The 15-year-old Wisconsin student who carried out a school shooting, killing two and injuring six others, had been enrolled at the Christian academy for just four months before launching an attack that lasted only eight minutes, according to school officials.
Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow, the shooter who killed 14-year-old student Rubi Patricia Vergara and teacher Erin West, 42, at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, was in her first semester at the school. While she appeared to be adjusting, educators noted she had issues with attendance. Rupnow’s attack lasted eight minutes, which is shorter than the school’s typical snack break, Barbara Wiers, the school’s director of elementary education and communications, said.
Eight-Minute Rampage
Officials in Madison said that a second-grade teacher dialed 911 at 10:57 a.m. to report the mass shooting, with the first police officer arriving at the school just four minutes later. “Are we broken right now? Yes. Are we bruised …