Mom of Abundant Life Christian School shooter dies by apparent suicide: police

Law enforcement stand near a healthcare clinic where students from Abundant Life Christian School will be reunited withe their parents after a school shooting on Dec. 16, 2024, in Madison, Wisconsin. According to authorities, a juvenile opened fire in the school killing at least two and injuring at least six more people. The suspect was found dead inside the school by police. | Andy Manis/Getty Images

The mother of the teenager who carried out a fatal shooting at a Wisconsin private school last year has died in an apparent suicide. Police said the death was discovered after officers were called to a residence.

Mellissa Rupnow, the mother of 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow, was found dead at a home on the 1100 block of Matheson Street, and the death “appears to be a suicide,” Janesville Police Lt. Jennifer Seeger told the Wisconsin State Journal.

Officers from the Janesville Police Department responded to the address last Friday after receiving a call and found Rupnow deceased. The department said no further details about the circumstances of her death were available at the time.

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