Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes identified the shooter as Natalie Rupnow, 15, who went by Samantha and attended Abundant Life Christian School. "I put my head in my hands and started to cry. We had never gotten too in-depth about the religions of our families — and now I see we should have."

Police have identified the shooter in Monday’s attack on a Madison, Wisconsin, private Christian school as a 15-year-old female student, as they investigate the latest school shooting to devastate an American community,