Newly exposed photos and online accounts allegedly linked to the Wisconsin teen school shooter suggest a deeply disturbing obsession with other school shooters like Columbine killer Eric Harris — and even him wearing his favorite band’s T-shirt. Also shown wearing a shirt.
A now-awesome snapshot of Natalie “Samantha” RupnoThe 15-year-old girl was posted on her father’s Facebook page and showed her aiming a rifle at a shooting range while wearing a shirt by German industrial rock band KMFDM.
Harris was also seen wearing a T-shirt of the band in photos taken before he killed 13 people in the 1999 Columbine HS massacre.
The band’s acronym loosely translates to “No mercy for the majority”.
Like Harris and Klebold, Rupno turned the gun on himself and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after his rampage. which led to death Another teenage student and teacher at K-12 Abundant Life Christian School in Madison on Monday.
Online postings and photos of her in the shirt have led to speculation that she may have been inspired by the Columbine massacre – citing her fellow teenage demons and other notorious school shooters as her role models. Police say they are still working to uncover his exact motives.
According to the Anti-Defamation League, an , which is an allusion to other school shooters.
The outlet writes that the account also shared video of a 2015 knife attack at a Trollhättan, Sweden, school, and another disturbing post days before the Madison massacre included video of someone committing suicide at a gun range Is.
An account on the social blogging platform Tumblr, believed to be linked to RoopNow, contains photos of guns and other school shooting-related material, including a profile picture that appears to be a screenshot of surveillance footage from a shooting . officials told ABC News,
The account also posted a photo of Parkland High School shooter Nikolas Cruz, and other posts mentioned a 2007 fatal school shooting in Jokela, Finland.
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A CashApp account allegedly linked to RupNow contains a photo of the Columbine shooters.
When his father was asked by a Facebook user if he was the “kiddo” in their shooting-range snapshot, he replied, “Definitely is!!!!
“We attended NBSC this spring and have loved every moment of it!” Respected Father said.
Other photos on Rupno’s father’s Facebook page show him playing happily in the leaves with two dogs.
Police said she brought a handgun to campus and began firing inside a classroom during study hall around 11 a.m.
Police said Tuesday that the shootings may have been partly caused by bullying — while officials said it was too early to say whether the killer’s parents could be charged with a crime.
Madison Police Chief Shawn Barnes told reporters at a news conference that investigators are still working to determine what exactly motivated Rupno to open fire on campus.
“There are always signs of a school shooting before it happens,” the police chief said.
“We are looking into his online activity,” he said. “We are asking anyone who knows him or has information about his feelings by tomorrow to come forward.”
“On the question of bullying, we are talking to students to understand whether bullying is one of the many factors I mentioned earlier,” he said.
Barnes said the department is still working to determine the authenticity of the “manifesto” being widely circulated online that has been attributed to the shooter.
In the unconfirmed document, the author says, “I have come to hate people and society, although it is not really my fault, it was never like that. But all you and the world have done to me is pick on me and tease me, you have pushed me into a corner without any help.”
“While we haven’t been able to verify that it’s authentic, we know for sure that it was posted,” Barnes said, adding that his department is working with the FBI to investigate the authorship.
The question is how Rupno managed to get hold of the pistol used in the murders.
Wisconsin and federal laws generally prohibit anyone under the age of 18 from possessing a firearm.
Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway said it was “too early” to determine whether Rupno’s parents could face criminal charges, acknowledging, “We don’t know enough yet.”
“Everyone was targeted in this incident, and everyone was put at equal risk,” Barnes said, addressing whether the shooter was targeting any specific individual in his morning’s rampage.
After the shooting, initial rumors emerged about Rupno’s gender identity and whether she might have been transgender.
Barnes dismissed the discussion as “not important at all”.
“I don’t know if Natalie was transgender or not. And, quite frankly, I don’t think that’s important at all,” he said Monday.
“I don’t think whatever happened today has anything to do with how she wants to be identified,” Barnes said.
The comments came when he was asked about a spate of unverified posts online claiming Rupno was transgender, suggesting it played a role in the massacre.
The small Christian school she attended is staunchly conservative, rejecting the theory of evolution and claiming that local government is chosen by God, according to its statement of faith.
“I want people to give up their personal prejudices,” the police chief complained about rumors about Rupno’s gender.
“We have lost members of our community. This is something that may come up later, but what we are doing today has no consequences at this time.
Authorities said Rupno opened fire into a room full of students in study hall at the K-12 school.
He said the condition of the six injured victims remained “unchanged”, who were taken to local hospitals.
The two injured teenagers were in “life-threatening” condition.
The other four injured are a part-time teacher and three students.
He also clarified the widespread claim that the 911 call reporting shots fired inside the school was made by a second-grade student. Actually, the call was made by the second class teacher.
In a bizarre moment at the end of the press conference, Rhodes-Conway turned on reporters when they asked questions about the victims.
“Okay, I’m going to say this, and then we’re done: None of you were harmed in this incident,” she said.
“Please have some human decency and respect towards those who lost loved ones or were injured themselves or whose children were injured. Just have some human decency, guys! Leave them alone. Let them grieve, let them heal. Let them heal. Don’t encourage their pain.”
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