UPDATE! GIRL, 15-YEARS-OLD BY THE NAME OF NATALIE “SAMANTHA” RUPNOW IS THE KILLER. DO WE HAVE ANOTHER AUDREY HALE ON OUR HANDS? BREAKING NEWS! THERE IS A DEVIL LOOSE! 2 CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SHOOTINGS IN LESS THAN 2 WEEKS — AND OH! HOW SOON WE FORGET THE COVENANT SCHOOL SHOOTING IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, BY A SO-CALLED TRANSGENDERED MAN, AUDREY HALE — DANIEL WHYTE III LAYS THE BLAME AT THE DOOR OF THE AMERICAN BLACK AND WHITE EVANGELICAL JUDAS-JEZEBEL-LAODICEAN PASTORS AND CHURCHES, AND THEY ALL KNOW WHY! TO SAY IT A MILLIONTH TIME WILL NOT HELP THEM. SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT CLANDESTINELY AND OVERTLY COLLUDING WITH THE GOVERNMENT — BOTH THE DEMOCRAT PARTY AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO SANCTION THE ABOMINATION OF HOMOSEXUALITY, WHICH FOLLOWED A LONG LINE OF UNADDRESSED AND UNREPENTED OF SECRET SINS IN THE CHURCH SUCH AS FORNICATION, ADULTERY, SWINGING, CHILD RAPE AND MOLESTATION, CHURCH SANCTIONED DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE WHICH LED TO THE UNBIBLICAL SO-CALLED “DIVORCE CARE.”
ON TOP OF THAT, WHYTE SAYS HE KNOWS FIRSTHAND THAT MOST PASTORS DO NOT PRAY AS THEY SHOULD AND CERTAINLY DO NOT “PRAY WITHOUT CEASING. ” THEY DO NOT DO AS THE APOSTLES SAY THEY DID IN ACTS 6:4: “WE WILL GIVE OURSELVES TO PRAYER AND TO THE MINISTRY OF THE WORD,” BUT QUICKLY SAY TO THE WORLD AFTER A TRAGEDY LIKE THIS: ‘WE OFFER OUR “THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.” WHYTE SAYS LET HIM REMIND ALL PASTORS AND ALL SO-CALLED EVANGELICALS AND EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD THAT GOD DOES NOT ANSWER “THOUGHTS.” SO TO HELL WITH YOUR “THOUGHTS.” AND WHYTE ALSO SAYS THAT IF PASTORS AND EVANGELICALS HAD BEEN PRAYING AS THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS INSTEAD OF PLAYING AND POLITICKING, WE WOULD NOT HAVE CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS AND CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS GETTING THEIR HEADS BLOWN OFF BY DEMON-POSSESSED PEOPLE. PRAYER WAS GIVEN TO US PRIMARILY TO PREVENT TRAGEDIES LIKE THIS. “AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL: FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, AND THE POWER, AND THE GLORY, FOR EVER. AMEN.”
Who is Natalie ‘Samantha’ Rupnow? Wisconsin school shooter, 15, was ‘dealing with problems’ before rampage
Natalie ‘Samantha’ Rupnow arrived at Abundant Life Christian School on Monday morning – and just hours later, she opened fire on a study hall, killing two and injuring six others, before turning the gun on herself.
Police identified 15-year-old Rupnow as the shooter at the Madison, Wisconsin-based private school and claimed that the attack had been pre-meditated.
A law enforcement source told CNN that Rupnow ‘had been dealing with problems and expressed some of those in writings, which they are now reviewing.’ A manifesto, that cops have not confirmed is linked to the teen, was published on social media.
The shooter, who went by the name Samantha, was present from the start of the school day and eventually opened fire on a room full of students from various grades, according to Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes.
Cops confirmed that shooter Rupnow was not on their radar and had no prior interactions with her before today, though they said a probe would confirm that.
It was not immediately clear to Barnes or investigators which grade Rupnow attended at the school, which serves students from the age of three to the end of high school.
When authorities arrived, Rupnow was found wounded from a self-inflicted gunshot after the rampage, and was pronounced dead on her way to a local hospital.
Barnes said that a second-grade student was the one who called 911 to the school.
Natalie ‘Samantha’ Rupnow arrived at Abundant Life Christian School on Monday morning – and just hours later, she opened fire on a study hall, killing two and injuring six others , before turning the gun on herself
Children are led away from the murder scene in an attempt to reunite with their parents. All the surviving students were eventually brought to their families.
