Understanding the Wisconsin School Shooting: Facts and Reactions

A shooting at a tiny Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin, killed at least three people, including the alleged shooter. Police later determined that the shooter was a 15-year-old pupil at the school. During a press conference on Monday, the police chief of Madison, USA, announced that a teacher and a student had been killed in a shooting at a private school. According to Madison Police Chief Shawn Barnes, the alleged shooter was a female student at the school, age 15. According to Barnes, the shooter was declared deceased when police got at the scene and is thought to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Around 11 a.m., a second-grade kid contacted 911 to report the gunshot, the police chief said, adding, "Let that sink in for a moment." The motivation behind the shooting is still being looked into by authorities.

At first, the police chief wouldn't say who the alleged shooter was.

During the first press conference, Barnes did not reveal the identity or gender of the accused shooter. But according to American media, including the New York Times and the Associated Press, the shooter was a woman. According to the police chief, all of the surviving children have been reunited with their families, and the family of the alleged gunman is assisting the authorities. According to Barnes, two pupils who were admitted to the hospital are still in critical condition and could die from their injuries. Four people were hurt, he added, but their wounds are not life-threatening. Two of these individuals have been released from the hospital.

Biden pushed for stringent gun control legislation in Congress.

The shooting was called "shocking and

senseless" by President Joe Biden in a statement on Monday. "We need Congress to do something," he remarked. "Now." From Parkland to Madison, from Newtown to Uvalde, and innumerable additional shootings that go unreported, it is intolerable that we cannot shield our kids from the evil of gun violence. This cannot be accepted as the norm," he stated. "Every child is entitled to a safe learning environment. Instead of learning to duck and hide, students throughout should be learning to read and write," he continued.

The pupils behaved themselves in a "excellent" way, according to the school director.

About 400 pupils in kindergarten through 12th grade attend the private Abundant Life Christian School. At a news conference, a school official informed reporters that when the children were told to go into lockdown, they soon understood it was not an exercise. According to Barbara Wiers, the pupils "handled themselves remarkably well." "When they heard 'lockdown, lockdown,' they understood it was real," she said. In the US, shootings at schools are not unusual. The K-12 School Shooting Database website reports that 322 school shootings have occurred just this year.

These massacres frequently lead to heated political discussions over gun regulation, with many blaming the high incidence of school killings on Americans' easy access to firearms.