Two people were killed Monday in a shooting at a Christian school in Madison, in the northern United States, and a juvenile suspect was found dead, police said. The suspect is a student at the private Abundant Life Christian School in the state of Wisconsin, which welcomes nearly 400 students, ranging from kindergarten to high school.
Seven people were admitted to local hospitals with injuries ranging from minor to serious, Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said at a press briefing. A spokeswoman interrupted the press conference to give a new death toll of five, including the alleged killer, and five injured, but Madison police then revised the death toll downward.
Tony Evers, Governor of Wisconsin, said on his .
President Joe Biden is being kept informed of the situation, the White House said.
“Prayers requested! (…) We are monitoring the evolution of the situation. We will share information as soon as we can,” Abundant Life Christian School wrote on its Facebook account.
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United States: one shooting every six months between 1988 and 2011
Published on June 17, 2024 at 4:57 p.m.
Heavy toll
The United States is paying a very heavy price for the spread of firearms on its territory and the ease with which Americans have access to them.
L’opinion
“Carrying guns remains deeply rooted in the American psyche”
Published on June 17, 2024 at 4:59 p.m. / Modified on June 17, 2024 at 5:00 p.m.
Americans, Republicans in particular, are viscerally attached to the Second Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees them the right to own a firearm. And the NRA, a powerful gun lobby, defends this right tooth and nail by showering Republican candidates with millions of dollars.
Valérie de Graffenried, former correspondent for Le Temps in the United States
Read the full editorial: Mass shootings, the unbearable American farce
School killings particularly shock public opinion, such as that perpetrated in 2012 by an insane person in a Connecticut elementary school, during which 20 children aged 6 and 7 were killed.
Such a traumatic event was repeated in May 2022 when an 18-year-old man shot and killed 19 students and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. Between these two tragedies, a massacre committed in a high school in Florida, on February 14, 2018 in Parkland, triggered a vast national movement, with youth at the forefront, to demand stricter regulation of individual weapons in the United States.
