Three dead, including shooter; seven wounded
MADISON, Wis. – A student shooter killed two persons and wounded seven others at a private school on a leafy 28-acre cams on the East Side, then turned the gun on herself in a suicide. The shooter, Natalie Ruonow, age 15, began shooting with a handgun in a study hall. It was there that a teacher and a fellow student were killed and the others wounded. Ruonow survived her self-inflicted wound but died en route to a hospital. Of the six wounded students, two were hospitalized in critical condition. Not much was known immediately about Ruonow except that she was relatively new to the school. Madison Police Chief Shon Banes said that investigators had not established a motive. There was no record of any previous interaction with police, he said
Police Chef Shon Barnes. In dark-rim glasses at initial news conference. The shooting was about 11 a.m.
School profile
The Abundant Life Christan School has 390 students from kindergarten through 12th grade. The school was founded in 1978 by Lake City Church, a local congregation. Over the years it grew through mergers and has expanded its affiliations to 50 congregations. It is accredited through the Association of Christian Schools International. Address: 4901 East Buckeye Road. It is one of the largest private schools in Madison, population 270000 with 400,000 more people outside the city limits in the metropolitan area.
Timeline
Police Chief Shon Barnes offered this timeline:
> 10:57 a.m. A second-grade teacher called 911 to report a shooting.
> 11:00. A deputy sheriff was first to the scene.
> 24 seconds later.The first Madison police officer arrived. Officers entered the school as they arrived.
> 11:05. Officers reported that the shooter was down and a gun recovered.
> 11:05. Firefighters arrived to help victims.
> 11:14. Officers began clearing the building.
> 11:23. Bomb dogs arrived to help clear the building.
> 11:26. Victims were treated at the school. Transportation to hospitals began.