Live updates: Wisconsin school shooting: Police to give update Tuesday

MADISON, Wis. (FOX 9) - A shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday, left three people dead, including the 15-year-old suspected shooter, and six others injured. 

Watch live: The Madison Police Department is expected to provide an update at 1 p.m. on Tuesday. You can watch the press conference live in the player above and on FOX 9’s YouTube channel. 

Abundant Life Christian School shooting

Timeline: Here's what happened on Monday, Dec. 16:

• 10:57 a.m.: A second-grade student called 911 reporting a shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin. Police later said the shooting happened during study hall with a mix of grades in the classroom.
• 11 a.m.: A Dane County Sheriff's deputy arrived at the scene, followed by an officer with the Madison Police Department. Shortly after, authorities entered the school.
• 11:05 a.m.: Authorities reported recovering a gun inside the school and informed others that the shooter was down. The Madison Fire Department arrived on scene and started working with officers who were providing aid. Police started setting up a reunification center for parents and students.
• 11:13 a.m.: The Madison Police Department released a notice about the school shooting.
• 11:14 a.m.: Law enforcement worked to clear students, teachers and staff members from the building.
• 11:23 a.m.: Bomb dogs arrived at the scene and started searching the school.
• 11:26 a.m.: The fire department started transporting victims to the hospital for their injuries. Police noted EMS arrived on scene approximately 20 minutes earlier and were working with officers.
• Press conferences: Law enforcement held four press conferences at 12:15 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.

What we don’t know: Police did not provide further details about which grades were in the study hall. It’s unknown whether the second-grade student who reported the shooting was inside the classroom. 

The school is a private Christian school that is not under the authority of the public school system. Abundant Life Christian School is a K-12 school with about 390 students.

Who is Natalie (Samantha) Rupnow, the suspected shooter? 

What we know: Madison police identified the suspected shooter as 15-year-old student Natalie Rupnow, who went by Samantha. 

Police say it appears she died from a self-inflected gunshot wound, and she was pronounced dead on the way to the hospital. The Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office will determine the official cause of death. 

Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said investigators spoke with the family members of the shooter Monday evening, and they have searched her home, located in Madison. 

Authorities are still working to determine a motive behind the shooting, but believe only one shooter was involved. 

Who are the shooting victims?

Dig deeper: Three people have died — a teacher, a teenage student and the suspected shooter — and six others were hurt, police said.

Of the six injured, two students remain in critical condition with life-threatening injuries. A teacher and three other students were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and two have since been released. 

READ MORE: Madison, Wisconsin school shooting: What’s known about the victims

Police initially reported that three people had died as a result of the shooting, but during a news conference on Monday, authorities said five people were deceased. Police later issued a correction on their Facebook page clarifying that three people had died. 

Police have not yet identified the victims or shared further details about those injured.

Police recently practiced this

Local perspective: Madison's police chief indicated his officers were trained for a situation like this school shooting as recently as two weeks ago. Those officers are trained to "stop the killing, to stop the dying and find who is responsible." Officers did not fire their weapons.