A 15-year-old girl, a teacher and a teenage student were killed and six others were injured in a shooting Monday at a private Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin, authorities said.
Madison Police Chief Sean Burns announced that Natalie Rapnow has been identified as the shooter in the study hall at Abundant Life Christian School. Responding officers found Lupnow suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. She died on the way to the hospital.
Burns said police are speaking with Rapnow's father and other family members who are cooperating with him and are searching Rapnow's home. He declined to provide further details about the shooter, out of concern for his family.
“He lost someone, too,” Burns said of Rapnow's father. “So we're not going to rush the information. We're going to take our time and make sure we do our due diligence.”
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A 15-year-old gunman has died after killing a teacher and student and injuring six others inside Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, police said Monday. (AP Photo/Molly Gash)
Burns said officers responded to a 911 call from a sophomore reporting a shooting just before 11 a.m.
Burns said Rapnow used a handgun in the shooting, but police have not yet determined a motive for the attack.
“I don't know the reason, but I feel like if I knew the reason, I would be able to prevent this from happening,” he told reporters.
Students walk from a shelter to a bus after the mass shooting at Abundant Life Christian School on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Molly Gash)
The teacher and student killed in the shooting have not yet been identified.
Burns said two of the six people injured in the shooting were students in critical condition. A teacher and three students were also hospitalized with minor injuries, but two of them were later released.
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Burns said he can't believe the school, which serves 200 students, according to the school's website, has a resource officer. It was also revealed that the school did not have metal detectors, but cameras and other security protocols were in place.
Emergency vehicles are seen parked outside the clinic where parents were reunited with their children following a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)
President Biden spoke with Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and Madison Mayor Satya Rose Conway after the shooting and issued a separate statement calling the incident “shocking and unconscionable.”
“We will never tolerate the senseless violence that traumatizes children and their families and tears apart entire communities,” Biden said.
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The FBI's Milwaukee field office said it sent agents to the scene to assist in the investigation.
Fox News' Anders Hagstrom, Stepheny Price and Bradford Betz and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
