Shooter among three killed in Wisconsin school shooting

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Two people, including a teacher, were killed and six others injured in a school shooting in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday (Dec 16).   Madison police chief Shon Barnes said the shooter, who used a handgun in the attack and was a student at the school, was found dead inside the school by officers.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news  SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar  LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Today truly is a sad day for Madison and for our country.

00:06It is a day that I believe will live in our collective minds for a very,

00:10very long time.

00:12Here are the details.

00:13Today at 1057 AM, our team was called to the Abundant Life

00:18Christian School in reference to an active shooter.

00:24We know that three people are dead, including the suspect shooter.

00:29We know that the suspect shooter was a teenage student who attended the school.

00:35At this time, we're not releasing the age or gender of the student or

00:39any other identifying remarks about the student.

00:44Two other people that died were a teacher and a teenage student.

00:52Six other people were injured.

00:54Two students are now in critical condition in the hospital.

00:59And these injuries are considered life-threatening injuries.

01:04Four students are also at other area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.

01:10Many of you have asked me about the why of this.

01:15Why did this happen?

01:17What do we know?

01:17What was the motivation?

01:19I do not know.

01:21But I will tell you this, our detectives are working hard in the investigative

01:26process to find out as many answers as we can.

01:29So that we can further prevent these things from happening,

01:33not only in this community, but in other communities around our country.

01:38I think we can all agree that enough is enough.

01:44And we have to come together to do everything we can to support our students.

01:49To prevent press conferences like these from happening again and again and again.

01:56What kind of gun was used?

01:57We know it was a handgun.

01:59We know a handgun was recovered.

02:02This is an incredibly sad day for our community.

02:06As you've heard, there is no danger to the community at this time.

02:12But our entire community has been impacted by this tragic incident.

02:17On behalf of the Common Council and the City of Madison staff,

02:22I wanna offer our heartfelt condolences to the victims and

02:26families and to the whole Abundant Life community.

02:30I am on record that I think we need to do better in our country and

02:35our community to prevent gun violence.

02:38And I hoped that this day would never come in Madison.

02:42It is not something that any mayor, any fire chief, any police chief,

02:47any person in public office ever wants to have to deal with.

02:52And so I will ask our entire community and our entire country to do whatever we can

02:58to make sure that no public official ever has to stand in this position again.

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