It is not yet confirmed if Rupnow’s family – who are cooperating with the investigation – were gun owners.
Police raided her Delaware Boulevard home on Monday night to find anything she may have left behind. A door appeared to have been battered down and left on the ground and CNN reported that officers had thrown stun grenades into the home.
Barnes said they’re currently speaking with the shooter’s father at one of their facilities and that he’s cooperating.
‘The parents are fully cooperating, we have no reason to believe that they have committed a crime at this time,’ Barnes said, before offering empathy for her father.
‘He lost someone as well. And so we’re not going to rush the information, we’ll take our time and certainly do our due diligence.’
The chief added that he had no knowledge of any previous interactions with Rupnow: ‘I think if there were, we certainly would have had some type of intervention, but I’m not aware of that.’
Police said they are aware of a manifesto allegedly written by the 15-year-old shooter circulating on social media.
However, cops said they haven’t been able to verify that it’s authentic.
Chief Barnes told the press conference on Monday night: ‘A document about this shooting is circulating at this time on social media, but we have not verified its authenticity.’
‘We haven’t been able to verify that it’s authentic. We’re certainly aware that it’s been posted and the person who posted it, alleged to have a connection with the victim,’ Barnes said.
The chief also waded into online speculation over the shooter’s gender or possible status as a transgender person.
Barnes slammed speculation over Rupnow’s gender on social media after he was asked about it.
‘I don’t know whether Natalie was transgender or not. And quite frankly, I don’t think that’s important at all,’ he said.
‘I don’t think whatever happened today has anything to do with how she or he or they may want to identify.’ He added that it didn’t really matter for the time being and that it was ‘just not helping.’
‘For what we’re doing right now, today, literally eight hours after a mass shooting in a school in Madison, it is of no consequence at this time (what gender the shooter was),’ he said.
He also claimed that he had no knowledge of any previous interactions with Rupnow: ‘I think if there were, we certainly would have had some type of intervention, but I’m not aware of that.’
Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes slammed speculation over Rupnow’s gender on social media after he was asked about it
Salvation Army officials offered disaster relief to the survivors of the shooting
Police got a 911 call at 10:57am Monday morning, and within three minutes, county sheriff’s deputies had arrived at Abundant Life Christian School, which educates about 420 students. Local police arrived seconds later.
At 11:05am, they said that they’d found the shooter wounded and recovered the weapon. Rupnow was pronounced dead en route to the hospital.
Simultaneously, fire department workers got to the scene and began to care for the victims. Currently, two students are hospitalized with life-threatening injuries and are said to be in critical condition.
A teacher and three other students were also hospitalized with less serious wounds. Two of them were released Monday evening.
Victims have yet to be identified, pending family notification.
Governor Tony Evers said on X: ‘I am closely monitoring the incident at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison.’
‘We are praying for the kids, educators, and entire Abundant Life school community as we await more information and are grateful for the first responders who are working quickly to respond.’
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson said on X: ‘My sincere condolences and prayers for all the victims of the tragedy at Abundant Life Christian School. I will continue to closely monitor the situation.’
A police officer stands guard in front of Abundant Life Christian School following the tragedy
Authorities said that Rupnow’s parents were cooperating with the investigation and did not suggest they were going to be charged with a crime themselves
The school was just days away from closing for Christmas Vacation and students were gearing up for Monday night’s basketball game.
Abundant Life Christian School posted a prayer request on Facebook in the wake of the shooting.
‘Today, we had an active shooter incident at ALCS. We are in the midst of following up. We will share information as we are able,’ the school said.
President Joe Biden was briefed on the school shooting. Senior White House officials said they are in touch with local counterparts in Madison to provide support.
THERE IS A DEVIL LOOSE! 2 CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SHOOTINGS IN LESS THAN 2 WEEKS! DANIEL WHYTE III LAYS THE BLAME AT THE DOOR OF THE AMERICAN BLACK AND WHITE EVANGELICAL CHURCH . . .
Wisconsin police are investigating a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School Monday morning that left three dead, including the shooter.
Police previously had wrongly stated the death toll was up to five.
Multiple injuries have been reported, according to the Madison Police Department. The investigation is active and ongoing.
A total of nine people, including the deceased, were taken to the hospital.
Follow along for DailyMail.com’s live updates of the ongoing situation.
