By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-12-16 18:21:46 | Updated at 2024-12-16 20:58:48
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Wisconsin police are investigating a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School Monday morning.
Multiple injuries have been reported, according to the Madison Police Department. The investigation is active and ongoing.
Police have blocked off the streets along 4900 Buckeye Road and advised drivers to find alternate routes.
The school serves approximately 200 students on its 28-acre campus, according to its website.
Heavy police presence seen outside Abundant Life Christian school
School shooting happens just days after Sandy Hook anniversary
December 14 marked 12 years since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.
That shooting left six adults and 20 small children dead.
The 20-year-old shooter had killed his mother before and committed suicide after the massacre.
People are comforted near Sandy Hook Elementary School, Dec. 14, 2012 in Newtown, Conn.
Both staff and kids injured, taken to hospital
Multiple children have been taken to the hospital following the shooting, CNN reported.
Gunman is 'down'
Local media have reported that police said the gunman is down.
Several reports said the shooter killed themselves but police have not confirmed that information.
Wisconsin senator issues message
Senator Ron Johnson sent consolences to the victims of Monday's shooting.
Abundant Life is a K-12 private school
Abundant Life bosses say they teach students from about 300 local families.
The school was set up in 1978 and charges between $6,000 and $10,000-a-year tuition.
Cops say shooting is 'active scene'
Madison Police described the shooting as an 'active scene' although the shooter is reported to have killed themselves.
The shooting happened just as class was beginning for the week. Investigators are yet to share the identities of the shooter, the victims, or give a possible motive.
At least two killed in active shooting at Madison school
Two people have been killed after a shooter burst into a classroom at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday morning.
The shooter died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. It is unclear if the shooter is among the two cops say were killed.
Three other people were injured.
