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Natalie Rupnow’s social media featured mass shooter content, authorities said. A 15-year-old student accused in Monday’s deadly shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin appears to have shown interest in online content venerating neo-Nazi violence and school shooters, according to information provided to law enforcement. Natalie Rupnow, who went by Samantha, killed a teacher and another student, according to officials. She also injured six others, leaving two in critical condition. She was dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound when police arrived on the scene at about 11 a.m. on Monday. Rupnow had attended the school along with some 390 students in grades Kindergarten through 12, police said. Apparent interest in neo-Nazism, mass shootings on social media, authorities said In the aftermath of the shooting, police are beginning to piece together what may have led the 15-year-old to carry out the brazen attack. Several online accounts associated with Rupnow, including Tumblr and X accounts, are being examined by police, ABC News has learned. Several mentions of shooters and violence can be seen on these accounts. The portrait that is beginning to emerge from these social media accounts of a young person showing interest in neo-Nazi ideology and neo-Nazi violence, as well as demonstrating interest and engagement in online forums venerating mass shooters, according to information provided to law enforcement. Authorities will now review Rupnow’s online footprint in an effort to glean what ideology or blend of ideologies may have motivated her to open fire, officials said. (…) Other posts relating to school shootings include mentions of the Columbine High School shooting and the 2007 school shooting in Jokela, Finland. In November 2023, a GIF of a gun was posted on the Tumblr account, with text reading, “Happy birthday to me!!!” In a post on X, the account believed to be used by Rupnow shared a video from the 2015 school stabbing in Trollhattan, Sweden, where the suspect killed a teacher, seemingly targeting people with immigrant backgrounds, according to The New York Times’ reporting at the time. Another post, dated from Dec. 13, is a video of a person taking their own life at a shooting range. The most recent two posts to the X account were both shared on the day of the shooting at 11:45 a.m. ET and 11:50 a.m. ET, respectively. The first one was a picture of a person holding up three fingers, resembling the “OK sign” which is also known to be used as a “white power” sign. The intention of the image was not clear. According to the Anti-Defamation League, the “OK” hand symbol is a gesture displayed by shooters in the past. The second post on X allegedly shared by Rupnow was a Google Drive link with no explanation. ABC News has not been able to verify the contents of the link, but it was shared as a reply on the first post five minutes after the picture was posted.

via abc: What to know about the 15-year-old suspected school shooter in Wisconsin

siehe auch: Madison school shooter pictured with shotgun at firing range just months before her deadly rampage. The father of school shooter Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow, who killed two people and wounded six others at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, encouraged the 15-year-old to practice her weapons-handling skills in the months leading up to Monday’s bloodshed, according to a review of his online activity. In August, Jeff Rupnow – who was unable to be reached on Tuesday – posted a photograph on Facebook of what appears to be his shotgun-wielding daughter shooting clay pigeons at a local gun club. “Is that kiddo?” a friend commented. “Sure is!!!!” Rupnow replied. “We joined NBSC this spring and we have been loving all [sic] every second of it!” The North Bristol Sportsman’s Club, or NBSC, is located in Sun Prairie, a suburb of 35,000 roughly 20 miles northeast of Madison. Individual memberships cost $75 yearly, and family memberships go for $90, plus an annual rifle/pistol range premium of $25. The NBSC youth program welcomes kids as young as 9, according to the club’s website.

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Ein Verwaltungsrichter soll sich rassistisch im Internet geäußert haben. Noch während die Vorwürfe in einem Disziplinarverfahren geprüft werden, soll der Mann einen Ministeriumsposten erhalten. Ein mit Rassismus-Vorwürfen konfrontierter Richter am Verwaltungsgericht Gera wird zumindest vorerst weiter nicht in Asylklagen urteilen. Der Mann werde im Rahmen einer Abordnung vom Verwaltungsgericht die Aufgaben eines Referatsleiters im Justizministerium wahrnehmen, wie es auf Anfrage bei der Ministeriumspressestelle hieß. Das wegen der Vorwürfe laufende Disziplinarverfahren gegen den Richter sei noch nicht abgeschlossen. (…) Medienberichten unter anderem von „taz“ und MDR zufolge soll der Richter in Asylverfahren deutlich seltener Anträge anerkannt haben, als Richter an anderen Verwaltungsgerichten. In den Artikeln von Anfang Juli ging es unter anderem um rassistische Kommentare, die der Richter laut Recherchen der Autonomen Antifa Freiburg im Internet verfasst haben soll.

via otz: Geraer Richter soll nach Rassismus-Vorwürfen Referatsleiter im Justizministerium werden