Death toll is updated to three
The shooting’s death toll has been updated to three, including the shooter, whose gender has not been revealed by police.
Police had previously wrongly stated that five were killed.
The shooter was reportedly a student at the school.
It’s unclear how many victims were students and how many were staff.
14:20
Shooter used a 9mm pistol
Investigators believe the shooter used a 9mm pistol, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation.
14:15
Madison police chief says schools ‘shouldn’t have metal detectors’
Chief Shon Barnes said schools should not have to have metal detectors for safety after he was asked on Monday whether the private school had such protections.
‘Stop asking why schools don’t have bullet proof glass and metal detectors at all the doors,’ Barnes said.
‘Ask why schools HAVE to. That’s the question that needs to be asked.’
Shooting happened on the last week before holiday break
Hundreds of commenters offered prayers from around the country, some from former students, former teachers and alumni at Abundant Life Christian school.
The school of about 390 students noted on its Facebook page in previous posts that this was the last school week before holiday break.
Commenters also issued well wishes and prayers on videos of students on school trips and singing at the annual Christmas choir concert from recent weeks.
14:05
Students taken to reunification center
A bus carrying students was seen leaving the school as emergency vehicles are parked outside the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin.
Parents have been told to meet their children at a reunification center nearby.
13:55
Social media users express rage at school shootings epidemic
Many social media users have started expressing outrage over the latest school massacre in the country.
13:45
Police waiting to notify families before releasing victims’ names
‘I’m not going to give any information about who the victims are, whether they’re students, staff or parents, because we need to make sure that we can notify people, chief Barnes told the press on Monday.
13:35
Medics were training for school shootings nearby when juvenile opened fire
A medical team with the Madison police department were training for police shootings near Abundant Life Christian school when they had to respond to gunfire at the private institution.
‘They left the training center immediately and came down here — and doing in real time what they were actually practicing for,’ said police chief Shon Barnes.
13:17
How many school shootings have there been in 2024?
There have been at least 200 incidents of gunfire on school grounds in the US this year, according to Everytown research.
The shootings have resulted in 55 deaths and 147 injuries across the country.
Per CNN’s count, this was the 83rd school shooting in 2024.
13:15
WI senator Tammy Baldwin reacts to school massacre
Baldwin issued a message on X following the school shooting and offered her office’s assistance to those affected.
13:05
The chaotic scene outside Madison school after shooting
14:10
Shooting happened on the last week before holiday break
Hundreds of commenters offered prayers from around the country, some from former students, former teachers and alumni at Abundant Life Christian school.
The school of about 390 students noted on its Facebook page in previous posts that this was the last school week before holiday break.
Commenters also issued well wishes and prayers on videos of students on school trips and singing at the annual Christmas choir concert from recent weeks.
Here we go again….now its….Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin. pic.twitter.com/1BLrA7u421
— monarch the great (@OneMonarchTwo) December 16, 2024
14:05
Students taken to reunification center
A bus carrying students was seen leaving the school as emergency vehicles are parked outside the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin.
Parents have been told to meet their children at a reunification center nearby.
Bus carrying students leave as emergency vehicles are parked outside the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wis., where multiple injuries were reported following a shooting, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
13:55
Social media users express rage at school shootings epidemic
Many social media users have started expressing outrage over the latest school massacre in the country.
Once again, there was another shooting in America. Today it was at the Abundant Life Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin. pic.twitter.com/OqyrqpZVLw
— Quadcarl (@quadcarl_carl) December 16, 2024
13:45
Police waiting to notify families before releasing victims’ names
‘I’m not going to give any information about who the victims are, whether they’re students, staff or parents, because we need to make sure that we can notify people, chief Barnes told the press on Monday.
13:35
Medics were training for school shootings nearby when juvenile opened fire
A medical team with the Madison police department were training for police shootings near Abundant Life Christian school when they had to respond to gunfire at the private institution.
‘They left the training center immediately and came down here — and doing in real time what they were actually practicing for,’
Emergency vehicles are parked outside of the SSM Health clinic where parents are being reunified with children after a shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wis., Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)
said police chief Shon Barnes.
13:17
How many school shootings have there been in 2024?
There have been at least 200 incidents of gunfire on school grounds in the US this year, according to Everytown research.
The shootings have resulted in 55 deaths and 147 injuries across the country.
Per CNN’s count, this was the 83rd school shooting in 2024.
