According to Barnes, a motive is being looked at. The gunman, named by Barnes as Natalie Rupnow, is dead from what seems to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
On social media, he claimed to have seen things that “frankly are incorrect, that are not true.” “So, whether or not she, he, or they were transgender is something.
That may come out later [but] it is of no consequence at this time for what we’re doing right now, today, literally eight hours after a mass shooting in a Madison school,” Barnes said.
“Therefore, I would advise people to use social media responsibly,” he said. Update December 17, 2024: Barnes said on Tuesday that a second-grade teacher, not a kid, had called 911. For the most recent updates, kindly go here.
According to the police chief, a second-grade kid reported the gunshot by calling 911 at 10:57 a.m. “Give it a minute to sink in,” Barnes said at a press conference this evening.
“A student in the second grade reported a school shooting to 911 at 10:57 a.m.” He said the 15-year-old gunman died from what is thought to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, while a teacher and a teenage pupil were slain.
