A group of Wisconsin police officers had planned to spend Monday training to care for victims of mass trauma events when late in the morning a student in second grade called 911 to report an active shooting at a nearby school in east Madison.
“They left the training center immediately and came down here – doing in real time what they were actually practicing for,” said Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes outside Abundant Life Christian School, where the shooting took place.
When they arrived, officers gave life-saving measures to several people with gunshot wounds and found the shooter, 15-year-old student Natalie Rupnow, dead on the scene. According to police, evidence suggests Rupnow, who went by the name “Samantha,” killed herself. Continue Reading
“They left the training center immediately and came down here – doing in real time what they were actually practicing for,” said Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes outside Abundant Life Christian School, where the shooting took place.
When they arrived, officers gave life-saving measures to several people with gunshot wounds and found the shooter, 15-year-old student Natalie Rupnow, dead on the scene. According to police, evidence suggests Rupnow, who went by the name “Samantha,” killed herself. Continue Reading