Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow is seen in the first photos after she killed two people in a shooting at a Christian school in Wisconsin

Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow is seen in the first photos after she killed two people in a shooting at a Christian school in Wisconsin

The first photos have emerged of the teenage gunman who killed a student and a teacher at a Christian school in Wisconsin – and she’s wearing a T-shirt with a band favored by Columbine killer Eric Harris.

The photo of Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow, a 15-year-old K-12 Abundant Life Christian School student, was posted to her father’s Facebook page and shows her at a shooting range wearing a T-shirt by the German band KMFDM.

Harris also wore one of the band’s T-shirts in public photos before he and Dylan Klebold killed 13 people in the 1999 Columbine High School massacre.

Wisconsin school shooter Natalie Rupnow is seen in an undated Facebook photo posted by her father. Facebook/Jeff Rupnow
Natalie Rupnow at a shooting range wearing a T-shirt from the German band KMFDM. Facebook/Jeff Rupnow

The band’s acronym name loosely translates to “No Pity for the Majority,” Newsweek said.

Like Harris and Klebold, Rupnow turned the gun on himself and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after their rampage on Monday.

The image of her in the T-shirt has led to speculation that Rupnow may have been inspired by the Columbine massacre, but police are still working to uncover her motive.

Police walk outside Abundant Life Christian School after a shooting on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, in Madison, Wisconsin. AP
Police said the 15-year-old student took a handgun onto campus and opened fire in a classroom during class around 11 a.m. WTMJ-TV
SWAT teams raided Rupnow’s family’s home Monday evening and conducted a thorough search of the home, WISN reported. WTMJ-TV
According to officials, the house is about 13 kilometers from the school. WTMJ-TV
Officials said the suspected shooter’s father gave them permission to enter.
WTMJ-TV
Rupnow opened fire in a classroom while the study hall was full of students from different years. WTMJ-TV
Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes (not pictured) questioned how Rupnow was able to get the gun in the lead-up to the fatal school shooting. JEFFERY PHELPS/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Parents rush to the scene of Monday’s shooting in Wisconsin to grab their children. Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
Schoolchildren walk past police lines as they are led away from the scene of a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, on Dec. 16, 2024. JEFFERY PHELPS/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Other photos on her father’s Facebook page show her happily playing in the leaves with two dogs.

Police said Rupnow brought a handgun to the Madison campus and opened fire in a classroom around 11 a.m. during class.

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