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What happened in Madison?

Monday morning at Abundant Life Christian School in Wisconsin's capital city. Police said Tuesday that a second grade teacher called 911 to report the shooting. Authorities had earlier reported that the caller was a student.

Police Chief Shon Barnes said Natalie Rupnow, who went by the name Samantha, opened fire during a study hall, killing another student and a teacher, and wounding six others.

The teacher and student were pronounced dead at the school, he said. Their names have not yet been released. Two students remained in critical condition Tuesday, police said. A teacher and three students were taken to a hospital with less serious injuries, and two of them had been released by Monday evening.

Rupnow also died, likely by suicide, Barnes said. Police officers did not fire their weapons, he said.

Investigators believe the shooter used a 9 mm pistol, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation.

The school website shows that Friday was to be the last day before the holiday break.

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Why did the shooter do it?

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What is known about the school?

Abundant Life Christian School is nondenominational and has about 420 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, according to Barbara Wiers, campus director of elementary and school relations.

She said at a news briefing Monday afternoon that the school does not have metal detectors but uses other security measures including cameras. She also said guns are not allowed on campus and that the school regularly practices safety routines.

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A candlelight vigil was planned for Tuesday night at the State Capitol.

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Have religious schools been targeted elsewhere?

Less than two weeks ago, a gunman critically wounded in Northern California and then killed himself. Butte County Sheriff Kory L. Honea said Glenn Litton was mentally ill and believed that by targeting children on Dec. 4 that he was carrying out 69制片厂制作传媒渃ounter-measures69制片厂制作传媒� in response to America69制片厂制作传媒檚 involvement in Middle East violence.

Litton, 56, got into the Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists in Oroville, California, by pretending he wanted to enroll a fictitious grandson, Honea said. He used a handgun to shoot and critically wound the boys, ages 5 and 6. Authorities said Litton was found dead afterward near the school's playground.

How many school shootings have happened this year?

The website for the anti-violence organization Everytown for Gun Safety shows that there have been at least 202 incidents of gunfire on school grounds, resulting in 56 deaths and 147 injuries, in 2024. That data doesn't include the Madison shooting.

The deadliest school shooting in 2024 happened in September at Apalachee High School in Georgia. Authorities said 14-year-old student with a semiautomatic assault-style rifle. and nine more were hurt, seven of them shot. A grand jury subsequently who was accused of giving his son access to the gun 69制片厂制作传媒� on murder and other charges. Both have pleaded not guilty.

Last year, 45 people died in 158 school shootings, the Everytown for Gun Safety website shows. Sixty-seven people died in 181 school shootings in 2022, according to the data.

School shootings in recent years, including deadly ones in , , and , have set off fervent debates about gun control and frayed the nerves of parents whose children are growing up accustomed to doing active shooter drills in their classrooms. But school shootings have done little to move the needle on national gun laws.