Some students and parents went back inside Abundant Life Christian School Wednesday for the first time since a student shooter opened fire Monday morning.15-year-old Natalie Rupnow, who went by Samantha, shot into a study hall in the school, killing two and injuring six others, according to police. Investigators said she then turned the gun on herself.The Dane County Medical Examiner identified the two victims killed as 42-year-old Erin West, a teacher, and 14-year-old Rubi Vergara, a freshman student.When the gunfire broke out Monday just before 11 a.m., students and teachers had to run and leave their belongings behind. Groups returned to campus Wednesday to pick up their abandoned backpacks and coats and to visit a growing memorial outside the school for the victims. “Someplace that was supposed to be safe wasn’t,” said Hannah Reuschlein, a senior at Abundant Life who was visiting the memorial. It marks just one step in …
‘Someplace that was supposed to be safe, wasn’t’: Abundant Life Christian School students grieve after shooting [Video]
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