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Complete coverage: Shooting at Madison, Wisconsin school

  • STATE JOURNAL STAFF
  • Dec 18, 2024
  • Dec 18, 2024 Updated Dec 12, 2025

A teacher called 911 on Monday to report a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison. A teen killed 2 people and injured 6 others. See our complete coverage.

(28) updates to this series since Updated Dec 12, 2025

Here's what we know about the school shooting in Madison, Wisconsin

Here's what we know about the school shooting in Madison, Wisconsin

Here's what we know about the shooting at Abundant Life Christian Church.

'A sad, sad day' as 2 killed, 6 injured in Madison school shooting

'A sad, sad day' as 2 killed, 6 injured in Madison school shooting

"Enough is enough,” Madison police Chief Shon Barnes said of Monday's shooting. “We have to come together to do everything we can to support our students."

Video shows students fleeing from Madison school shooting

Video shows students fleeing from Madison school shooting

After a 17-year-old girl shot eight people at Abundant Life Christian School on Monday morning, students ran from the building.

Shooter identified in shooting at Abundant  Life Christian School | Live updates

Shooter identified in shooting at Abundant Life Christian School | Live updates

A second grade teacher called police at 10:57 a.m. to report the shooting.

MY VIEW | PHIL HANDS

MY VIEW | PHIL HANDS

OUR VIEW: School-shooting epidemic must stop. 'Enough is enough'

OUR VIEW: School-shooting epidemic must stop. 'Enough is enough'

More than 400 communities have suffered attacks, must stand together to end gun violence scourge

Former Dane County supervisor on her years at Abundant Life, site of Monday's school shooting

Former Dane County supervisor on her years at Abundant Life, site of Monday's school shooting

"It is like a family because it's church and a lot of us met each other at church," Dana Pellebon said.

Relatives wait for answers at scene of 'unreal' school shooting

Relatives wait for answers at scene of 'unreal' school shooting

Parents and other relatives waited near the scene of the school shooting in Madison, worried about their children inside the school.

Photos and videos: Abundant Life Christian School shooting

Photos and videos: Abundant Life Christian School shooting

State, local officials respond to shooting at Madison's Abundant Life Christian School

State, local officials respond to shooting at Madison's Abundant Life Christian School

State and local officials offered statements ranging from condolences and prayers to frustration and calls for action in the wake of another school shooting.

Abundant Life founded in 1978 to provide education in 'Christ-focused context'

Abundant Life founded in 1978 to provide education in 'Christ-focused context'

The school participates in the state's school voucher program.

Report says there have been 38 school shootings in 2024

Report says there have been 38 school shootings in 2024

Not included on the list was the May 1 fatal shooting of a 14-year-old boy by police outside Mount Horeb Middle School.

'Everyone was targeted' in Madison school shooting, police say | Live updates

'Everyone was targeted' in Madison school shooting, police say | Live updates

A day after a 15-year-old student killed two and injured six at a Madison Christian school, the city is trying to sort out what happened, and how to move forward.

Madison responds to school shooting with vigils at church, Capitol

Madison responds to school shooting with vigils at church, Capitol

School families and friends filled the church that shares a campus with Abundant Life Christian School and other Madison residents gathered on Capitol Square, to grieve and remember.

Female school shooters like the one in Madison are extremely rare, data shows

Female school shooters like the one in Madison are extremely rare, data shows

Besides gender, mass shooters often fit a larger profile, a report from the Violence Prevention Project states.

Community comes together to support Madison school after shooting

Community comes together to support Madison school after shooting

Many are finding different ways to help in "really, really dark times." 

Timeline in Madison school shooting at Abundant Life

Timeline in Madison school shooting at Abundant Life

A second grade student called police at 10:57 a.m. to report the shooting.

Photos: Community copes with Madison school shooting at Abundant Life

Photos: Community copes with Madison school shooting at Abundant Life

A day after a school shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, community members honor those who were killed and injured.

Video: Scene of school shooting in Madison, Wisconsin

Video: Scene of school shooting in Madison, Wisconsin

Video shows police converging at the school. 

Abundant Life had safety training, active shooter drills, executive director says

Abundant Life had safety training, active shooter drills, executive director says

“(Abundant Life faculty and students) have drills every month," parent Rebekah Smith said. "Our daughter was sick of practicing for (an) active shooter.”

Abundant Life students retrieve belongings while memorials grow to victims of Madison school shooting

Abundant Life students retrieve belongings while memorials grow to victims of Madison school shooting

Along with the flowers and candles, two crosses have been erected where well-wishers can leave their sentiments.

Republican leaders signal support for school safety office in wake of Madison school shooting

Republican leaders signal support for school safety office in wake of Madison school shooting

The Speak Up, Speak Out hotline fielded more than 5,200 tips in the 2023-24 school year — marking a 40% increase from the previous year.

California man accused of plotting attack with Madison school shooter

California man accused of plotting attack with Madison school shooter

The man planned an attack at a Carlsbad, California, government building in conjunction with the Madison attack, according to a local TV station.

Teacher, student killed in Madison school shooting remembered for generous spirits

Teacher, student killed in Madison school shooting remembered for generous spirits

Rubi Patricia Vergara, 14, and Erin Michelle West, 42, were killed Monday when a 15-year-old student opened fire in a classroom.

