1 of 3 | Adults and students gather outside a church on the grounds of Abundant Life Christian School following a shooting earlier in the day in Madison, Wis., on Monday. Photo by Jeffery Phelps/EPA-EFE
Dec. 16 (UPI) — A teenage student and a teacher are dead after Monday’s mass shooting at a small, private Christian school in southeast Wisconsin. At least two students also are hospitalized in critical condition.
At least three people are dead and handful of others were reported injured after initial reports presented conflicting information throughout the afternoon about the shooting at Abundant Life Christian School.
At least two other students are now reported to be in critical condition and four others in recovery from non-life threatening injuries.
The FBI is on the scene to aid in the investigation.
“As difficult as today is, that’s still someone’s child that’s gone, that’s still someone that has to deal with what happened today,” Madison Chief of Police Shon Barnes said at his second press briefing in the afternoon. “And so we want to make sure that we can ensure as much cooperation as we can.”
The suspected shooter was among those found dead, Barnes confirmed early Monday afternoon during his initial news conference.
“We believe the shooter was a student at the school,” he said, adding that Monday was a “sad day for our community and our country.”
Seven victims were transferred to hospital with “minor injures to life-threatening” injuries, Barnes said earlier in the day.
Students were taken to a reunification center near the school. The nondenominational school has about 390 students enrolled from kindergarten through 12th grade serving roughly 200 families.
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