Jan 15, 1988 - Madison, WI
Aaron Lindh entered the City-County Building from the Carroll Street entrance around 12:35 p.m. with a sawed-off .22 caliber Ruger rifle hidden under a long coat.
Lindh had recently been evicted from the apartment. Three of his roommates had left a month earlier because he had fired a gun in the apartment several times. He
spent time in Wales as a youth because of his uncontrollable behavior. He was apparently upset because he believed police weren't doing enough to investigate
burglaries at his apartment.
He shot and killed Eleanor Townsend in the county corporation counsel's office then shot and injured Erik Erickson, who was paying a parking ticket on his lunch
break in a sheriff's office reception area. Then he ran down a hallway, exchanging gunfire with a sheriff's deputy, and entered the coroner's office, where he shot
and killed the county coroner, Clyde "Bud" Chamberlain. As he left that office he was confronted by officers and shot by Sheriff's Deputy Louis Molnar
outside the ground floor cafeteria
Lindh was found sane in the attacks at that time and is serving a sentence of two life terms, plus 35 years.
Two granite benches memorializing the two killed, Dane County Coroner Clyde "Bud" Chamberlain,
and Eleanor Townsend, were placed at the east entrance.
Old Firehouse #8 was dedicated to Chamberlain
Clyde Francis “Bud” Chamberlain (62)
Eleanor M. “Ellie” Thorson Townsend (40)
Aaron Lindh (19)
Erik Erickson (45)
Two granite benches memorializing the two killed, Dane County Coroner Clyde "Bud" Chamberlain,
Old Firehouse #8 was dedicated to Chamberlain