A 15-year-old teenage girl shot a student and a teacher to death and injured six others at Abundant Life Christian School. The school shooting occurred on December 16th Monday morning before 11 am. Students from the school were escorted to a city bus and united with their parents after the incident in Madison, Wisconsin. We will look into the details of the incident in this article.
Gun Shooting at Wisconsin School
On Monday morning a 15-year-old teenage girl opened fire at a student and a teacher. The name of the 15-year-old girl who was the alleged shooter was Natalie Samantha Rupnow. The girl was also found dead later. Natalie‘s family is cooperative with the investigation officials. The motive behind the shooting is still unknown. Among the injured individuals, two of them have life-threatening issues. And others are not seriously injured. Five students and one teacher were injured in the shooting incident. School shootings by females are comparatively rare. Only three percent of school shootings were done by female students.
The incident was shocking to the school authorities and the parents. The Abundant Life Christian School was about to close for the Christmas Holidays. Madison Police Chief Shone Barnes said that the girl who shot was found dead as she shot herself. The alleged suspect also killed herself. Police Chief Barnes said that the responding officers had not fired at the place where the incident happened. The police officials had confirmed that the girl attended the school before the shooting incident. The officials found Natalie dead and confirmed that she died from a self-inflicted gunshot. The law enforcement authorities also said that a 9mm pistol was used by the girl in the attack.
In a statement by President Joe Biden, he stated that it is unfortunate that they cannot protect the children in school from the violent gun shooting as several incidents like this took place. Other public schools in Madison were locked down after this incident to prevent such incidents. The girl shooter arrived at school and attended classes. She took her handgun after 3 hours late in the morning. When the shooting began the other students handled the situation efficiently locking themselves in the classroom.
The Abundant Life schools director of elementary and school relations, Barbara Wiers said that the students managed the situation carefully. She also stated that the students are trained in responding to shooting situations and are reassured by the phrase this is just a drill. She also said that the students were really scared and when they heard lockdown the lockdown they knew that the shooting incident was real. After the shooting incident took place students were taken to a safe place to reunite with their parents.
Gun shooting incidents are a major problem and concern in the United States. Gun control and school safety are major social issues leading to such gun shooting incidents. Recently gun shooting incidents in schools have increased. These incidents have directly affected schools in general regardless of public or private schools. These incidents are affecting the nation in urban, suburban, and rural areas.
After the shooting incident, emergency response took place at the school. , Madison Fire Chief Chris Carbon stated that 15 ambulances were sent to the school where the shooting incident took place. FBI and law enforcement officials take charge of the emergency response.
Wisconsin school shooting suspect – Samantha Rupnow
The suspect of the shooting incident in the Christian school, Natalie Samantha Rupnow is a student at the same school. She brought a pistol to the school and shot around 11 am as per the statement by Barnes. She was found dead after the incident from a self-inflicted gunshot injury as per the reports by the officials. The police also confirmed that the cause of her death was self-inflicted gunshot. The investigation officials are in contact with the family of the teenage girl, Samatha Rupnow to know more about the motive behind the incident.
Motive of gun shooting
Law enforcement officials are investigating and examining the crime scene to know more about the motive behind the gun shoot. The official Barnes said that whether the killed student and the teacher were a target is still unknown to the investigating officials. The gunshot that happened at the Abundant Life Christian School was the eighty-third gun shooting incident in the US this year. This is the highest number of school shootings happened in a year since 2008.
About the Abundant Life Christian School
Abundant Life Christian School is a Christian school in Madison where students study from kindergarten to high school. The school has almost 400 students attending regular classes. Barbara an official of the school has stated that the school does not have any metal detectors but other security measures like Camera is done by the school authorities. She also stated that other safety protocols are also carried out by the school. She also said that the school faculty has done training with the Madison Police Department before the start of this school year. After the gun shooting incident took place the school authorities released a letter asking for prayers. The letter stated that the school authorities are requesting prayers as an active shooting incident took place at the Abundant Life Christian School. The school was founded in the year 1978 to offer academic excellence to its students.
Conclusion
A gun-shooting incident took place in Abundant Life Christian School killing a student and a teacher. The 15-year-old girl is the suspect in the crime. The teenage girl was also found dead as she had a wound from a self-inflicted shoot. In this article, we have covered the details of the shooting incident that took place at a Christian school in Madison.
