Federal investigators are working to verify a document allegedly written by the suspected shooter who shot and killed two people and injured several others earlier this week at a Christian private school in Wisconsin.
According to police, 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow, a student at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, who also went by "Samantha," opened fire inside a study hall at the school, hitting multiple people before fatally shooting herself on Monday.
Madison Chief of Police Shon Barnes noted that law enforcement found a document shared online that is “alleged to have a connection with the” suspect, but noted that officers “haven’t been able to verify that it’s authentic.”
He said in a press conference, “We have been made aware of a manifesto, if you want to call it that, or some type of letter that’s been posted by someone who alleged to be her friend. We haven’t been able to locate that person yet, but that’s something we’re going to work on today.”
The chief continued, “We’ll also be looking through her effects — if she had a computer or cellphone — to see if there are any transmissions between her and someone else.”
Barnes said that this information would be shared with the FBI and added that officers have also spoken with the suspect’s parents, saying: “We also want to look at if the parents may have been negligent. And that’s a question that we’ll have to answer with our district attorney’s office. But at this time, that does not appear to be the case.”