Wisconsin school shooter was in contact with California man plotting his own attack
SUMMARY
Court documents released Wednesday revealed that the 15-year-old shooter who killed a student and teacher at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, was in contact with a 20-year-old man in Carlsbad, California, who was allegedly planning his own attack on a government building. The shooter, identified as Natalie Rupnow, brought two guns to the school on Monday, where she killed 14-year-old Rubi Vergara, a student, and Erin West, a teacher, before turning the gun on herself. Two other students were critically injured. Authorities also issued a gun restraining order against the man in California under the state's red flag law, as he reportedly discussed attacking a government building with Rupnow. While the order does not specify which building or when the attack was planned, it indicates the two were plotting a mass shooting together. Law enforcement, assisted by the FBI, is investigating the connection between the two and seeking a motive for the Wisconsin shooting.
