The motive for the assault stays unclear. Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes advised CNN on Tuesday that investigators are trying into on-line posts and a potential manifesto that the shooter could have left behind.
“We now have 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 buddy,” Barnes stated.
Barnes stated police are additionally inspecting her cellphone 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 lawyer’s workplace,” Barnes stated. “However right now, that doesn’t look like the case”.
Police have confirmed the road of the shooter’s residence in Madison. On-line data 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 positioning, Jeff Rupnow says he and his youngster joined the membership within the spring and “have been loving all each second of it”.
Rupnow couldn’t be reached for remark.