8-twelve Azana Spa Fundraiser Details Announced

The restaurant will sell $100 tickets for the event which covers food and wine. A silent auction will feature items donated by the MVPs and many businesses.

Update Friday: Tickets are sold out. 8-twelve MVP will hold a Nov. 12 fundraiser for Azana Salon & Spa, with $100 tickets benefitting the children of the three spa employees killed in the Oct. 21 mass shooting. The restaurant owned by the Brewers' Ryan Braun and Packers Aaron Rodgers plans to sell a maximum of 200 tickets to the dinner and silent auction and donate all proceeds to the salon families, Megan Boucher, media coordinator for SURG Restaurants, told Patch. "We expect them to go fairly fast," Boucher told Patch. The event will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Nov. 12 at 8-twelve MVP Bar & Grill, 17800 W. Bluemound Rd. in Brookfield. Reservations can be made at www.surgrestraurantgroup.com and 8twelvebenefit.eventbrite.com. Braun and Rodgers …

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Azana Salon Plans to Re-Open Dec. 1

The salon where a hairstylist's estranged husband opened fire killing three and injuring four is working to reopen on Saturday, Dec. 1st. Appointments can be made starting Oct. 30th and gift certificates purchased.

Azana Salon & Spa announced Monday it is aiming to reopen its business on Saturday, Dec. 1st. Repairs are ongoing after damage caused by the Oct. 21 mass shooting and sprinkler activation from a small fire set by the accused gunman, Radcliffe Haughton. But the upscale Brookfield salon at 200 N. Moorland Rd. across from Brookfield Square mall said via its Facebook page that customers can resume booking appointments and purchase gift cards from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays starting tomorrow, Oct. 30, by calling (262) 784-4700. Gift certificates can also be purchased online at www.azanaspa.com. "We're working hard to rebuild and Dec. 1 is our goal to reopen," Azana ower Tami Gemmell said in a press release. "We want to stay connected to …

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Sikhs Honor Azana Shooting Victims with Blood Drive

The Sikh community held a blood drive in Brookfield Sunday. While organized before the Oct. 21 mass shooting at Azana Salon & Spa, the blood drive took on new meaning as the Sikhs paid tribute to those families.

Spa Shooting Draws National Condolences, Support

From calls from the president to mayors of Aurora, CO, Tuscon, AZ and more, Brookfield Mayor Steve Ponto said the support has been humbling. He commended Azana staff and city police for their "heroic" acts Sunday.

After dispatchers got the first report of a gunman at Azana Salon & Spa, three police squads were there in a minute. "Actually, I believe it was within 40 seconds," Brookfield Mayor Steve Ponto said. That quick response — coupled with the bravery of those first responders — likely saved more lives in Sunday's tragedy in which three spa employees died, three more employees and a client were wounded, and perhaps a dozen more escaped or were rescued. "There were police officers who went in and got the injured out when they didn't know the situation with the shooter," Ponto told Patch. "One was critical and they got her out and into an ambulance. Obviously time was of the essence." There were reports that the gunman, Radcliffe Haughton, exited…

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Report Says Spa Shooter Told Cab Driver His Plans

Today's TMJ4 is citing sources as saying Radcliffe Haughton told the cab driver who drove him to the spa Sunday that he planned to kill his wife.

Racine Teens, Sheriff Raising Funds for Family of Spa Shooting Victim

Friends of Cary Robuck's daughter are putting together a fundraiser, which is now being supported by the Racine County Sheriff's Department. They are hoping the community will show its support.

A number of friends are rallying around Cary Robuck’s family as they cope with her senseless death by holding a fundraiser in her honor. Robuck was the 35-year-old mother of Horlick High School cheerleader Mariah Sturm, and Robuck also was very close with her boyfriend’s daughter Kira Scheffler, who is also a cheerleader. Robuck was killed when Radcliffe Haughton, 45, opened fire Sunday morning at the Azana Salon in Brookfield. Thomas Stark, a senior at Horlick High School who is friends with Mariah and Kira, started planning the fundraiser shortly after the tragedy. Robuck’s family has asked that their friends not speak to the media for now. However, Fiona Murphy said Stark has the support from Robuck’s family to hold the fundraiser. “The…

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Spa Owner Calls Staff Heroes, Urges Dialogue on Domestic Violence

Speaking publicly for the first time, Azana Salon and Spa owner Tami Gemmell praised her staff and clients, issued a multitude of thanks and said while physical wounds will heal, emotional impacts will linger.

The owner of Azana Salon & Spa paid tribute Tuesday to her three employees who lost their lives in Sunday's spa shooting, thanked the community for its support and urged a dialogue on preventing domestic violence. Her voice trembling with emotion, Tami Gemmell said, "Our hearts are broken over the loss of our colleagues. They were heroic in their actions and protective of each other to the end." She cited Zina Haughton, Cary Robuck and Maelyn Lind by name, stopping to talk about each woman's special talents and personality. One name she did not mention was Radcliffe Haughton, Zina's estranged husband who shot Zina and six others just one day after he bought a gun and three days after a court ordered him to stay away from his wife for four …

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