Wisconsin School Shooter Natalie Rupnow Had Only Attended Christian School for Less Than Four Months Before Unleashing Deadly 8-Minute-Long Attack

The 15-year-old Wisconsin school shooter who killed two people and wounded six had attended the Christian academy for less than four months before unleashing an attack that lasted just eight minutes, according to school officials.

Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow — who gunned down student Rubi Patricia Vergara, 14, and teacher Erin West, 42, at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison Monday — was in her first semester and seemed to be settling in, though she struggled with attendance, educators said.

Rupnow’s rampage lasted just eight minutes — shorter than students’ regular snack break, said Barbara Wiers, the school’s director for elementary and communications.

Madison city officials have said a second-grade teacher called 911 to report the the mass shooting at 10:57 a.m. — and that the first police officer arrived at the school four minutes later.

“I pray for [her] family because right now they’ve lost a daughter and they are wounded,” Wiers added. “And they’re dealing with the fact that their daughter did this terrible thing and hurt these other people. It has to be one of the loneliest, bitterest places to be.” (Read more from “Wisconsin School Shooter Natalie Rupnow Had Only Attended Christian School for Less Than Four Months Before Unleashing Deadly 8-Minute-Long Attack” HERE)