The person suspected of carrying out a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School, a private Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin, Monday was a teenage student at the school, police said.
Officers responded to a call of an active shooter at the school just before 11 a.m., Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said during a press briefing. When officers arrived, they found "multiple victims suffering from gunshot wounds."
A teacher and student were killed, Barnes said, as was the suspected shooter. Six students were injured; two students were listed in critical condition, while four others were said to have sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
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According to Barnes, the suspected shooter was found by police deceased in the building. No officers fired shots during the incident. As of Monday afternoon, authorities weren't releasing the student's age or gender.
The shooter's family was cooperating with investigators following the shooting, the police chief said.
Police were working to find out “as many answers as we can” while interviewing witnesses and obtaining search warrants to obtain additional information, Barnes said.
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Barnes said the shooting was confined to one space, but didn’t specify whether it was a classroom. A handgun was recovered at the scene.
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"This is something that we all prepare for, but we hope we never have to do," the police chief stated. "We're still going through methodically clearing that school, clearing every vehicle and making certain that there's no other threats to this community, which we believe there are none."
Where is Abundant Life Christian School?
Abundant Life Christian School, founded in 1978, is a private school located at 4901 E. Buckeye Road in Madison, Wisconsin. It has about 390 students, from kindergarten through high school, according to its website.
The school serves approximately 200 families from some 56 different churches in the greater Dane County area, its website said, including metropolitan Madison and its surrounding communities.
A 12:38 p.m. post from the school's Facebook page said the school had an "active shooter incident."
"Please pray for our Challenger family," the post went on to say.
This is a developing news story that will be updated as more information becomes available.
