A second-grader was the first to call 911 as another student opened fire at her Wisconsin school, killing 2 and injuring 6

A group of Wisconsin police officers had planned to spend Monday training to care for victims of mass trauma events when late in the morning a student in second grade called 911 to report an active shooting at a nearby school in east Madison.

A group of Wisconsin police officers had planned to spend Monday training to care for victims of mass trauma events when late in the morning a student in second grade called 911 to report an active shooting at a nearby school in east Madison. “They left the training center immediately and came down here – doing in real time what they were actually practicing for,” said Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes outside Abundant Life Christian School, where the shooting took place. When they arrived, officers gave life-saving measures to several people with gunshot wounds and found the shooter, 15-year-old student Natalie Rupnow, dead on the scene. According to police, evidence suggests Rupnow, who went by the name “Samantha,” killed herself. A teacher and another student were killed, police said, while six were injured, including two students who have been hospitalized in critical condition. The attack, which comes just days before Christmas break, has plunged the small, tight-knit community into mourning. Students had a week full of festivities to look forward to, including a holiday concert and an Ugly Christmas Sweater Day, according to the school’s website. The tragedy marks the 83rd school shooting across the United States this year – surpassing 2023 for the most school shootings in a single year since CNN began tracking such incidents in 2008.