America’s latest tragic school shooting took place on Monday when three people were killed and six injured at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin. Among the dead, in addition to a teacher and a student, is the person believed to be the shooter, 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow, a student at the school who was named as the shooter by authorities.
The Daily Mail reported Tuesday that Rupnow’s father, back in August, had posted a curious image to social media. The image posted by Jeff Rupnow, showed his daughter at a shooting range, wearing a T-shirt of the German band KMFDM- a band whose apparel was favored by Eric Harris, one of the two shooters in the 1999 Columbine massacre. It’s not clear if the picture is of the shooter, or of Rupnow’s other daughter.
The Columbine massacre took place before Rupnow was born.
This is Jeff Rupnow’s profile on Facebook. Considering the cover photo, we can pretty safely assume that Jeff is the shooter’s father and that the girl in the picture was the shooter. Of note is the KMFDM shirt, a band associated with the Columbine shooters. pic.twitter.com/rnQFD7b4Xp
— Asteri 🇪🇸 🇺🇲 (@AsteriWilde) December 16, 2024
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Others were sure to defend KMFDM as a band.
Been listening to KMFDM since I was 17. They’re an anti-war, anti-violence, antifa band who would be disgusted that anyone could translate their music to be supportive of any of the things you suggest.
Listen to them sometime. https://t.co/WejnuyWHaL
— Just Plain, Simple Sarah | Her Chaos Queen (@Sarah_Alice_X) December 17, 2024
Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes, per the Daily Mail, “raised the possibility of Rupnow’s parents facing charges,” which happened earlier this year when the parents of Michigan shooter Ethan Crumbley were sentenced to prison.
The shooter left behind what has been described as a manifesto, which is being reviewed by authorities. A law enforcement source told CNN that the shooter “had been dealing with problems and expressed some of those in writings, which they are now reviewing.”
One lawmaker, Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), called for new gun laws following the tragedy.
“I’ve sat through so many moments of silence on the floors of Congress that are followed by zero moments of action. This is the over 80th school shooting this year, 480th mass shooting in this country this year alone,” Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) told CNN this week.
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