{"id":138459,"date":"2024-12-18T16:36:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T09:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138459"},"modified":"2024-12-18T16:36:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T09:36:58","slug":"small-tight-knit-community-in-madison-wisconsin-reeling-from-school-shooting-as-authorities-continue-to-seek-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138459","title":{"rendered":"Small, tight-knit community in Madison, Wisconsin, reeling from school shooting as authorities continue to seek answers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4tka13e00063b6m2lfeg4rl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Hundreds gathered outside the Wisconsin State Capitol on Tuesday night despite the freezing temperatures to remember victims of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/17\/us\/natalie-rupnow-madison-school\/index.html\">private school shooting<\/a> that left one teacher and a student dead and wounded six others.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4tko8ql00093b6md0ric85k@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A Christmas tree decorated for the holiday season was twinkling as mourners gathered to grieve, holding candles and hugging therapy dogs.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4tka13e00073b6mdvrce5ag@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Investigators are still trying to piece together how and why 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow, who went by the name \u201cSamantha,\u201d pulled out a gun and opened fire on her peers and teachers at the Abundant Life Christian School on Monday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4tka13e00083b6m8y8i3c4o@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said Tuesday identifying Rupnow\u2019s motive is a top priority and that it appears to be a \u201ccombination of factors,\u201d but declined to give more details.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4tka13e00093b6m745ze4so@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Police are talking to students to determine if bullying was one of the factors, he said, and investigators are looking through the online presence of the shooter to try to learn new information.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4tk9e1000003b6mch09tknh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Here\u2019s what we\u2019ve learned so far:\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm4tke9xi000j3b6mft019vq9@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"still_21194607_60_still.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/still-21194607-60-still.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"900\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/still-21194607-60-still.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"900\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/still-21194607-60-still.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"900\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/still-21194607-60-still.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"900\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/still-21194607-60-still.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/still-21194607-60-still.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"Angel Brube, a seventh grade student at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, and his father speak with CNN. \" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"900\" width=\"1600\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/list\/instances\/cm4tkaiy3000f3b6mnjgg2lhk@published\" class=\"list \" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<ul data-editable=\"items\" class=\"list__items list__items--ul\">\n<li data-editable=\"items.0.text\" class=\"list__item inline-placeholder\"><strong>Victims:<\/strong> Police have not yet publicly disclosed the names of the shooting victims. Barnes revealed the teacher who was fatally shot was a full-time staff member. In an interview with CNN, Angel Brube, a seventh grader at Abundant Life Christian School, said he knew the teacher well and described her as \u201ckind and caring\u201d and \u201ca really good person.\u201d Two people who were injured in the shooting are in critical condition with \u201clife-threatening injuries,\u201d while two are stable and remain in the hospital and two others were discharged, according to city officials.<\/li>\n<li data-editable=\"items.1.text\" class=\"list__item inline-placeholder\"><strong>Weapon:<\/strong> Police said Rupnow used a handgun to carry out the attack. The US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is tracing the weapon, which will help answer questions like \u201cthe origin of that weapon, who purchased it, and how it got from a manufacturer all the way to the hands of a 15-year-old girl,\u201d Barnes said.<\/li>\n<li data-editable=\"items.2.text\" class=\"list__item inline-placeholder\"><strong>Family of shooter:<\/strong> Court records obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2024\/12\/17\/madison-wisconsin-school-shooter-natalie-rupnow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a> show that Rupnow had \u201ca turbulent home life\u201d and that she had been enrolled in therapy. The documents reveal that her parents \u201cdivorced and remarried multiple times\u201d and that their custody agreements \u201csometimes forced her to move between their homes every two to three days.\u201d Rupnow\u2019s parents \u2013 Jeff and Mellissa Rupnow \u2013 have not responded to repeated requests for comment by the Washington Post or CNN.<\/li>\n<li data-editable=\"items.3.text\" class=\"list__item inline-placeholder\"><strong>Possibility of criminal charges: <\/strong>The mayor of Madison said it is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us\/live-news\/madison-wisconsin-school-shooting-12-17-24#cm4sezu290000356m7k4atrds\">too early to comment<\/a> on if the parents of the shooter will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us\/live-news\/madison-wisconsin-school-shooting-12-17-24#cm4sezu290000356m7k4atrds\">face criminal charges<\/a>. Barnes said previously investigators are looking at \u201cif the parents may have been negligent.\u201d He also said the parents are cooperating and as of Monday night, investigators \u201chave no reason to believe that they have committed a crime at this time.\u201d<\/li>\n<li data-editable=\"items.4.text\" class=\"list__item inline-placeholder\"><strong>Links to shooting club:<\/strong> Jeff Rupnow, Natalie\u2019s father, had posted a photo on Facebook of his daughter at a shooting range in August. In the photo, the teenager can be seen wearing a black shirt with the name of the band KMFDM, whose song lyrics have also been cited by the students who carried out the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado, where 13 victims were killed, CNN has reported. KMFDM issued a statement condemning the 1999 attack and expressed sympathy for the victims, adding that their music was intended to stand against violence, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/police-search-motive-wisconsin-school-shooting-2024-12-17\/#:~:text=At%20the%20time%2C%20KMFDM%20issued,intended%20to%20stand%20against%20violence.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li data-editable=\"items.5.text\" class=\"list__item inline-placeholder\"><strong>Documents: <\/strong>Authorities are aware of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us\/live-news\/abundant-life-christian-school-shooting-madison-12-16-24#cm4rusx09001z356nm3j6t0dh\">writings that have been posted<\/a> by someone who claimed to be a friend of the shooter, but those documents have not been verified. Barnes asked people not to share the documents online because they<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us\/live-news\/madison-wisconsin-school-shooting-12-17-24#cm4suedxx0000356n63140ua2\"> \u201ccannot verify its authenticity,\u201d<\/a> adding detectives are working on figuring out where it came from.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4tl4gwi00003b6mmwyzbn0h@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <em>CNN\u2019s Taylor Romine, Sarah Dewberry, Elise Hammond, Holly Yan, Steve Almasy, Jillian Sykes, Caroll Alvarado and Taylor Galgano contributed to this report. <\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/18\/us\/madison-school-shooting-wednesday\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 Hundreds gathered outside the Wisconsin State Capitol on Tuesday night despite the freezing temperatures to remember victims of a private school shooting that left one teacher and a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138459\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}