A tragic school shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, claimed the lives of a student and a teacher, leaving six others injured. A second-grader describes the terrifying moments when gunfire erupted in the school hallway.
Two people were killed and six others injured in a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison , Wisconsin . A second-grader recounted the moments when shots rang out. Nora Gottschalk told Chicago ABC station WLS that she was in the hallway when she heard the gunfire. 'I was changing from my shoes to my boots to go to lunch, 'cause I have recess after,' she said. 'But then I heard the shooting. And screams.
We went to the church right next to my school, and everyone was panicking still, because a lot of police were there,' she added. A second-grade teacher called 911 to report the shooting Monday morning, according to Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes. The chief had previously stated a second-grade student called 911, but clarified during a press briefing on Tuesday the caller was actually a teacher. A student and a teacher were killed in the shooting, police said. Two students were hospitalized in critical condition, while three students and a teacher also suffered non-life-threatening injuries, police said. The suspected shooter, a teenager who was a student at the school, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. Students in kindergarten through 12th grade attend the school. Barnes said it appears a motive in the shooting appears to be a 'combination of factors,' though did not provide additional details amid the active investigation. 'This has been a rough day for our city. This has been a sad day,' Barnes said. 'This is going to be a day that will be etched in the collective minds and memories of all those from Madison.
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