Motive in Madison school shooting  likely a 'combination of factors,' chief says

Motive in Madison school shooting likely a 'combination of factors,' chief says

A day after a deadly shooting at a Madison Christian school, attention turned to the shooter's motive, help for the victims and how the school and community can move on.

Madison's Muslim community offers to pay for, install security system at Abundant Life

Madison's Muslim community offers to pay for, install security system at Abundant Life

Even though students and teachers at Abundant Life Christian School had been trained with active shooter drills, metal detectors could have helped, Masood Akhtar said.

OUR VIEW: Break America's curse of gunfire in schools

OUR VIEW: Break America's curse of gunfire in schools

Other countries don’t suffer the endless carnage of school shootings that curses America.

Man arrested after dropping loaded handgun in Monona Grove High School parking lot

Man arrested after dropping loaded handgun in Monona Grove High School parking lot

The incident came hours after the fatal shootings at Abundant Life Christian School less than two miles away, but there was no indication of any connection to that tragedy.

Hands on Wisconsin: Abundant Life school shooting shocks Madison community

Hands on Wisconsin: Abundant Life school shooting shocks Madison community

The scourge of school shootings has come to Madison, Wisconsin. A student at Abundant Life Christian School on Madison's East Side brought a gun to school Monday and, according to police, killed a teacher and another student. Police, who responded quickly to the incident, found the shooter dead at the school. Six other people were injured, including two with life threatening injuries.

Bike path with bridge over Highway 30 opens on Madison's Far East Side

Bike path with bridge over Highway 30 opens on Madison's Far East Side

The $4.5 million Autumn Ridge Path stretches from Commercial Avenue to Milwaukee Street near the existing Highway 51 overpass.

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Evers signs executive order lowering flags to half-staff in honor of Abundant Life Christian School shooting victims

Evers signs executive order lowering flags to half-staff in honor of Abundant Life Christian School shooting victims

Gov. Tony Evers on Dec 17 signed Executive Order #248 ordering the flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff in honor of the victims of the shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison. The governor’s order is effective immediately and ends at sunset on Sunday, Dec. 22.

Abundant Life shooter's plans, manifesto details revealed in case against Florida man

Abundant Life shooter's plans, manifesto details revealed in case against Florida man

Police believe Natalie Rupnow, 15, and Damien Blade Allen, 22, communicated for months, including about her plans, and have used their TikTok exchanges to help build the case against him.

Abundant Life Christian School issues statement marking a year since fatal school shooting

Abundant Life Christian School issues statement marking a year since fatal school shooting

School officials have declined to answer questions related to marking one year since the shooting, but released a statement and a video addressing the events of the last year.

Could 2 small snowstorms this week mean a white Christmas for southern Wisconsin?

Could 2 small snowstorms this week mean a white Christmas for southern Wisconsin?

The ground is green or brown across southern Wisconsin just eight days before Christmas, but the forecast brings a small measure of hope for a white Christmas.

Jefferson man gets 2 years in federal prison for possessing homemade pipe bombs

Jefferson man gets 2 years in federal prison for possessing homemade pipe bombs

James Morgan also is facing charges in the Eastern District of Wisconsin for possessing chemical weapons based on chemicals found in his storage locker in Whitewater.

Police identify, ticket semi driver who struck plane at Stoughton VFW and sped off

Police identify, ticket semi driver who struck plane at Stoughton VFW and sped off

The driver is a 32-year-old man from Massachusetts and he has been ticketed for hit-and-run. That carries a $187 fine and he also could be ordered to pay restitution.

Ruling overturning Act 10 temporarily paused while appeal proceeds

Ruling overturning Act 10 temporarily paused while appeal proceeds

A Dane County judge on Wednesday temporarily paused his order striking down most of Act 10, the landmark 2011 law that gutted public sector collective bargaining in Wisconsin.

See live traffic conditions as snow winds down in Madison area Friday morning

See live traffic conditions as snow winds down in Madison area Friday morning

Conditions were improved in the Madison area from the Thursday afternoon commute, but still not clear, while many highways were partially to completely covered in the eastern two-thirds of southern Wisconsin.

Assembly Republicans pushing voter ID amendment, pre-election ballot processing

Assembly Republicans pushing voter ID amendment, pre-election ballot processing

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, says his top priorities this legislative session include amending the Constitution to include a voter ID requirement and allowing clerks to process absentee ballots early.

Battle over more state funding imperils future of UW-Madison engineering building

Battle over more state funding imperils future of UW-Madison engineering building

Other Universities of Wisconsin building priorities also are in limbo after Republicans on the state's building commission refusal to reallocate nearly $70 million from other projects.

Wisconsin's first likely human case of bird flu is reported in Barron County

Wisconsin's first likely human case of bird flu is reported in Barron County

The farm worker, who has a "presumptive positive" test for "highly pathogenic" bird flu, was exposed to an infected commercial flock of poultry, officials said.

Doctors recall response to ‘gut-wrenching’ Abundant Life school shooting

Doctors recall response to ‘gut-wrenching’ Abundant Life school shooting

“This is something that we train for, but no one ever wants to be involved in, and so despite what training we do, there’s still going to be a significant impact on our first responders.”

A violent online community radicalized a school shooter — and 6 others

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.

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