The alleged co-conspirator in the Wisconsin school shooting was described as eerily “creepy” and “quiet” by current and former California neighbors, according to reports.
An unidentified former neighbor in San Diego described Alexander Paffendorf, 20, as “very creepy” and said that even though he lived next door to his parents for six years, “I never heard him speak a single word.” “I've never had anything like that,” he said. TMZ reported.
“He looks like someone who would shoot up a place,” she said, adding that he was accused of planning a joint attack with Natalie “Samantha” Lupnow, who opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison in February. Neighbors were speculating about him even before the charges were filed, he added. Two people were killed and six injured on Monday.
Neighbors said Paffendorf “always had his hood up” and “wouldn't make eye contact.”
She said he followed her carefully as she descended the stairs and once stood outside her window even though he didn't say a word. When she confronted her parents about Paffendorf lurking outside their window, they dismissed her.
“He was cut off from his own world,” she says.
Current neighbors also describe Paffendorf as quiet and secluded.
A neighbor said, “I've only seen him a few times.'' “He was really quiet and I watched him walk back to his car and say hello and that was it,” Carlsbad resident Alex Gallegos said. he told NBC Philadelphia.
Authorities revealed late Tuesday that 15-year-old Rupnow had been in contact with Paffendorf in the lead up to the massacre.
Paffendorf was accused of killing substitute teacher Erin West and freshman Rubi Vergara on Monday before turning the gun on himself in a coordinated attack at a government building. It is said that he was planning a mass shooting.
According to one source, he exchanged messages with Rapnow about targeting municipal buildings during her school shooting. gun violence restraining order Get it on CBS 8.
A two-page emergency restraining order from the Carlsbad Police Department states: “During FBI interrogation, Paffendorf told Lupnow that he was armed with explosives and a gun and intended to target government buildings. “He admitted this to FBI agents.”
The civil order does not reveal the building where he allegedly planned the attack or the details of his conversation with Lupnow.
A San Diego Superior Court judge approved the order Tuesday night under California's Red Flag Gun Control Act, according to a local California broadcaster.
The order required Paffendorf to surrender all guns and ammunition in his possession to police within 48 hours.
Paffendorf has not been charged with a crime, but a court hearing on the restraining order is scheduled for January 3.
Four days after the school shooting, investigators still have not determined a motive.
