Figuring out the exact motive of a student shooter who killed two people in Madison, Wisconsin, is a top priority, police said on Tuesday.
“Everyone was targeted in this situation and everyone was put in danger,” said Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes.
Authorities cautioned against people speculating about a motive and rumors circulating online, noting that they are going through evidence on devices used by the shooter and taken from her home.
The two people killed were identified as a teacher and a student at Abundant Life Christian School, but their names have not been released.
The status of the six others who were injured in the shooting remained unchanged on Tuesday, Barnes said. Two people are in critical condition and four others are recovering from non-life-threatening injuries.
On Tuesday, locals visited a sidewalk memorial outside the school and held a candlelight vigil at the state capitol in Madison.
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"We will never be the same, but we will get through this together," said Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway.
On Monday night, police identified the shooter as Natalie Rupnow, who went by the name Samantha. Police said evidence suggested the shooter died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound but made clear that the official cause of death will be released by the county medical examiner.
Monday's shooting marked the 61st school shooting at an elementary or secondary school this year, per the Gun Violence Archive. It also considered Monday's incident the 487th mass shooting of the year in the U.S. It defines a mass shooting as one with four or more victims wounded or deceased.
