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A gun-toting female teenage student at a Christian school in Madison,
Wis., shot dead another teen pupil and a teacher there Monday morning, according to police and the AP.

Six more people were injured � including two students who were left with �life-threatening� wounds, authorities said.

The 17-year-old shooter, who was wielding a handgun, was found dead at the scene, said officials and law-enforcement sources to The Associated Press.

The gunfire broke out just before 11 a.m. local time at Abundant Life
Christian School, a K-12 facility with about 400 students, where police
found multiple victims with gunshot wounds, cops said.

�Someone from the school called 911 to report there was an active
shooter,� Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes told reporters at an afternoon briefing.

�We know it was confined to one space,� he said of the shooting. �I don�t
know if it was a classroom or a hallway.�

He said the shooter�s family is �cooperating� with law enforcement but
that the motive behind the bloodshed remains unclear.

There were no clear warning signs that �suggested violence would occur� at
the school, Barnes said.

�We do not know that the shooter had any prior contact with law
enforcment,� he said.

� Many of you have asked me about the �why� of this. Why did this happen?
� What was the motivation? I do not know,� the cop said.

He added that the school appeared to be divided into sections by age
groups, and, �There�s no evidence anyone was injured who was not in the
age group,� suggesting those hurt might be teens or teens and their
teachers.

� Today truly is a sad day for Madison and for our country,� Barnes said.
�It is a day that I believe will live in our collective minds for a very,
very long time.�

�Today is a sad, sad day,� Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said, noting officers found the juvenile they believe was responsible for the shooting
and adding there was no longer an active threat.

At an earliler press conference, police erroneously said five people,
including the gunman, were dead. They later walked back that death toll.

Police did not fire their weapons at the shooter.

� We know that this was the middle of the day, of a school day, and so
there will be other injuries that we�ll have to face for a very, very long time,� Barnes said. �We�re going to do everything we can as a community
to heal those injuries as well.�

Barnes said the department was still focusing on reuniting parents who
were separated from their children in the chaos.

Bethany Highman, whose daughter attends the school, described her terror
before she FaceTimed with her child and learned she was safe.

�As soon as it happened, your world stops for a minute. Nothing else
matters,�� Highman said. �There�s nobody around you.

�You just bolt for the door and try to do everything you can as a parent
to be with your kids.�

She said that unfortunately, such violence is all too frequent a reality
these days.

�I bring my daughter to school knowing well that this happens in the
world. That people are struggling,�� the mom said. �And I pray for my daughter�s safety, and I pray for the entire school�s safety.

�I pray for the hearts of the students, the teachers, the staff members.
It�s a very real thing.�

The school wrote on its Facebook page, �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.��

A map showing the area of the shooting.
The shooting took place just two days after the 12th anniversary of the
Sandy Hook shooting this past Saturday. It also follows the March 2023
shooting at a Nashville-area Christian school where gunman Audrey Hale
killed six people at the facility she once attended.

President Biden was briefed on the shooting, and administration officials
are in touch with local authorities, the White House said.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said in a statement, �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.�

Abundant Life Christian School acknowledged the shooting in a social media
post Monday, writing 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.�

Roads around the school were closed off as Madison police investigate.

Agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives have responded to help local law enforcement.

Police said their investigation is ongoing.

This is a breaking event, please refresh for updates.

https://nypost.com/2024/12/16/us-news/multiple-people-injured-in-shooting- at-private-christian-school-in-madison-wisconsin/

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