The main suspect in this shooting at a Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin, was a minor. He was shot. It could be a girl.
New school drama in the United States. This Monday, December 16, a shooting took place at a school in Wisconsin. The school would be a Christian school in Madison. The toll, initially raised to five deaths, would ultimately be three deaths, including the main suspect. Shot dead, the alleged shooter is believed to be a minor, a student at the Abundant Life Christian school, targeted this Monday, said police chief Shon Barnes, whose CNN echoes. While the school claims on its site to have 390 students, from kindergarten to high school, the shooting was “limited to a single space” of the school, without being able to specify whether it was a class or ‘a corridor. Furthermore, if Shon Barnes said he did not wish, at this stage, to give the age or sex of the alleged shooter, a law enforcement official reportedly told CNN that the suspect would in fact be a suspect.
According to a police source, the alleged shooter used a 9 mm pistol and therefore killed two people. Police Chief Shon Barnes said the two victims were a teacher and a student. Additionally, at least six other people were injured during the shooting. Among them, “two students are in critical condition in hospital. Their injuries are considered life-threatening,” he said. Firefighters said at least seven people were taken to area hospitals after the shooting: four to St. Mary’s Hospital and three to the University of Wisconsin Hospital.
At this stage of the investigation, although the shooter appears to have been identified, the police have not been able to determine his motive. A little before 3 p.m. local time (i.e. 10 p.m. in Paris), the police clarified that the students who had been brought to safety at the time of the shooting were now released to their loved ones and that the situation was under control. . “There is no other threat or danger to the community,” Shon Barnes insisted at a press conference. For its part, the White House said in a statement that President Joe Biden had been informed and that the situation was being closely monitored.