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Abundant Life School Shooting & Canada’s Assisted Suicide Data | Afternoon Update | 12.17.24
Ukraine's intelligence service says it assassinated a top Russian military official in Moscow today. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pearce has the latest.
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Abundant Life School Shooting & Canada’s Assisted Suicide Data | Afternoon Update | 12.17.24
More information has come to light about yesterday's school shooting in Wisconsin. Daily Wire reporter Zach Jewell has the latest.
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Abundant Life School Shooting & Canada’s Assisted Suicide Data | Afternoon Update | 12.17.24
Canada Health says nearly 5% of all deaths in the country last year were due to medically assisted suicide. In 2023, over 15,000 people died through the Medical Assistance in Dying program, bringing the total number of assisted suicide deaths since its legalization in 2016 to more than 60,000. The program has seen a significant rise in applications with nearly 20,000 requests last year alone.
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Abundant Life School Shooting & Canada’s Assisted Suicide Data | Afternoon Update | 12.17.24
Critics argue the expansion of MAID, particularly its upcoming inclusion of mental illness as a qualifying condition in 2027, raises serious ethical concerns.
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Abundant Life School Shooting & Canada’s Assisted Suicide Data | Afternoon Update | 12.17.24
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Trump’s Press Conference & Wisconsin’s School Shooting | 12.17.24
At least two people were killed and seven others were wounded after a 15-year-old female opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison. During a late-night press conference, police said the shooting happened in a classroom study hall, something they say had several students from different grades.
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Trump’s Press Conference & Wisconsin’s School Shooting | 12.17.24
Earlier on Monday, the Madison Police Department reported that five people, including the shooter, were killed, but they later amended that number. The teenage shooter who police say attended the school was found dead when officers arrived on the scene from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Trump’s Press Conference & Wisconsin’s School Shooting | 12.17.24
Police arrived on the scene after a second grader called 911 and they immediately began life-saving efforts on the wounded. Here's Chief Sean Barnes.
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Trump’s Press Conference & Wisconsin’s School Shooting | 12.17.24
Fortunately, the medics who responded to the scenes were at a training just three miles away at the time of the shooting, so that contributed to a fast response time.
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Trump’s Press Conference & Wisconsin’s School Shooting | 12.17.24
So the website for Abundant Life Christian School indicates the students range from kindergarten through 12th grade, and according to the Associated Press, they're around 390 students. The school was founded in 1978 to, quote, "...offer students academic excellence in a Christ-focused context." The school said it will share more information as it's able and ask for prayer from the community.
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Trump’s Press Conference & Wisconsin’s School Shooting | 12.17.24
Right now, we don't have any information about what kind of security they had in place, if any, or what measures were taken when the shooting occurred. A representative of the school said that they do not allow staff members to carry guns on the property.
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Trump’s Press Conference & Wisconsin’s School Shooting | 12.17.24
Yeah, initially the only information we had was that the shooter was dead prior to police arriving. Chief Barnes said at the press conference that responding officers did not fire a single shot after arriving on the scene. Police have since reported that the female student used a handgun, and that was later recovered from the scene.
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Trump’s Press Conference & Wisconsin’s School Shooting | 12.17.24
The Madison police initially did not release the age or gender of the shooter, but in the third press conference of the day, the police chief finally revealed that the shooter was a 15-year-old female. Barnes also said that the shooter's family has been contacted by authorities and is cooperating with the investigation.
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Trump’s Press Conference & Wisconsin’s School Shooting | 12.17.24
The chief also addressed social media rumors surrounding a Google Doc allegedly being the shooter's manifesto.
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Trump’s Press Conference & Wisconsin’s School Shooting | 12.17.24
The chief also addressed rumors spreading about the shooter identifying as transgender.
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Trump’s Press Conference & Wisconsin’s School Shooting | 12.17.24
So far, police are releasing less information than we typically get in these cases, but we will likely get more in the next few days.
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Willis Disqualified & Israel Strikes Houthis | Afternoon Update | 12.19.24
Authorities say the man from Carlsbad plotted his own mass attack on a government building while communicating and coordinating with the 15-year-old shooter. FBI agents questioned the man and authorities seized firearms and ammunition from his home under a red flag law.
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Willis Disqualified & Israel Strikes Houthis | Afternoon Update | 12.19.24
The Wisconsin shooter, who we are not naming due to a company policy, killed two people and wounded six others at a Christian school before taking her own life. Police say they're investigating writings that may reveal a motive. Meanwhile, Carlsbad authorities say there's no ongoing threat to the community.