GUN VIOLENCE Report links 2 school shooters to online community frequented by Madison shooter GEORGE WIEBE Sep 16, 2025 Sep 16, 2025 Updated Dec 11, 2025 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save kAm%96 `e\J62C\@=5 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^>25:D@?]4@>^?6HD^?2E:@?\H@C=5^2CE:4=60eba5g26a\c7ce\d336\h``d\5f6b3`g247ce]9E>=Q E2C86ElQ03=2?<QmH9@ D9@E EH@ A6@A=6 2E tG6C8C66? w:89 $49@@= :? r@=@C25@k^2m $6AE] `_ >256 2? 244@F?E @? E96 D2>6 8@C6 H63D:E6 E96 p3F?52?E {:76 r9C:DE:2? $49@@= D9@@E6C 7C6BF6?E65 `_ 52JD 27E6C E92E 2EE24<[ 244@C5:?8 E@ k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^HHH]25=]@C8^C6D@FC46D^2CE:4=6^6G6C8C66?\9:89\D49@@=\D9@@E6CD\@?=:?6\24E:G:EJ\C6G62=D\72D4:?2E:@?\>2DD\D9@@E:?8DQ E2C86ElQ03=2?<Qm2 C6A@CE 3J E96 p?E:\s672>2E:@? {628F6k^2m]k^AmkAm%9:D :D ?@E E96 7:CDE D49@@= D9@@E6C 4@??64E65 E@ E96 D:E6[ 2 7@CF> H96C6 FD6CD 42? 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Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story Report: Minneapolis school shooter wrote name of Madison school shooter on gun For the second time this year, a school shooter has drawn a connection to Abundant Life shooter Natalie Rupnow. 2 die when semi collides with their vehicle in Jefferson County The crash happened on Highway N just south of Carnes Road in the town of Cold Spring, between Fort Atkinson and Whitewater, the Jefferson Coun… Charges dismissed against former Waupun prison guard accused of abusing inmates Alexander Hollfelder was one of the employees charged in 2024 with abusing inmates and misconduct in office following the death of five inmate… Madison and Nashville school shooters appear to have crossed paths in online extremist communities A month after a student opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School, another killed a classmate in Nashville. 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Report: Minneapolis school shooter wrote name of Madison school shooter on gun For the second time this year, a school shooter has drawn a connection to Abundant Life shooter Natalie Rupnow.
2 die when semi collides with their vehicle in Jefferson County The crash happened on Highway N just south of Carnes Road in the town of Cold Spring, between Fort Atkinson and Whitewater, the Jefferson Coun…
Charges dismissed against former Waupun prison guard accused of abusing inmates Alexander Hollfelder was one of the employees charged in 2024 with abusing inmates and misconduct in office following the death of five inmate…
Madison and Nashville school shooters appear to have crossed paths in online extremist communities A month after a student opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School, another killed a classmate in Nashville. Both were active in an interne…
A violent online community radicalized a school shooter — and 6 others Wisconsin school shooter Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow is being idolized and copied in the same violent online community that helped radicalize her.
