Natalie Rupnow, 15, identified as Wisconsin school shooter: Latest updates

Police are said to have detonated stun grenades at a property eight miles away from Abundant Life Christian School on Monday afternoon as their investigation into the shooting continues, according to neighbors.

Videos show a north Madison home with its door removed and windows damaged, decorated with Christmas lights and cordoned off with police tape, WTMJ reported.

It is not clear if it is the home of the suspected school shooter.

Local residents say they saw police throwing lightning bolts into the property after investigators arrived early Monday afternoon and had to go in and out of the residence until nightfall. The non-lethal explosive devices, also known as flash bangs, are used to disorient or distract enemies in close combat.

“I heard the news this afternoon and thought, well, we’re just driving past the main drag and there it was,” a neighbor told the news outlet. “The front door was taken off and nobody was around and the detectives are in there cleaning up the mess.”

Classes resume Tuesday for schools in the Madison Metropolitan School District, according to WISC-TV.

It follows a boost at several district schools, which were put on hold on Monday.

The Madison Metropolitan School District is the second largest school district in Wisconsin, serving over 25,000 students in 52 schools, according to its website.

Police in Madison, Wisconsin, are expected to provide a public update on the investigation into a mass shooting Monday that injured six and left three people dead, including the shooter.

The press conference is scheduled for 1 p.m. local time.

Key details about the shooting are not yet public, including the names of the victims.

A candlelight vigil is planned for Tuesday evening as Madison reels from the heinous attack at Abundant Life Christian School.

The city’s mayor and education officials were expected to attend, according to WMTV.

Police asked the community to postpone holding vigils Monday at the school, which remains an active crime scene. Law enforcement officials monitored the school overnight.

Several times in the hours since the shooting in Madison, officials have warned members of the public to disregard the social media rumor mill, a growing fact after high-profile cases of violence in America.

First, Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes reminded members of the public of some basic media literacy, telling them to only get their information about the shooting from trusted government and media sources as online speculation about the incident runs rampant.

“Social media, frankly, is something I can’t control,” he said at a news conference.

“If you’re listening to this and you’re at home or thinking about resubmitting something that didn’t come from anyone in this room, a trusted and respected journalist, please don’t do it,” he added. “It helps erode confidence in this process, and that’s all we have.”

Barnes said such rumors could “fan the fire” at a time when “we need to come together and not be divided by anything.”

Later, when online commentators, particularly those on the right, engaged in unconfirmed speculation that the shooter was transgender, Barnes had a more pointed comment.

“I don’t think whatever happened today has anything to do with how she, he or they may have wanted to identify,” Barnes said. “I wish people would leave their own personal prejudices out of this. We have people who have another school shooting in Madison. That’s where my focus will be for the very near future.”

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Parents are scared after a mass shooting Monday hit a Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin.

“I don’t know what to say because we always send prayers. We always send thoughts. When will we stop it? This is not okay,” told Mireille Jean-Charles Washington Post Monday, after she reunited with her three sons, who are students at Overflods Christian School. “If your kids are at school, they’re not okay. If they’re at church, they’re not okay. If they’re outside, somewhere else, they’re not okay. Where are they going to be safe?”

The White House has been closely following the shooting in Madison.

President Biden spoke with Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway after the shooting, which left three people, including the gunman, dead, according to officials.