The 15-year-old boy who opened fire at a Christian school in Wisconsin killed a substitute teacher who was caring for another teacher who was on leave this week, according to a parent.
Natalie Rupnow shot and killed another teen and wounded five others in the mass shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison on Tuesday.
The substitute teacher was running a study hall for students when Lindsay O’Connor, whose daughter and son attend Abundant Life Christian Academy in Madison, Rupnow, entered and began pulling the trigger. just told wisconsin,
“The teacher died protecting her class. Many more lives could have been lost. He (Rupnov) sent several rounds,” she said.
The teen shooter was “very dedicated to herself” and was known for wearing “a collared shirt with a tie, jeans and combat boots” to school, the mother said.
Rupnow “weirded” her daughter, Mackinzie, whose locker was a dirty locker next to Rupnow’s, O’Connor said, “but she started being nice to her and talking to her after a month of school.” Decided.”
Rupno was known as Samantha or Sam to her classmates and she regularly “drank energy drinks.”
O’Connor described him as “kind of a weird version of preppy” whose group of friends wore shirts and ties.
The parents said that Rupno did not have many friends and was “very isolated”.
The killer also appeared to have a troubled home life, and was constantly sending messages to her boyfriend, whom she said she met on the Internet and was from Germany, the mother said.
“She died a broken girl. She died unheard, and she found solace in a group of people who didn’t promote goodness,” O’Connor said.
He told people he had to go to the nurse before the shooting, O’Connor said — but it’s unclear whether he ever did.
forms fired a shot A substitute teacher and another teen were killed by a handgun inside the K-12 school around 11 a.m.
Six others – five students and another teacher – were also injured.
Officials said two of the students were clinging to life in the hospital.
Authorities have not yet identified the victims.
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