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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin police did not plan any public updates Wednesday on the extremely rare religious school shooting that killed a teacher and a student and wounded six others, a day after the city’s mayor chastised reporters and urged them to leave victims alone. Police have been tight-lipped about why a 15-year-old student at Abundant Life Christian Christian School shot and killed a fellow student and teacher on Monday, before shooting herself. Two other students who were shot remained in critical condition on Wednesday. Tension over police not releasing additional information spilled over into a news conference on...

After ducking questions for much of the day, Madison, Wisc. Police Chief Shon Barnes finally revealed the identity of the suspected shooter found dead inside a private Christian school on Monday. While there is currently no evidence suggesting that the suspect is transgender, Chief Barnes said that he won’t even consider whether gender status or ideology was a factor. In earlier press briefings, Barnes first denied knowing if the body found was either “male or female,” then later said he would not reveal the students “gender.” Chief Barnes’ obfuscations and the terminology he used throughout much of the day fueled...

Natalie 'Samantha' Rupnow / PHOTO: @remarks via X Amid speculation that the latest school shooting at a Christian school in a deep-blue community may have involved another transgender terrorist, the police chief in Madison, Wisc., said the suspect’s gender confusion was irrelevant to the case.The suspect, identified as Natalie Samantha Rupnow, reportedly opened fire in a study hall at the Abundant Life Christian School on Monday, killing a substitute teacher and a fellow student, and leaving others critically injured. Rupnow then committed suicide.As noted by David Riedman, founder of the K-12 School Shooting Database, female school shooters have historically been...