Natalie Rupnow, the Shooter, and the Abundant Life Student Population of a Newly-Open K-12 School in Madison, Wisconsin

Natalie Rupnow is the person suspected in the shooting. She was a student at the school who went by another name. She was pronounced dead at a hospital shortly after the shooting.

Chief Barnes said that there was a single shooter and that investigators were looking for a possible motive. They spoke to the family of the suspect after searching her home in north Madison.

Young women are much less likely to be suspects in school shootings. This year, according to the K-12 School Shooting Database, nine shooting suspects were female compared to 249 who were male when gender was identified.

Abundant Life often served as a kind of refuge for children who had been bullied or struggled at other schools, because the staff were quick to put a stop to cruelty, said Rebekah Smith, 50, whose teenage daughter was in a physics class down the hall from where the shooting occurred.

Ms. Smith said that members of the school community believed that the shooter was new to the private school this year and was among those who came in need of a life change. The school’s student population has grown dramatically since the pandemic, she said.

The Madison, Wis., school shooting where a suspect is believed to have died from a gunshot wound on a student in critical condition

The police were still unsure of the gun’s origin, although Chief Barnes said that a handgun was recovered at the scene. The Madison police were working with federal investigators to identify where and when it had been purchased.

Two students with life-threatening injuries are in critical condition at a local hospital, said Chief Barnes. A group of four people — three students and a teacher — were hospitalized with less serious injuries, and two of them have been discharged, he said.

Biden said it was unacceptable that children were not protected from gun violence. We can’t continue to accept it as normal. Every child deserves to feel safe in their class room. Students across our country should be learning how to read and write – not having to learn how to duck and cover.”

Tony Evers said there were no words to describe the devastation that he and the people of Wisconsin feel today after a school shooting.

The school does not have guns on campus and students are not allowed to shoot fake finger guns on the playground, according to a school relations director.

Two students are in critical condition, and a teacher and student are dead, after a school shooting in Madison, Wis.

The suspect was already down when police arrived at the scene a few minutes after a 10:57 a.m. 911 call. The medical examiner hasn’t confirmed a cause of death, but she is believed to have died from a gunshot wound.