In Madison, the state capital of , for her, the private Abundant Life Christian School and began shooting last Monday morning (local time), killing a student and a teacher and injuring six others, before killing himself.
During the investigation, officers were horrified to discover that the teenager had been communicating via text messages with a man in California who was also planning to carry out a mass shooting, according to media reports, citing court documents.
It’s not clear at this time how 15-year-old Natalie “Samantha” Rapnow is connected to Carlsbad, California man Alexander Charles Pfendorf, but police are scrutinizing her online activity, checking her cell phone records and taking statements from her friends and family in order to understand her motives and her relationships with others, it is reported in a police statement.
“During an FBI questioning, Pafferdorff admitted to agents that he told Rapnau he was going to arm himself with explosives and a revolver and target a government building,” according to a restraining order issued by the police department. of Carlsbad, as broadcast by CBS. The warrant states that FBI agents “saw the messages from Pafendorf to Rapnau.”
The document does not say which building Pafendorf allegedly targeted or when he was supposed to carry out the attack. Furthermore, he does not give any details about his communication with Rapnow, except to say that the man was planning a mass armed attack with her.
In Wisconsin, the Dane County Coroner’s Office identified the two dead as 14-year-old Ruby Vergara and teacher Erin West, 42. The 14-year-old’s funeral will be held Saturday in Madison
