Updated 7:00 p.m. PST -- Wisconsin police have identified the shooter as 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow, who went by the name Samantha. Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said Rupnow opened fire on a study hall.
Investigators have spoken with the shooter's family and searched their Madison home in an effort to determine a motive.
Detectives are talking with her father, who they say is cooperating fully. "He lost someone as well. And so we're not going to rush the information, we'll take our time and certainly do our due diligence," Chief Barnes said.
Barnes also said that it was a 2nd-grader who made the 911 call at 10:57 a.m. Monday to report the shooting. Police arrived within four minutes, Barnes said.
According to a spokesperson for SSM Heath, two victims have been discharged from St. Mary's Hospital, and two others remain in stable condition.
An additional two students remained in critical condition at a different hospital, according to Chief Barnes.
Updated 12 p.m. PST -- Police reported that they had mistakenly inflated the number of victims and that in fact three people died at the Madison, Wisconsin, school shooting, including the victim. Six others were injured.
Officers said the deceased shooter had been a student at the school, Abundant Life Christian School, which has 390 children from kindergarten through 12th grade.
Madison Police Chief Shon F. Barnes said officers did not fire their weapons and called it a “sad, sad day” for the country. No motive is yet known.
Updated 10:40 a.m. PST — Police shared that at least four people have died and five left injured after a school shooting in Madison, Wisconsin on Monday.
Police also noted that the suspect, who was identified as a juvenile, in the shooting is dead.
“Officers located a juvenile who they believe was responsible for this deceased in the building,” Chief Barnes shared.
It has not been shared if the victims are students or staff from the school.
Updated 10:35 a.m. PST — During a press conference following the shooting at Abundant Life Christian School Police Chief Shon Barns shared that the incident was called in at 10:57 a.m. local time.
Barnes didn’t give exact numbers, but noted that, “When officers arrived, they found multiple victims suffering from gunshot wounds.”
The investigation remains ongoing at this time.
“Yet another police chief is doing a press conference to speak about violence in our community, specifically in one of the places that’s most sacred to me as someone who loves education and to someone who has children that are in schools,” Barnes said.
Updated 10:32 a.m. PST — Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes shared with CNN that the shooting resulted in several casualties and that some victims have been transported to area hospitals.
Among those transported were children, the chief shared.
Barnes also noted that one suspect is done and that authorities are still conducting secondary searchers of buildings and vehicles.
Initial story: Police in Madison, Wisconsin, are investigating a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School that was reported just before 11 a.m. in the state’s capital city.
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Police have shared that multiple people have been injured in the incident and that the shooter is “down,” ABC News reported.
“This remains an active and ongoing investigation,” the Madison Police Department said in a statement. “More information will be released as it is available. We currently need people to avoid the area.”
The school is located at 4901 East Buckeye Road, and the scene is still considered active. The public is being asked to avoid the area.
Parents and students were reuniting at the SSM Health building near the intersection of East Buckeye Road and Stoughton Road, Channel 3000 reported.
It is not yet clear the state of the shooter, who or how many were injured, or what the motive was.
The school has students from kindergarten through 12th grade.
This story will be updated as more information comes forward.
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