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Madison school shooter had 2 guns and got messages from man accused of plotting his own attack (Victim Updates)
Channel 3000 News/AP ^ | December 19, 2024 | AP Staff

Posted on 12/19/2024 7:41:01 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin

The shooter who killed a student and teacher at a religious school in Wisconsin brought two guns to the school and was in contact with a man in California who authorities say was planning to attack a government building, according to authorities and court documents that became public Wednesday.

Police were still investigating why the 15-year-old student at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison shot and killed a fellow student and teacher on Monday before shooting herself, Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said. Two other students who were shot remained in critical condition on Wednesday.

“We may never know what she was thinking that day, but we’ll do our best to try to add or give as much information to our public as possible,” Barnes said.

A California judge, meanwhile, issued a restraining order Tuesday under California’s gun red flag law against a 20-year-old Carlsbad man. The order requires the man to turn his guns and ammunition into police within 48 hours unless an officer asks for them sooner because he poses an immediate danger to himself and others.

According to the order, the man told FBI agents that he had been messaging Natalie Rupnow, the Wisconsin shooter, about attacking a government building with a gun and explosives. The order doesn't say what building he had targeted or when he planned to launch his attack. It also doesn't detail his interactions with Rupnow except to state that the man was plotting a mass shooting with her.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Wisconsin
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1 posted on 12/19/2024 7:41:01 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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“The student who was killed in Monday’s school shooting was identified in an obituary released Wednesday as Rubi Patricia Vergara, 14, of Madison. She was a freshman at the school and “an avid reader, loved art, singing and playing keyboard in the family worship band,” according to the obituary. The Associated Press’ attempts to reach the girl’s family by phone and email on Wednesday evening were unsuccessful.

The Dane County medical examiner Wednesday evening identified the teacher who was killed as 42-year-old Erin Michelle West, after initially identifying her as Michelle E. West. A man who answered the phone at a number listed for West in public records hung up when reached by a reporter Wednesday evening.”


2 posted on 12/19/2024 7:41:53 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

As I understand it, the shooter’s manifesto is all about how men are the problem, and that all men should be killed.

And the shooter’s solution to this problem was to go to the school and kill 2 females. And then herself. So, the score is 0-3 a this point.


3 posted on 12/19/2024 7:46:56 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

https://youtu.be/ehQ2s94CJtc?si=x3GtIKj1xuoH_Ckr


4 posted on 12/19/2024 7:50:20 AM PST by Nifty
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

A California judge, meanwhile, issued a restraining order Tuesday under California’s gun red flag law against a 20-year-old Carlsbad man. The order requires the man to turn his guns and ammunition into police within 48 hours unless an officer asks for them sooner because he poses an immediate danger to himself and others.

According to the order, the man told FBI agents that he had been messaging Natalie Rupnow, the Wisconsin shooter, about attacking a government building with a gun and explosives. The order doesn’t say what building he had targeted or when he planned to launch his attack. It also doesn’t detail his interactions with Rupnow except to state that the man was plotting a mass shooting with her.


This stuff is not done in isolation.


5 posted on 12/19/2024 7:50:21 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are not longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

The Cali man was her CIA handler for this op. Just wild speculation, of course.


6 posted on 12/19/2024 7:50:28 AM PST by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the son of man, who has no salvation.")
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
A man who answered the phone at a number listed for West in public records hung up when reached by a reporter Wednesday evening.

I applaud his restraint.

I think I would have screamed a choice word or two about the reporters ancestry and possible progeny.

7 posted on 12/19/2024 7:53:00 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
........the man told FBI agents that he had been messaging Natalie Rupnow.......

Another possibility is the man was another corrupt, swamp dwelling FBI agent couching the the girl to shoot up her school for the purpose advancing the Marxist concept of Gun control aka taking people's guns away, and hey no loss of individuals at the school since they were Supposedly Christians at a Christian school, expendable in their blinded anti Christian eye sight.

8 posted on 12/19/2024 7:57:55 AM PST by ReformedBeckite (1 of 3 I'm only allowing my self each day)
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To: ClearCase_guy

15 year old mentally ill girls may not exhibit the most logical thinking and behavior patterns.


9 posted on 12/19/2024 8:07:02 AM PST by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back!)
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To: bigbob

You are implying that 15-year old girls without mental problems are capable of rational thought.
Uhh, where the ‘Ell do you live?


10 posted on 12/19/2024 8:21:55 AM PST by bobbo666
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11 posted on 12/19/2024 8:31:18 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

The initial story that she wanted to eradicate men seems to be falling apart. Her ‘manifesto’ makes clear that she hated everyone, including her parents, with a few exceptions: She admired teenaged mass murderers such as the Columbine killers. The killers she admired were male. She had an ‘online boyfriend’ (whatever that is) who lived in Germany. And apparently she talked with this other guy. But, she hated everyone else. So far, there’s no indication she had any female friends.


12 posted on 12/19/2024 9:15:06 AM PST by Tired of Taxes
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To: Tired of Taxes
Oh dear sweet baby Cthulhu.

I feel the phrase, "internalize misogyny" coming up the staircase and it is about to knock on the door. Turn the lights off and everyone stay real quiet. Maybe it will think we are not at home.

13 posted on 12/19/2024 9:45:19 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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