A college gymnast was shot and killed in her apartment over the holiday weekend, police say. A 23-year-old man is in custody but has not been identified.
Flags are flying at half-staff on the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus on Tuesday in honor of senior gymnast Kara Welsh, who was shot and killed in her apartment Friday evening. Welsh, 21, was a national champion and two-time All-American, according to a statement from the university. She was found by police with multiple gunshot wounds, the Whitewater Police Department said in a news release. A 23-year-old man also found in the apartment has been arrested.
' Authorities say Welsh and the suspect knew each other and that investigators determined 'an altercation had occurred between the two.' Authorities have not publicly identified the suspect nor the relationship between him and Welsh.
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