Three people dead in school shooting in US state of Wisconsin
Al Jazeera
There have been 322 school shootings in the US in 2024, the second highest number since 1966.
A shooting at a private Christian school in the northern United States has killed two people as well as a child who is suspected of carrying out the attack, authorities say.
The shooting on Monday at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, also left others wounded with at least five people taken to local hospitals, the Madison Police Department said.
Law enforcement agencies have yet to provide details on the victims but said children are among the dead.
The suspected shooter was identified by Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes as a student at the school. Barnes told reporters that police officers who responded to the shooting did not fire their own weapons and found the suspected shooter dead at the scene.
“Today is a sad, sad day not only for Madison but for our entire country, where yet another police chief is doing a press conference to speak about violence in our community,” Barnes said. “Every child, every person in that building, is a victim and will be a victim forever. These types of trauma don’t just go away.”
