A pupil and trainer had been killed within the capturing at Plentiful Life Christian College in Madison, Wisconsin.
They had been recognized as 42-year-old Erin M. West and 14-year-old Rubi P. Vergara. The victims’ names had been launched late Wednesday night by the Dane County Medical Examiner.
The 15-year-old suspected shooter’s title was additionally launched, Natalie “Samantha” L. Rupnow.
West and Vergara had been each pronounced lifeless on the scene, in keeping with the health worker.
Rupnow was pronounced lifeless at a neighborhood hospital on Monday.
A vigil is held for the victims of the capturing at Plentiful Life Christian College in Madison, Wisconsin, Dec. 17, 2024.
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Six individuals had been additionally injured within the capturing, police mentioned. Two college students had been hospitalized in crucial situation, whereas three college students and a trainer additionally suffered non-life-threatening accidents, police mentioned.
A candlelight vigil was held Tuesday evening on the state capitol for the victims of the capturing.
“Yesterday, the Madison neighborhood skilled a horrible and traumatic occasion,” Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway mentioned on the vigil. “We are going to by no means be the identical, however we are going to get by and we are going to get by this collectively by counting on one another and taking good care of one another.’
A vigil is held for the victims of the capturing at Plentiful Life Christian College in Madison, Wisconsin, Dec. 17, 2024.
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The capturing occurred inside a classroom throughout a examine corridor with college students from a number of grades, police mentioned.
Police stroll exterior the Plentiful Life Christian College following a capturing, Dec. 16, 2024, in Madison, Wis.
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Kids put together to board a bus sure for the reunification heart the place they’re going to meet their dad and mom after a capturing at Plentiful Life Christian College in Madison, Wis., Dec. 16, 2024.
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The suspected shooter, a teen who was a pupil on the college, died of an obvious self-inflicted gunshot wound, police mentioned. Officers didn’t fireplace their weapons.
Police recognized the suspected shooter as 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow, who glided by Samantha.
The motive seems to be a mixture of things, Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes mentioned at a information convention Tuesday.
“Everybody was focused on this incident and everybody was put in equal hazard,” Barnes mentioned.
