MADISON, Wis. — A pupil and instructor have been killed within the taking pictures at Considerable Life Christian College in Madison, Wisconsin.
They have been recognized as 42-year-old Erin M. West and 14-year-old Rubi P. Vergara. The victims’ names have been launched late Wednesday night by the Dane County Medical Examiner.
The 15-year-old suspected shooter’s identify was additionally launched, Natalie “Samantha” L. Rupnow.
West and Vergara have been each pronounced lifeless on the scene, based on the health worker.
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Rupnow was pronounced lifeless at an area hospital on Monday.
Six folks have been additionally injured within the taking pictures, police mentioned. Two college students have been hospitalized in vital situation, whereas three college students and a instructor additionally suffered non-life-threatening accidents, police mentioned.
A candlelight vigil was held Tuesday evening on the state capitol for the victims of the taking pictures.
“Yesterday, the Madison neighborhood skilled a horrible and traumatic occasion,” Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway mentioned on the vigil. “We’ll by no means be the identical, however we are going to get by means of and we are going to get by means of this collectively by counting on one another and taking good care of one another.’
The taking pictures occurred inside a classroom throughout a research corridor with college students from a number of grades, police mentioned.
The suspected shooter, an adolescent who was a pupil on the faculty, died of an obvious self-inflicted gunshot wound, police mentioned. Officers didn’t hearth their weapons.
Police recognized the suspected shooter as 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow, who glided by Samantha.
The motive seems to be a mix of things, Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes mentioned at a information convention Tuesday.
“Everybody was focused on this incident and everybody was put in equal hazard,” Barnes mentioned.
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