Two students in critical condition after teen shooter opens fire at Christian school, killing teacher, classmate

“I’m asking everyone to send your heartfelt wishes and prayers, and thoughts, yet again, to a community — but this time it’s my community,” Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes told reporters

The incident occurred shortly before 11 a.m. at Madison’s Abundant Life Christian School (AP)

Two people are dead, along with the person identified as the shooter responsible, after a Monday morning rampage at a Wisconsin private school.

Police revised the number downward after initially announcing a total of five dead. Six others were injured, according to Madison police. The shooter was a 17-year-old female student, a law enforcement source told the Associated Press.

The shooting occurred at the Abundant Life Christian School around 11 a.m. The suspect died by suicide before cops arrived, Madison police believe.

A nearby high school, a middle school, and an elementary school were locked down in the midst of the incident.

At an early afternoon press conference, Chief Shon Barnes of the Madison PD called it a “sad, sad day.”

“I think we can all agree that enough is enough,” he said at a second press conference later in the day.

Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes called it a “sad, sad day” after a gunman killed two at a Wisconsin school and injured several others (Reuters Live)

Officers responded shortly before 11 a.m to reports of an active shooter at Abundant Life, according to Barnes, who said the department last trained for such a scenario just two weeks ago. The wounded were transported to area hospitals, said Barnes, himself a former public school teacher.

“I’m asking everyone to send your heartfelt wishes and prayers, and thoughts, yet again, to a community — but this time it’s my community,” he told reporters.

Barnes said the shooter was a teen, but declined to provide their name, age, or gender. The two others killed were a teacher and a teenage student, according to Barnes, who said two of the injured students are in critical condition. He said a handgun was recovered, and that detectives are working to determine a motive.

Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway said that “the focus now is on supporting the victims and their families.” Dane County Executive Melissa Agard called today’s violence “unacceptable.”

The school, which is located on Madison’s east side and has roughly 400 students in all, was founded in 1978 “as a community Christian school with the vision of providing academic excellence in a Christ-centered environment for families in the greater Dane County area,” the school’s website tells visitors. “Our reliance on the Bible as the inspired Word of God and the foundation for all that we teach is integral to who we are.”