Wisconsin Police Make Major Correction in Initial School Shooting Report After 'Further Review' of Call Logs

Initial reports stated that the 911 call reporting the shooting was made by a second-grade student

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Children returned to school just one day after the shooting occurred on Monday. IBT

Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes corrected reports of the shooting that occurred at Abundant Life Christian School, in which three were killed and multiple others were left injured.

Initial reports stated that the 911 call reporting the shooting was made by a second-grade student. In reality, the call was made by a second-grade teacher.

"Yesterday, after looking at the computer-aided dispatch system, it seems as if a call came from a second grader," Barnes said. "That was a mistake. That's my responsibility, and I apologize and I clarify that today. It did not come from a second grader. It reads 'second-grade teacher.'"

Barnes also confirmed that the incident is still being investigated by police.

Children returned to school just one day after the shooting occurred on Monday, actions which were commended by Dane County Executive Melissa Agard.

"Kids, my kids, teachers across our community and in fact across our nation had to wake up and go to school today and that was an act of bravery," Agard said at news conference. "Parents dropping their children off after what we witnessed yesterday took an act of bravery and a belief in our community. And that's a bravery we should not have to put on the shoulders of our children and our families and out community."

"Right now it's OK to not feel OK," she continued.

The alleged shooter, 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow, was found dead in one of the buildings of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

"The past 24 hours have been a flurry of emotion, sadness, anger and disappointment," Barnes said in a Tuesday update.

Barnes also revealed that law enforcement is looking into Rupnow's social media profiles and is in the process of investigating a document being circulated online that allegedly contains Rupnow's manifesto.

"Again, we are working to authenticate the document that you see online that some are referring to as a manifesto," Barnes said. "At this time, we cannot verify its authenticity."

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