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Photos and videos: Abundant Life Christian School shooting

From the Complete coverage: Shooting at Madison, Wisconsin school series
  • STATE JOURNAL STAFF
  • Dec 16, 2024
  • Dec 16, 2024 Updated Jan 30, 2026

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Abundant Life shooting

An ambulance goes by on East Buckeye Road after a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison on Monday. 

AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL

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Abundant Life school shooting

A staging area is set up for families at SSM Health Dean Medical Group after a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School.

AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL

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Abundant Life school shooting

Law enforcement personnel stationed outside American Family Insurance Children’s Hospital guide ambulance traffic at the facility following the shooting at Abundant Life Christian School on Monday.

JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL

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Abundant Life school shooting

Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes prepares to speak to media after a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School.

AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL

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Abundant Life shooting

Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes speaks to media.

AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL

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Abundant Life 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, to keep press conferences like these from happening again and again and again.”

AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL

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Abundant Life school shooting

First responders gather at the Dean Medical Group Madison East clinic Monday where families were reunited with their children after a shooting at the nearby Abundant Life Christian School. A teacher and student were killed, and six others were injured. The shooter, a 15-year-old female student, also died. 

AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL

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Abundant Life school shooting

A staging area for families is set up at SSM Health Dean Medical Group after a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison on Monday.

AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL

Abundant Life school shooting

Abundant Life school shooting

A staging area for families is set up at SSM Health Dean Medical Group after a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison on Monday.

AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL

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Abundant Life school shooting

Law enforcement personnel investigate a shooting that claimed multiple lives at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison on Monday.

JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL

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Abundant Life school shooting

Law enforcement personnel gather outside Abundant Life Christian School following a shooting that claimed two lives and injured six others Monday. The shooter also died.

JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL

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Abundant Life school shooting

Police guard as emergency vehicles are parked outside the Abundant Life Christian School where multiple injuries were reported following a shooting Monday.

MORRY GASH, ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Abundant Life school shooting

Police investigate as emergency vehicles are parked outside the Abundant Life Christian School where multiple injuries were reported following a shooting Monday.

MORRY GASH, ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Abundant Life school shooting

A bus carrying students leaves as emergency vehicles are parked outside the Abundant Life Christian School.

MORRY GASH, ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Abundant Life school shooting

A woman pauses outside Abundant Life Christian School following a shooting that claimed multiple lives in Madison on Monday.

JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL

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Abundant Life school shooting

Media representatives gather along Buckeye Road following a school shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison.

JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL

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Abundant Life school shooting

Scores of police vehicles line Buckeye Road in response to the report of the shooting at Abundant Life Christian School.

OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL

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A law enforcement officer with a semi-automatic rifle walks past after a school shooting on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2024 at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK/STATE JOURNAL

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Law enforcement and fire department stand outside a door of City Church on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2024 at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK/STATE JOURNAL

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People bring cases of water to City Church on Monday. The church shares a campus with Abundant Life Christian School.

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An ambulance drives towards City Church where some people were being held after a school shooting on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2024 at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK/STATE JOURNAL

OWEN ZILIAK,STATE JOURNAL

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Abundant Life school shooting

People leave City Church, which shares a campus with Abundant Life, after Monday's shooting.

OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL

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Children are led to busses that take them to the reunification center after a school shooting on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2024 at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK/STATE JOURNAL

OWEN ZILIAK,STATE JOURNAL

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People leave after waiting at City Church following a school shooting Monday at Abundant Life Christian School on Madison's Far East Side.

OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL

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A member of law enforcement walks past a sign for Abundant Life Christian School after a school shooting on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2024 at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK/STATE JOURNAL

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People gather on a corner after a school shooting on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2024 at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK/STATE JOURNAL

OWEN ZILIAK,STATE JOURNAL

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An ambulance and police car pass by City Church after a school shooting on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2024 at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK/STATE JOURNAL

OWEN ZILIAK,STATE JOURNAL

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Lights from a police car flash on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2024 at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK/STATE JOURNAL

OWEN ZILIAK,STATE JOURNAL

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Abundant Life school shooting

Therapy dogs and their handlers arrive at Abundant Life Christian School following Monday's shooting.

JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL

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A bus taking children from City Church to the reunification center drives past on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2024 at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK/STATE JOURNAL

OWEN ZILIAK,STATE JOURNAL

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Therapy dogs are walked towards City Church to provide support after a school shooting on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2024 at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK/STATE JOURNAL

OWEN ZILIAK,STATE JOURNAL

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Abundant Life school shooting

A student gets on a bus for the reunification center after multiple injuries were reported following a shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School on Monday.

MORRY GASH, ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Abundant Life school shooting

A family leaves the SSMI Health Center, set up as a reunification center, following a school shooting Monday.

MORRY GASH, ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Abundant Life school shooting

A family leaves the SSMI Health Center, set up as a reunification center, in Madison, following a school shooting.

MORRY GASH, ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Abundant Life school shooting

Metro Transit buses ferried children from the school to a reunification point with parents at a nearby Dean clinic.

OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL

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Abundant life school shooting

Children and adults leave the Dean Medical Group Madison East clinic, where families were reunited after Monday's shooting. The clinic canceled all operations for the day as it became a staging ground for families and first responders. 

JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL

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Abundant Life school shooting

Students aboard a bus as they leave the shelter following a shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School on Monday.

MORRY GASH, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Abundant Life school shooting

Abundant Life school shooting

Students walks to a bus as they leave the shelter following a shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School on Monday.

MORRY GASH, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Abundant Life school shooting

Abundant Life school shooting

Students walk to a bus as they leave the shelter following a shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School on Monday.

MORRY GASH, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Abundant Life school shooting

Abundant Life school shooting

Families leave the SSMI Health Center, set up as a reunification center, following a school shooting on Monday.

MORRY GASH, ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Abundant Life school shooting

A press conference is held at Fire Station No. 14 after a shooting happened earlier in the day at Abundant Life Christian School on Monday.

AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL

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Abundant Life school shooting

Students from Abundant Life Christian School arrive at the Dean Clinic on East Buckeye Road to meet up with their families after a shooting at the school.

AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL

Abundant Life school shooting

Abundant Life school shooting

The Dean Clinic on East Buckeye Road is used as a reunification center for families after a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School.

AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL

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Abundant Life school shooting

A Metro Transit bus transports students to the Dean Clinic on East Buckeye Road to meet up with their families after a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School.

AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL

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Abundant Life school shooting

Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes speaks during a press conference, with Charles Tubbs, Director of Emergency Management for Dane County, left, and Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, after a shooting that happened earlier in the day at Abundant Life Christian School.

AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL

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Abundant Life school shooting

Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes speaks during a press conference at Fire Station No. 14 after a school shooting Monday.

AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL

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Abundant Life school shooting

Students from Abundant Life Christian School arrive at the Dean Clinic on East Buckeye Road to meet up with their families after a shooting at the school.

AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL

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Abundant Life school shooting

Madison Fire Chief Chris Carbon speaks during a press conference after a shooting that happened earlier in the day at Abundant Life Christian School.

AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL

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Abundant Life school shooting

Law enforcement direct traffic on East Buckeye Road after a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School.

AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL

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Abundant Life school shooting

A person gets emotional outside of the scene of the shooting at Abundant Life Christian School on Monday.

BARRY ADAMS, STATE JOURNAL

Chief Shon Barnes' initial briefing on Madison school shooting

Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes Conway on Abundant Life school shooting

Scenes from the shooting at Abundent Life Christian School

Parents and police react to Abundant Life school shooting

Abundant Life Christian School scene after shooting

Chief Shon Barnes discusses Madison school shooting on Monday afternoon

Students running after Abundant Life Christian School shooting

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