A 15-year-old woman has been recognized because the Wisconsin college shooter who killed a scholar and a trainer and critically injured a number of extra folks.
Based on police, Natalie Rupnow died by suicide Monday after occurring her terrifying capturing rampage at Plentiful Life Christian Faculty in Madison, WI, the place she was additionally a scholar.
Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes introduced eventually evening’s press convention that Rupnow — who glided by the identify Samantha — was the assailant, which got here as a complete shock due to her age and gender.
Shon additionally offered an account of what occurred … He mentioned a second-grader phoned 911 round 11 AM Monday to report a capturing on the college. Shon then requested everybody to soak in the truth that such a younger woman made the 911 name.
After officers arrived 4 minutes later, they found a number of gunshot victims contained in the examine corridor of the college. Shon mentioned a trainer and a teen died on the scene; 6 different college students and a trainer have been additionally injured and rushed to native hospitals.
The chief mentioned two of the scholars have been in vital situation. Three extra college students and a trainer have been handled for non-life-threatening accidents. As for Rupnow, she died whereas being transported to the hospital after struggling a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Shon mentioned detectives have been investigating what motivated Rupnow to hold out the assault.
