A 15-year-old student killed two people, injured six others, and died in a shooting at a private K-12 school in Madison, Wisconsin, police said Monday.
The shooting occurred at Abundant Life Christian School around 11 a.m.
Police identified Natalie Rupnow as the shooter, but have yet to reveal a motive.
Six people were taken to nearby hospitals after the shooting with injuries ranging from minor to life-threatening.
“I’m asking everyone to send your heartfelt wishes and prayers, and thoughts, yet again, to a community — but this time it’s my community,” Madison Police Department Chief Shon Barnes told reporters.
Police identified 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow, a student at the school, as the shooter.
Rupnow’s family is cooperating with police.
The teen’s father was speaking with police Monday evening, in what Barnes called a “long conversation.”
“We have no reason to believe they have committed a crime at this time,” Barnes said on Monday of the family.
The chief urged the public to disregard fast-moving, unverified online speculation that the shooter was transgender.
“I dont think that whatever happened today has anything to do with how she, or he, or they may have wanted to identify,” Chief Barnes said. “I wish people would kind of leave their own personal biases out of this. We have people who have yet another school shooting in Madison. That’s where my focus will be for the very near future.”
The suspected shooter is believed to have attended Abundant Life Christian School, according to police.
The police official said it appeared Rupnow was present at the school the morning of the shooting.
“We believe the shooter was at school,” Barnes. “We have no information that there was some kind of breach at the school.”
