The investigation right into a capturing at Ample Life Christian Faculty in Madison, Wis. Monday that left three lifeless, together with the suspect, continued on Tuesday.
Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes clarified Tuesday the capturing was reported to 911 by a second grade instructor, not a second grade scholar as he reported Monday.
Officers, together with some who had been doing active-shooter coaching close by, responded inside minutes.
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College students aboard a bus as they go away the shelter following a capturing on the Ample Life Christian Faculty, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photograph/Morry Gash)
Natalie Rupnow, a 15-year-old scholar on the faculty, was recognized because the suspect late Monday. Barnes stated she died on the best way to the hospital from what seemed to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
One other scholar and a instructor had been additionally killed. Two college students remained in vital situation Tuesday whereas three different college students and a instructor suffered non-life-threatening accidents. The victims haven’t been recognized.
Barnes stated they believed Rupnow had been on the faculty earlier that day and there was no indication a breach had occurred. The lethal violence unfolded in a examine corridor, not a classroom or a hallway.
It stays unclear what grade Rupnow — who additionally glided by “Samantha” — was in, Barnes stated. The chief additionally dismissed rumors the shooter was transgender.
“I don’t think that whatever happened today has anything to do with how she or he or they may have wanted to identify,” he stated Monday.
Rupnow had no prior prison historical past, Barnes famous, and a motive for the violence remains to be below investigation. He stated her motivation seems to have been a “combination of factors,” with out entering into specifics. He added that “everyone was targeted” throughout the assault and that investigators are wanting into whether or not bullying was a problem on the faculty.
Federal investigators are additionally aiding in tracing the origin of the handgun used within the capturing, which was found on the scene. Whereas they’re wanting into whether or not the “parents may have been negligent,” Barnes stated that “does not appear to be the case.” He stated a number of instances Monday and Tuesday that Rupnow’s household was cooperating with investigators.
Natalie Rupnow at a capturing vary sporting a shirt from the German band KMFDM.
A attainable “manifesto” could have additionally been discovered throughout a search of Rupnow’s dwelling. Her social media profiles and different writings are additionally being examined, however police declined to share extra info.
“We have been made aware of a manifesto, if you want to call it that, or some type of letter that’s been posted by someone who alleged to be her friend,” Barnes advised CNN on Tuesday, noting they’d not but verified its authenticity.
“Again, we are working to authenticate the document that you see online that some are referring to as a manifesto,” Barnes stated Tuesday.
A bunch makes their strategy to go away flowers outdoors the Ample Life Christian Faculty Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024 in Madison, Wis., following a capturing on Monday. (AP Photograph/Morry Gash)
Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway equally urged persistence.
“There is so much that we do not know and we have to allow law enforcement the time and space for a careful and methodical examination,” she stated. “We don’t know nearly enough yet.”
When pushed by reporters for info on the victims, the mayor stated, “It is absolutely none of y’all’s business who was harmed in this incident.”
“Please, have some human decency and respect for people who lost loved ones,” she stated at a Tuesday afternoon press convention. “Leave them alone. Don’t feed off their pain.”
A resident locations some flowers outdoors the Ample Life Christian Faculty Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024 in Madison, Wis., following a capturing on Monday. (AP Photograph/Morry Gash)
Ample Life Christian Faculty was scheduled to start vacation break subsequent week. It’s unknown when lessons will resume.
The capturing occurred lower than two weeks after a person with a historical past of psychological well being points opened fireplace on taking part in kids on the Feather River Faculty of Seventh-Day Adventists in Oroville, Ca. Two boys had been severely wounded earlier than the shooter turned the gun on himself.
Initially Revealed: December 17, 2024 at 3:25 PM EST