I’ve been live on TikTok fighting for children’s lives and firearm reform, while a school shooting happens in Madison Wisconsin during it.
Enough is enough!!
I’m so tired of it. Now more parents are going to join the club we never wanted to be apart of.
We have to do something
— Brett Cross (@BCross052422) December 16, 2024
13:15
WI senator Tammy Baldwin reacts to school massacre
Baldwin issued a message on X following the school shooting and offered her office’s assistance to those affected.
13:05
The chaotic scene outside Madison school after shooting
Abundant Life Christian School issues statement
‘Prayers Requested!’ the private school posted online.
‘Today, we had an active shooter incident at ALCS. We are in the midst of following up. We will share information as we are able.
Please pray for our Challenger Family.’
12:47
Shooter found dead at the scene
‘Officers located a juvenile who they believe was responsible for this deceased in the building,’ said chief Shon Barnes.
Barnes added that officers did not fire any shots at the school when responding to the incident.
12:38
President Joe Biden has been briefed on school shooting
Senior White House officials are in touch with local counterparts in Madison to provide support as needed, the White House said on Monday.
12:32
Police believe shooter was a student at school
Chief Barnes said in a press conference that officias believe the juvenile who opened fire at the Madison Christian school.
Barnes did not disclose the juvenile’s gender.
Wisconsin governor posts message following school shooting
Juvenile responsible for school shooting
Madison Police chief Shon Barnes said officers reponded to a call about an active shooter Monday morning.
The shooter was a juvenile but it’s unclear whether he was a student at the school.
‘Officers found multiple people suffering from gunshot wounds,’ Barnes said in a press congere.
About seven people were transferred to the hospital.
Three people including the juvenile shooter were killed.
Barnes did not say if the shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot or was killed by police.
Police issue statement
‘This remains an active and ongoing investigation,’ Madison police said in a statement.
‘More information will be released as it is available. We currently need people to avoid the area.’
Police had blocked off roads around the school Monday afternoon.
Shooter ‘walked in and started shooting’
Local sources say the shooter killed himself although it’s unclear if he is among those who have been killed.
WI rep Derrick Ban Orden reacts to shooting
Heavy police presence seen outside Abundant Life Christian school
School shooting happens just days after Sandy Hook anniversary
December 14 marked 12 years since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.
That shooting left six adults and 20 small children dead.
The 20-year-old shooter had killed his mother before and committed suicide after the massacre.
People are comforted near Sandy Hook Elementary School, Dec. 14, 2012 in Newtown, Conn.
Both staff and kids injured, taken to hospital
Multiple children have been taken to the hospital following the shooting, CNN reported.
Shooter is ‘down’
Local media have reported that police said the shooter is down.
Several reports said the shooter killed themselves but police have not confirmed that information.
Wisconsin senator issues message
Senator Ron Johnson sent consolences to the victims of Monday’s shooting.
Abundant Life is a K-12 private school
Abundant Life bosses say they teach students from about 300 local families.
The school was set up in 1978 and charges between $6,000 and $10,000-a-year tuition.
Cops say shooting is ‘active scene’
Madison Police described the shooting as an ‘active scene’ although the shooter is reported to have killed themselves.
The shooting happened just as class was beginning for the week. Investigators are yet to share the identities of the shooter, the victims, or give a possible motive.
At least two killed in active shooting at Madison school
Two people have been killed after a shooter burst into a classroom at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday morning.
The shooter died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. It is unclear if the shooter is among the two cops say were killed.
Three other people were injured.
Feather River School shooting suspect was released from IE jail 2 weeks prior; had lengthy criminal history
OROVILLE, Calif. (KABC) — Two days after a horrific shooting at a Northern California Christian school that left two kindergarteners critically wounded, Eyewitness News is learning more about the suspected shooter.
Officials said 56-year-old Glenn Litton shot two kindergartners, identified as 6-year-old Roman Mendez, and 5-year-old Elias Wolford. Both are still in the hospital in critical and stable condition.
“It’s very likely they’re going to have to have a number of surgeries going forward,” said Honea. “But the fact that they are currently still with us is a miracle and something we should all be thankful for.”
Not only did Litton have a lengthy criminal history, but he was released from jail in San Bernardino County less than two weeks before the shooting.
“Several (of his) convictions to various crimes include theft, fraud, forgery in the 1990’s and early 2000’s,” said Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea during a news conference Thursday.
