Tragic Loss: National Collegiate Gymnastics Champion Kara Welsh, 21, Fatally Shot Near Wisconsin-Whitewater Campus – Suspect Arrested
Gymnast Kara Welsh from Plainfield, Ill
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Authorities arrested a suspect this weekend in the fatal shooting of Kara Welsh, a 21-year-old gymnast from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, at an off-campus apartment.
Police reported that a 23-year-old man allegedly shot Kara Welsh, who won an individual national title on the vault for the gymnastics team last year, multiple times at an apartment just a block from the university’s main campus on Friday.
Police have not released the name of the suspect, but they said they believe she knew him.
The nature of their relationship was not clear.
Police said officers arrived just before midnight Friday and found Welsh dead with multiple gunshot wounds.
