In the days after 15-year-old student opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison Wisconsin police have started investigating the online footprint of the perpetrator. . The shooter used a 9mm handgun to kill 2 and wound 6. The shooter did not survive the massacre. One student and one teacher were killed. An additional 2 students were in critical condition with 4 in less serious condition. 2 of the wounded have already been released from the hospital.
After the shooter started firing inside a study hall “full of students from multiple grade levels,” at a small Wisconsin Christian school dozens of officers descended on the scene. Law enforcement was alerted by a 911 call from a second grader. The murderer. Identified by police as 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow, was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound by police and died en route to the hospital.
Abundant Life is a nondenominational Christian school that houses approximately 420 students from pre-k to 12th grade in Madison, the state capital. Police Chief Shon Barnes said, “Every child, every person in that building is a victim and will be a victim forever. … We need to figure out and try to piece together what exactly happened.“ He added that “Everyone was targeted in this incident and everyone was put in equal danger.” Police do not believe that anyone was targeted specifically.
Barnes said that the shooter’s father, as well as the rest of the family, was cooperating with police. “He lost someone as well,” Barnes said of Rupnow’s father. “And so we’re not going to rush the information. We’ll take our time and make sure we do our due diligence.” Police have searched the shooter’s home for clues related to the attack. “They were cooperative. Despite this tragedy, they still lost a child. They still lost a member of their family,” Barnes said.