OAN Staff Abril Elfi
2:59 PM – Wednesday, May 7, 2025
The father of Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow, the 15-year-old girl who opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School last December, killing two people and injuring others, has reportedly been arrested.
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Online data provided by the Wisconsin Department of Justice reported that Jeffrey Rupnow was booked into the Dane County Jail on Thursday at around 3:45 a.m.
According to online court documents, he was charged on Wednesday with two counts of willfully selling a dangerous weapon to someone under the age of 18, causing death, in addition to one felony count of contributing to the delinquency of a child.
A warrant was issued for his arrest on Wednesday, and he was arrested the next day on Thursday.
15-year-old Rupnow started shooting her firearm inside a classroom during study hall on December 16, 2024, killing Rubi Vergara, 14, Erin West, 42, while wounding five other students—two of whom were severely injured and admitted to the hospital—before turning the gun on herself.
Court documents, which the Washington Post was able to…
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