A Wisconsin spa was turned into a bloodbath today when a gunman sprayed it with bullets, killing three and wounding four, and may have left behind a bomb, police said today.
A manhunt was launched for Radcliffe Haughton, 45. The suspect is 6-foot-1 and 270 pounds. He is described as was wearing a gray sweater, blue jeans, and carrying a white and black backpack at the time of the shooting.
Authorities are methodically searching the Azana Salon & Spa in Brookfield, Wisc., in a hunt for the shooter. The bomb squad has also been called in after police found what was believed to be an improvised explosive device. The spa is 9,000 square feet and covers two stories.
A black 2003 Mazda driven by Haughton was recovered outside of Brookfield, however police declined to say where it was found.
Haughton's home in the suburb, Brown Deer, is currently surrounded by police.
The shooting erupted 11: 09 a.m CT in Brookfield, and shortly after SWAT teams surrounded the Azana Spa & Salon with their guns drawn, preparing for a tactical situation.
Hostage negotiators were reported to be on the scene, however there has been no confirmation this is a hostage situation.
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The Westmoor Country Club, which shares a parking lot with the spa, has been on lockdown since the incident, said the club's chief operating officer Joe Coen.
"We didn't hear anything but ventured to the north toward the spa and we could clearly see police officers with what looked like to be a rifle and a few attendants were coming out of the building," he said. "We quickly retreated back to the building where authorities have told us to stay."
Coen said he has been "peeking" out of the building and has noticed the same SWAT squads are still in place with their weapon drawn, as they were when he first found out about the situation around noon.
Gov. Scott Walker pledged his support for the victims and the community.
"Senseless acts of violence leave us with heavy hearts and many questions," Walker said in a statement. "Our state will stand with the victims and their families, and we will provide them with the law enforcement and community support they need to heal in the coming days."
This is not the first time a violent shooting has rocked the area.
On Aug. 5, Wade Michael Page, an Army veteran and white supremacist, killed six people and injured three others before fatally shooting himself at a Sikh temple south of Milwaukee.
In 2005, less than a mile away, a gunman killed seven people and wounded four more at a church service at the Sheraton Hotel. Terry Michael Ratzmann, the 44-year-old gunman, then committed suicide.
ABC News' Jack Date and Richard Esposito contributed to this report
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