"Suspect's Age Revealed in Wisconsin School Shooting Incident"
Suspect's Age Revealed in Wisconsin School Shooting Incident
Natalie Rupnow, also known as Samantha, has been publicly identified by Madison police as the suspected shooter in the Abundant Life Christian School shooting.
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Rupnow's parents, Jeff and Melissa, are cooperating with authorities as they investigate the incident. The suspect was reportedly 15 years old at the time of the shooting.
Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes addressed rumors surrounding Rupnow, including speculation about her gender identity and a potential manifesto.
“I don’t know whether [Rupnow] was transgender or not,” Barnes said. “I don’t think that whatever happened today has anything to do with how she or he or they may have wanted to identify. And I wish people would kind of leave their own personal biases out of this. … Whether or not she was, he was, they were transgender is something that may come out later, but for what we’re doing right now, today, literally eight hours after a mass shooting in a school in Madison, it is of no consequence at this time.”
“I don’t know whether [the shooter] was transgender or not,” Barnes told reporters. “I don’t think that whatever happened today has anything to do with how she or he or they may have wanted to identify. And I wish people would kind of leave their own personal biases out of this.”
On December 16, 2024, Rupnow walked into a study hall and opened fire, killing one teacher and one student, and injuring several others. The suspect died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Barnes told reporters that police were "still working on a motive, trying to determine why this happened."
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