15 years old wisconsin school shooter The man who killed two people and injured six at his conservative Christian school had a dark past, which appears to have included membership in a morbid site called “Watch People Die.”
But although police do not yet have a motive for the shooting, which also involved Natalie “Samantha” Rupno turn the gun on yourself She then died on the way to hospital, apparently having been a fan of the defunct “Watch People Die” site, which, disturbingly, has over three million registered users.
The site contains graphic and disturbing images of a number of international incidents, including people shot and killed, other school shootings, and the death of a 19-year-old man after being trapped in a meat grinder.
Roopnau, who reportedly posts under the handle @Crossixir, had written in a video four months ago in response to someone committing suicide by hanging: “Must be thinking something while hanging.
When another post asked him to explain further, he candidly said: “I wonder how much people think about before they die, you know?
“Like just if it’s like they just want to die or nothing, or maybe just sex or just something stupid. The only thing I would think about is doing it sooner if I am killing myself, but it depends on the situation. What would you think though?”
A month earlier she had posted a video of a man jumping from a window with the comment: “Fat version of Liam Payne”, referring to the One Direction singer who fell to his death from a Buenos Aries hotel balcony in October .
Other video titles on the site include “Suicidal man gives himself up to police” and “Worker crushed to death trying to stop a forklift from falling.”
रूपनो – who Madison brought a handgun to campus K-12’s Abundant Life Christian School on Monday and during study hall when the shooting occurred inside a classroom at about 11 p.m. — according to social media profiles associated with him, who had a disturbing online presence, including a morbid fascination with other high school shooters.
he roughly shot a teacher A teenage student shot three other teenagers and a teacher, authorities said.
In photos seen on his father Jeff’s Facebook pageSamantha can be seen wearing a T-shirt of Columbine killer Eric Harris’ favorite band.
In the photo, she is seen at a shooting range wearing a shirt of German industrial band KMFDM.
Harris also wore a T-shirt of the band in public photos before he murdered 13 people with Dylan Klebold in 1999. Columbine High School Massacre,
The photo of Rupno in the shirt led to speculation that it was inspired by the Columbine massacre.
The “watch people die” site appears to be run by a male who uses the obvious screen name.
“Hello! I hate this website and it’s really unfortunate because I also run this website,” he writes.
The site manager says, “Please consider logging off.” “Seeing garbage here doesn’t improve your life in any way. Go read a book or something.”
The @Crossixir username was banned by the site on Wednesday morning. The site lists “Do not post anything illegal under US law” and, perhaps surprisingly, “Do not post animal cruelty/abuse” in its rules.
Rupnow’s school is a founding member of Impact Christian Schools, a group of Christian centers of higher education in Wisconsin.
According to their website, the group believes that God wants more from education.
Barbara Wears, director of elementary and school relations, reiterated the school’s values at a news conference Monday.
He said, “Despite the tragedy, God is at work and we believe that God is good in everything and that He turns beauty into ashes.” “That is our foundation at Abundant Life Christian School. We exist to bring and make disciples of Jesus Christ, so we have full confidence that He will lead us through this.
Efforts to reach the girl’s parents, Jeff and Melissa Rupno, were unsuccessful Tuesday.
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