin.”

Gabby Giffords, the former Arizona congresswoman who suffered a severe brain injury in 2012 when she was shot in an assassination attempt in Tucson, said she was heartbroken after the Milwaukee attack.

And the 49-year-old guncontrol advocate called for action.

“I’m fed up this keeps happening,” Giffords tweeted, “when we know there are laws that would save lives.”