Litton was convicted on charges related to fraud and identity theft in 2003 and was sentenced to eight years in state prison.
But Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey said law enforcement was also concerned about items discovered during a search of his property during that investigation, including things Litton was apparently searching for by using his computer.
“(He was) looking for guns and looking for explosives; notes in the computer itself were fairly significant in terms of planning of some sort of mass incident involving explosives,” said Ramsey.
Litton was later convicted on federal identity theft charges in August 2015 and again in April 2016. At some point, Litton came to Southern California, where he was suspected of check fraud in April 2020.
Redlands Police say Litton wrote a fraudulent check to himself in the amount of $3,850 and cashed the check at California Check Cashing at 1615 W. Redlands Blvd.
When the check bounced, it was reported to the Redlands Police Department, which investigated the case and turned it over to the San Bernardino County district attorney’s office.
Burglary charges were filed, and an arrest warrant was issued for Litton. He was finally arrested by South San Francisco police in November 2020 and extradited to San Bernardino County.
Despite numerous convictions, officials said Litton had no history of violent crime. He made his first court appearance on the burglary charges in San Bernardino on Nov. 21.
“He had his first court appearance, pleaded not guilty, and was released on his own recognizance,” said Honea. “He was then picked up by a family member and brought back to Sacramento.”
When deputies responded to reports of an active shooter at Feather River Adventist School in Oroville on Wednesday, they discovered Litton dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot.
Litton was a convicted felon and therefore could not legally possess a firearm.
He was mentally ill and believed by targeting children he was carrying out “counter-measures” in response to America’s involvement in Middle East violence.
“This individual did have some significant mental health issues,” said Honea.
Law enforcement officials have documented Litton’s history of mental illness back to when he was a teenager, though Honea said investigators have not found a concrete diagnosis.
Litton used a “ruse” of pretending to enroll a fictitious grandson to gain entry to the Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists in Oroville, Honea said.
Honea said the man is believed to have targeted the Feather River School in Wednesday’s attack, though it’s unclear why. Litton had attended a school of Seventh-Day Adventists in another town as a child, the sheriff said, and he possibly had a relative who attended Feather River as a young child.
But in Litton’s writings, the sheriff said, the suspect wrote about taking “counter-measures” against the school in response to America’s involvement in violence in the Middle East.
“That’s a motivation that was in his mind. How it was that he conflated what’s going on in Palestine and Yemen with the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, I can’t speculate. I’m not sure that we’ll ever know that,” Honea said.
He said Litton had similarly scheduled an appointment at another Seventh-Day Adventist school, set for Thursday.
The Seventh-Day Adventist Church is a Christian denomination in which members consider the Bible their only creed and believe that the second coming of Christ is near. The shooting occurred shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday at the private K-8 school with fewer than three dozen students in Oroville, on the edge of the tiny community of Palermo, about 65 miles (105 kilometers) north of Sacramento.
A candlelight vigil is planned for Friday.
LIVE: 3 dead, including child, 6 injured in Madison Abundant Life Christian School shooting, shooter dead
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes reported early Monday afternoon that there were three deaths, including one child in a school shooting at Madison Abundant Life Christian School.
Police said that a suspect, who is a student at the school, is among the dead. At least six others people are injured. Police said their injuries range from minor to life-threatening.
In a Facebook post, Madison Police said they erroneously reported the wrong amount of deaths and injuries. The following is their correction:
#BREAKING reports of a school shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison. We just arrived on the scene. pic.twitter.com/fJwzViL051
— Tim Elliott (@TheTimReport) December 16, 2024
“Shooting update: At this time, three people are deceased. During the media briefing earlier this afternoon, it was erroneously shared 5 were deceased. Again, three people are deceased. Nine in total were injured, including the three deceased.”
MDP announced that the SSM Health/Dean Clinic at 1821 S. Stoughton Road will be the reunification area.
Authorities are still completing secondary searches of buildings and vehicles. Chief Barnes added that law enforcement did not fire their weapons.
Madison Police is asking people avoid the 4900 block of East Buckeye Road. WMTV 15 News crews report several roads near the school are blocked to traffic.
Abundant Life Christian School officials asked for prayers on Facebook.
“Prayers Requested! Today, we had an active shooter incident at ALCS. We are in the midst of following up. We will share information as we are able. Please pray for our Challenger Family.”