Wisconsin Shooter Contacted California Man Planning Separate AttackThursday, 19 December 2024 09:08 AM EST
NEWSMAXThe teenage girl who killed a teacher and fellow student at her Wisconsin school this week was in contact via text message with a California man who was planning his own mass shooting, according to media reports that cited court papers.
News of the connection between 15-year-old Natalie "Samantha" Rupnow and the Carlsbad, California, man surfaced while authorities worked to determine why she staged Monday's attack at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison. In addition to the two fatalities, the suspect wounded six other people before turning the gun on herself. ...
Reuters was unable immediately contact the subject, Alexander Charles Paffendorf of Carlsbad.
"During an FBI interview, Paffendorf admitted to the FBI agents that he had told Rupnow that he would arm himself with explosives and a gun and that he would target a government building," reads the two-page restraining order from the Carlsbad Police Department, CBS reported.
The order said that FBI agents "saw the messages from Paffendorf to Rupnow." ...