Police investigating Madison, WI school shooting suspect’s ‘turbulent home life’

Jan 08, 2025

News

By Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Tom Jones and Chuck Goudie

More details are being learned about the teenager who allegedly opened fire at a Christian school in Wisconsin on Monday.

Natalie Rupnow went by Samantha. Now, new details are being revealed about her parents’ relationship.

Police in Madison, Wisconsin Wednesday afternoon are still focusing investigative attention on the family home where alleged 15-year-old school shooter Rupnow lived with her father. And authorities are examining her home life. Her parents divorced twice. And they are still attempting to determine whether an online declaration in her name was actually written by her.

“It would surprise me if she got the gun from anywhere but the home,” said Steve Moore, a former FBI supervisory special agent.

Mary Ellen O’Toole

Topics:

Forensic Investigations

Research Areas:

Criminal investigative processes

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