A 17-year old female student is the suspect in a school shooting in Madison, Wisconsin.
One teacher and a teen student have died, and six people were injured at the shooting at Abundant Life Christian School.
Police say the suspect was found dead.
CNN reports this is the US's 83rd school shooting this year, overtaking last year's record 82.
US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Heather du Plessis-Allan that evidence suggests the shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
He says the family is said to be cooperating, and the girl left behind a note.
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You, corresponding to Richard Arnold's with us, Hey, Richard, So,
what's the latest on the shooting in Wisconsin.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Well, you know, it was a seven year old, a
seven year old kid who called police emergency from her
classrooms to let people know that there was Yeah, another
deadly massed shooting in her school this time, so says
Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes of the situation with this.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
I like that, so camped for a minute. A second
grade student call nine one.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
One, Yeah, let it soak in. So, adding to the
gun crazy casually told a teacher and a student were
killed in this Wisconsin attack. Five other students are dealing
with gunshot injuries. Two of these are in critical condition
at the minute. Another seven year old girl who witnessed
all of this says, I just heard sighting in. There
(00:47):
was a teacher and.
Speaker 4 (00:49):
She was going to be like, oh my lag hew hew.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
So a memory that will stay with that child forever,
no doubt. Another student twelve years old says of the shooting,
and after Martha and the fifteen year old with a
handgun open fire on a mixed age study group.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
They're crying somewhere scared, Yeah, hugging each other.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
The young shooter took her own life after the rampage,
says the police chief.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
She was a student at the school and evidence suggests
she died from a self in afflicted gunshot.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Wine. So it's a girl this time. That is uncommon. Typically,
of course it's young boys. How does a fifteen year
old get a gun like this? A family has said
to be co operating, so we'll see this girl also
left behind a note WISCONSCINUS Democratic Party Governor Tony Evers
causes a gut wrenching tragedy. President Biden calls the shooting
quote shocking and unconscionable, and is calling on the US
(01:40):
Congress to act immediately on gun control. Fat chance of
that four hundred and eighty eight mass shootings here this
year so far?
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Jesus quite something, Richard, Listen, what's going on with RFK Junior?
Is he backing away from this anti vax stance?
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Seems to be under pressure. You know, he is to
pick by Donald Trump to head the Health Human Services Department.
He is on Capitol Hill right now, where his presence
is raising questions about the polio vaccine because you know
him much about polioid these days because of the vaccine
that was introduced in nineteen fifty five of soult vaccine.
Before that, it was one of the most feared diseases
(02:16):
in the world and in this country, he sayd In
nineteen sixteen, over two thousand people died of it, and
in the worst year fifty two, more than three thousand died.
Many others was left with lifelong effects, including Fdr. President Roosevelt,
who got polloi ad age thirty nine, had to get
around in a wheelchair for the rest of his life
because he was partially paralyzed.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
So Robert F.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Kennedy Junior has been questioning the use of the polio vaccine,
and the AP is reporting that RF case lawyer petitioned
recently to suspend approval for the vaccine. So this was
very much the issue on reporter's mind a short time ago.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Mister Kennedy, do you believe in the polio vaccine?
Speaker 3 (02:52):
What do you say to Americans who were worried you're
going to take away their vaccines?
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Mister Kennedy, Yeah, So in the spotlight right now, he
seems to be reversing himself, But just days ago, this
is what he was saying about it.
Speaker 4 (03:03):
You say to me that the you know polio vaccine
was effective against polio, I'm going to say yes if
I if you said to me, did it kill more people?
That did caused more? Doasin I've heard, I would say
I don't know, because we don't have the data.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Not enough data. After sixty nine years of use and
polio being largely eradicated, the incoming president said he wanted
arfk to go wild right on health issues. Now is
putting it this way.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
I'm a big believer in it, and I think everything
should be looked at. But I'm a big believer in
the polio vaccines.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Well I didn't say that during the campaign, did he?
Then there is measles. Back in twenty nineteen, Rifka Junior
discourage people in Samoa from using measles vaccine. They followed
more than five thousand cases of measles and eighty three
children died of it. Meantime, Trump's choice to hit the Pentagon.
Former Fox News Weekend co presenter Pete Hegsas still is
seeking congressional backing. This is still all playing out.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
Now.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
We find that Hexas is being escorted around the camp
by a fellow named John Hasenbin who was deployed to
Iraq eight times and won two Bronze stars. So quite
a long military record there with all kinds of new
courageous interventions. But he also faced a court martial which
ended in a mistrial because a mate of his had
been talking to one of the jurors. They didn't bother
to a second trial. But account say that hasn't by
(04:20):
attacked a civilian trainer, knocking this fellow into a concrete pillar,
giving him quote hammerfist strikes to his ribs and knee
kicks to his face until he was left hog tied
in a pool of his own blood. So part of
the newly proposed Pentagon team.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Richard, thanks very much, very exciting, Richard Arnold, you wis corresponding.
I love listening to RFK June. Don't you always look
forward to it? This is like a malfunctioning AI every
time you hear them.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
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