A woman was injured in an early-morning shooting Sunday at a Milwaukee casino, authorities reported.
Milwaukee Police Sgt. Mark Stanmeyer said a 23-year-old woman was shot in the leg at about 1:30 a.m. at the Potawatomi Bingo Casino.
The woman was allegedly shot by her 27-year-old boyfriend from Wauwatosa after they had a verbal altercation by the slot machines. According to reports, she was transported to Froedert Medical Center, her injuries are not life threatening.
Cheryl Anderson of Milwaukee told The Associated Press she was at the slot machines when she heard the first gunshot. Anderson claims there were multiple shots fired.
"We all of a sudden heard a bang," Anderson said. "It was a shooting, you could tell. It was so loud like a cannonball. We hit the floor, everybody was panicking. We just stayed there because we didn't know what the heck to do. We saw a guard running, everybody running."
Stanmeyer said the man from Wauwatosa was arrested at the casino. No charges have been filed.
"I was upstairs at the bingo hall, and then when it was over they told everybody to exit because it was a shooting downstairs," witness Shelia King told FOX6 television. "The security guards were there. They dropped like everybody else dropped...the whole casino fell to the floor basically."
The casino reportedly shut down after the shooting, but reopened at 9 a.m. Sunday.
"We are thankful no one was hurt more seriously and that the situation was contained quickly," the Potawatomi Bingo Casino said in a statement.
It's unclear if the shooting was intentional or accidental, and no names have been disclosed to the public.
"It was a crazy situation," Martanya Washington told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. "All I could think was, it's Father's Day and I want to get home to my kids."
