A man who burst into a Wisconsin nail salon and opened fire was found dead on the premises. Three other people were confirmed dead and four more injured. NBC's Kevin Tibbles reports.
By Andrew Mach, NBC News
The estranged wife of the man who allegedly shot seven people before reportedly killing himself at a Wisconsin salon on Sunday is among the dead, a medical examiner said Monday.
NBC's M. Alex Johnson, Bill Dedman, Isolde Raftery and Tricia Culligan contributed to this report, along with Charles Benson, Todd Hicks, Susan Kim and Jermont Terry of WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee. Follow M. Alex Johnson on Twitter and Facebook.The Waukesha County medical examiner?s office said Zina Haughton, 42, of Brown Deer, Wis., was killed while working at the Azana Day Spa. The other victims killed in the shooting are Cary Robuck, 35 of Racine, Wis., and Maelyn Lind, 38, of Oconomowoc, Wis.
Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office
Alleged gunman Radcliffe Haughton is seen in this undated booking photo. Haughton is accused of killing three people and injuring four others at a Wisconsin salon on Sunday.
Four more women who were injured at the salon are recovering from gunshot wounds to their arms and legs. One is in critical condition and three are in satisfactory condition, hospital officials said Monday.
The four were transported to Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital after Radcliffe Haughton, 45, allegedly opened fire at the Azana Salon & Spa, around 11:09 a.m. (12:09 p.m. ET).
Hospital spokesperson Kathy Sieja?said in a statement?that three of the injured survivors required surgery, and all four are expected to survive. The hospital does not have permission to disclose any additional information about the victims at this time, she said.
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Suspect's wife a 'hero'
A woman who said she was inside the salon said Zina Haughton acted like a hero when her estranged husband entered and later opened fire.
?Zina immediately jumped in, got in front of the reception desk, tried diffusing the situation, talked to him, said this was a place of peace,? Betty Brunner told NBC affiliate Today?s TMJ4 in Milwaukee. ?I know more people would have been killed if it wasn?t for her.?
She did her best to try and save lives, Brunner said. ?She was amazing.?
Milwaukee County court records show that Zina Haughton filed for a restraining order on Oct. 8. Police said there had been a previous incident at the nail salon, and that Radcliffe Haughton had slashed his wife?s tires.
A hearing was held on Thursday and Haughton was ordered to deliver his firearms to the sheriff and to have no contact for four years with the complainant or the residents. Court records don?t indicate whether he surrendered any firearms.?
Suspect's father aghast
Radcliffe Haughton's father, also named Radcliffe, was shocked and dismayed upon learning that his son was the suspect.
"Oh, my God," the elder Haughton told WTMJ in a telephone interview from his home in Florida. "The Haughton family apologizes, and we are sorry."
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"This is not a reflection of the Haughton family," he said, adding: "One member of the Haughton family has done something terrible. This is not the Haughtons' way. This is not the way we live. This is not how I raised my son up."
Haughton?told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel?that he spoke to his son just last week, telling him he could stay with him in Florida if he needed to.
"I told him, 'Whatever you do, don't do anything stupid'," he said.
It was the second mass shooting in the Milwaukee area in just 2 1/2 months.?A gunman opened fire?at a Sikh temple near Milwaukee on Aug. 5, killing six people and wounding at least three others, before being shot to death.
Three people were killed and a fourth was injured last week when a gunman stormed a hair salon in Casselberry, Fla.?The gunman then killed himself.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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