Wisconsin is a concealed-carry state but UW policy does not allow guns on university grounds and inside buildings, including dorms.

UW–Platteville has had two fatal on-campus shooting incidents. UWP student Kathleen Moan, 20, was shot to death in the snack bar of what was the Student Center and now is Ullsvik Hall by another UWP student Dec. 8, 1964. A woman shot herself to death on campus March 20, 1995.

Kelsie Martin was pronounced dead after being airlifted to a hospital, school officials said. Hallie Helms died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.