Madison Police Chief Shon Burns said Tuesday that the motive of the suspect in Monday's mass shooting at a Christian school in Wisconsin appears to be a “multiple factor.”
“Determining a motive is our first priority, but at this time the motive appears to be a combination of factors,” Burns said. “Also, [we] We cannot share that information at this time because we do not want to jeopardize the investigation and those currently cooperating with us. ”
Barnes previously said he did not know the motive behind the Abundant Life Christian School shooting that left two people dead and several injured. Local authorities identified the shooter as 15-year-old Natalie Lupnow, a student at the school.
Burns said at a news conference Tuesday that authorities are “aware that the document has been widely shared on social media” and that “we are unable to verify its authenticity.”
“We are working to prove the authenticity of a document that some people are calling a manifesto that has been published online,” Burns later added. “As soon as we do that, we will let you know.”
Burns also said he wanted to “provide an important explanation” about the shooting.
“Yesterday, I looked at the computer-aided dispatch system and apparently I got a call from a second grade student. It actually said, 'I got a call from a second grade teacher,'” he said. “That was a mistake. That's my responsibility.”
Police officers responded to a report of an active shooter at Abundant Life School late Monday morning, and multiple officers provided life-saving treatment to injured people inside the school. Burns said Monday there was no indication of any violence or concern at the school, calling it a “sad, sad day.”
President Biden said in a statement Monday: called shooting “It's shocking and unconscionable.”
“From Newtown to Uvalde, Parkland to Madison, to the countless high-profile mass shootings, it is unacceptable that we cannot protect our children from this scourge of gun violence,” Biden said in a statement. .
