A feminine teen who allegedly carried out a lethal taking pictures at Ample Life Christian Faculty in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday morning, December 16, has been recognized as 15-year-old Natalie ‘Samantha’ Rupnow, a pupil on the faculty. Rupnow introduced a gun to the campus and opened fireplace, killing a teen pupil and a trainer, and injuring six extra individuals. Two of the injured college students are in crucial situation with life-threatening accidents, Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes stated, in line with New York Put up.
Rupnow, who sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound, was reportedly pronounced lifeless on the way in which to the hospital, Barnes confirmed, whereas additionally questioning how the lady was in a position to entry the gun she used to hold out the taking pictures. “Each baby, each particular person in that constructing is a sufferer and will likely be a sufferer ceaselessly. … We have to work out and attempt to piece collectively what precisely occurred,” Barnes stated.
Who was Natalie ‘Samantha’ Rupnow?
Rupnow carried out the lethal taking pictures inside a classroom throughout a research corridor crammed with college students who had been from totally different grades. An alleged manifesto containing radical and hateful views has surfaced on-line with the declare that it belonged to her. Nevertheless, Barnes stated police haven’t confirmed the doc but.
“We haven’t been in a position to confirm that it’s genuine, we’re actually conscious that it’s been posted,” he stated. He added that his division is now working with the FBI to evaluation what’s written within the doc.
Investigators have but to find out a motive behind the taking pictures. After the taking pictures unfolded, a second-grader in a close-by classroom known as 911 for assist. Barnes stated cops managed to achieve the college in nearly three minutes.
Barnes stated that at this level, there isn’t a indication that Rupnow’s dad and mom dedicated against the law. He additionally addressed on-line rumours and speculations that the shooter was transgender, stressing that her identification was not vital. Posts on X even claimed Rupnow was “taught to hate males” and known as her a “disturbed feminist”.
“Whether or not or not she was, he was, they had been transgender is one thing which will come out later, however for what we’re doing proper now, in the present day, actually eight hours after a mass taking pictures in a faculty in Madison, it of no consequence presently,” he stated.
Barbara Wiers, a faculty official, praised college students of the college, saying they “dealt with themselves magnificently” through the incident. She added that the tragedy “rocked our college neighborhood.”
