Natalie Rupnow (15 years of age, not 17) was identified as the shooter who opened fire inside a study hall inside Abundant Life Christian School, Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said. Responding officers found Rupnow with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. She died on the way to a hospital.
Rupnow used a handgun in the shooting. Police have not yet determined a motive for the attack.
“I don’t know why, and I feel like if we did know why, we could stop these things from happening,” he told reporters.
The teacher and student who were killed in the shooting have not yet been identified.
Barnes said that of the six wounded in the shooting, two were students in critical condition. A teacher and three students were also hospitalized with less serious injuries, and two of them were later released.
Natalie Rupnow, whom her boyfriend knew as Samantha, was mentally ill. Her boyfriend said she was always kind and never talked of killing anyone. As expected, she felt everyone picked on her, and her parents hated her.
She didn’t like religion being forced on her. She also didn’t want to spend her life in a room at school or work.
Read the manifesto (here, and here if it doesn’t show up):
Here I will include some screenshots of the manifesto.
I am very hesitate to post the whole thing not because the content is graphic in any way but I am worried it will violate the terms of service, and am not intending to do that.
This is page one and page two in full. pic.twitter.com/WjLG3rluyP
— pagliacci the hated (@Slatzism) December 16, 2024
Some more Wisconsin shooter info and the third page of her “manifesto.”
– Her boyfriend had known her for two years. They were in a long-distance relationship and had never met in person. They met on social media.
– He says she never previously expressed any desire to commit a shooting and only sent him her manifesto the day of the shooting.
– The timestamps of their messages shown to me demonstrate that she sent them to him via WhatsApp at approximately 10:30 am (eastern). She posted it to Twitter at 11:50 am (eastern). The shooting occurred around 11:57 am (eastern).
– He did not see her message until 1:12 pm (eastern), at which point the act had been committed, and she was already deceased.
– He describes her as being kind, generous towards him, and cheerful; he describes her as always making him gifts and never expecting anything in return.
P. 3 of the Manifesto
Updated
All six pages on the Thread Reader
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This is the crop that sprung from the Democrats and their fricking dictorial lockdowns during covid. Depression…gullibility….and a skewed world view for a lonely 15 year old.
“I don’t know why, and I feel like if we did know why we could stop these things from happening”
It said why. It said you are scum of filth. Stop being scum of filth.
This is the youth the Luciferians have created for America. Every parent needs to come straight with this, and get in the game – be the main guide – in their children’s future.
The victims and their families are in my prayers. May God comfort them. It’s a sad story all around. Tragic and unnecessary. Were there warning signs? It’s too bad she couldn’t figure things out instead of turning to the dark side. She left a trail of tears and shattered lives. Her actions were stupid, foolish, and irreparably egregious mortal sins. The fate of her soul is sealed. Such a waste.
Having said this, this is not a story about the murder weapon or it’s regulation. It’s a story about a disturbed young girl who for whatever reason made a conscious decision to take the lives of others. We can pity her for succumbing to the forces of darkness but we can not excuse her behavior. Lives were lost by her hand and although she escaped mans justice, she will not escape God’s judgement.
Don’t let your kids listen to rock music. I know that sounds old fashioned but if you listened to the “music” of today you would see how evil it is. Keep your kids off of social media for as long as you can. It may seem such a simple thing but it’s effect on them can be terrible.
We’re living in a world full of evil and controlled by Satan. Read the Bible with your kids. Show them you love them with your words and actions. They may be very young right now, but you’ll turn around in what seems a few moments and they’ll be grown up and will have left home for the world. It happens very fast. Take the time to spend every moment with them that you can, life doesn’t give second chances.