The motive for the assault stays unclear. Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes advised CNN on Tuesday that investigators are wanting into on-line posts and a doable manifesto that the shooter could have left behind.
“We’ve been made conscious of a manifesto, if you wish to name it that, or some kind of letter that is been posted by somebody who alleged to be her pal,” Barnes stated.
Barnes stated police are additionally inspecting her cellular phone and pc to see if there have been any transmissions between her and another person. Different questions investigators are attempting to reply are how the 15-year-old obtained a gun and whether or not her dad and mom had been negligent.
“That is a query that we’ll must reply with our district legal professional’s workplace,” Barnes stated. “However at the moment, that doesn’t seem like the case”.
Police have confirmed the road of the shooter’s residence in Madison. On-line information present somebody named Jeffrey Rupnow lives on the identical avenue, and a Fb profile belonging to a Jeff Rupnow in Madison exhibits photographs of a new child daughter named Natalie Lynn from 2009, 15 years in the past.
Rupnow’s cowl photograph, posted in August, exhibits what seems to be a teenaged woman lure capturing with a shotgun at an area membership. In a touch upon the location, Jeff Rupnow says he and his baby joined the membership within the spring and “have been loving all each second of it”.
Rupnow couldn’t be reached for remark.