Chad Richards, 23, is accused of shooting and killing 21-year-old Kara Welsh at an off-campus apartment on Friday night.
CHICAGO -- A Rockford area man has been charged with shooting and killing a University of Wisconsin -Whitewater gymnast from Plainfield last week, during a fight at an off-campus apartment.Chad T. Richards, 23, of Loves Park, Illinois, just north of Rockford, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide, endangering safety by the use of a dangerous weapon, and disorderly conduct while armed, according to Whitewater police.
The school has ordered flags flown at half-staff in her memory and will offer grief counseling to coaches and members of her gymnastics team.She was a standout on the vault, and according to those who knew her, so much more. Friends and neighbors spent their Labor Day coming together to pay tribute to Welsh on Monday.
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