Headline Roundup • December 17th, 2024
Update on School Shooting in Madison, Wisconsin
Summary from the AllSides News Team
On Monday morning, a school shooting occurred at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin.
Key Details: Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said at least two people were killed, and six others were injured when a teenage girl opened fire on the campus. She has been identified as 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow, a student at the school. She later died from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Key Quote: “I’m feeling a little dismayed now, so close to Christmas,” 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.”
For Context: The different criteria and definitions of "school shootings" sometimes lead to public confusion about school safety, gun safety, and violent crime.
How the Media Covered it: Sources across the political spectrum noted that the police do not have a motive yet, and investigators are trying to gather more information about what led to the shooting, and how the 15-year-old obtained a handgun.
Featured Coverage of this Story
Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times
The shooter who killed at least two people on Monday at a Christian school in Madison, Wis., was identified as Natalie Rupnow, a 15-year-old student who later died from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the police said.
The shooter, who went by “Samantha,” opened fire in a study hall classroom with students from several grades at Abundant Life Christian School, said Shon F. Barnes, the Madison police chief.
Officers arrived after a second-grade student placed a 911 call to report the shooting.
A teacher and a teenage...
Police in Madison, Wis., are investigating how the 15-year-old school shooter obtained a handgun.
Police Chief Shon Barnes, in an interview Tuesday morning with CNN’s John Berman, said partners at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are expediting a trace form “to determine the origin of that weapon, who purchased it, and how it got from a manufacturer all the way into the hands of a 15-year-old girl.”
“These are questions that’s going to take some time to answer,” Barnes continued. “We‘re fully committed to getting the answer to that.”
Barnes said police do not know yet...
At least two people were killed and six others were injured in a Monday morning shooting at a Christian school in Wisconsin by a teenage girl who opened fire on campus, police said.
Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said one student and one teacher were shot and killed at Abundant Life Christian School, and also said the gun-wielding teenage student was found dead after she appeared to take her own life.
Chief Barnes identified the shooter Monday evening as 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow, a student at the school who also used the...
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