A 23-year-old Loves Park, Illinois man has been charged in the death of a 21-year-old Wisconsin college gymnast originally from Plainfield, police said Tuesday.
ABC7 Chicago Digital TeamWho shot Kara Welsh ? Loves Park, IL man Chad Richards has been charged in the shooting death of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater gymnast.
Chad T. Richards has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide, endangering safety by the use of a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct while armed in the death of Kara Welsh, Whitewater, Wisconsin police said.There wasNeighbors on the street where she grew up tied white ribbons around trees in the southwest suburb.The stand-out college gymnast spent her childhood in the southwest suburbs. Now, multiple communities are mourning her sudden death.
Richards was taken into custody after police said Welsh got into an altercation with the suspect in her apartment, before she was shot.One of Welsh's former coaches in Joliet, Nick Becker, who coached her for nine years, said her loved ones are struggling to understand the tragedy. "You tell your kids you make good choices and do the right things, things will work out. Then, you see something like this," Becker said. "She was making the right choices and doing the right stuff. It's just hard to wrap my head around."
Welsh was heading into her senior year at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where she was majoring in management, while also leading the gymnastics team to success.Anyone with information relevant to the investigation is encouraged to contact the Whitewater Police Department at 262-473-0555, option No. 4. Anonymous tips may also be shared using
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