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15-Year-Old Girl Guns Down Student and Teacher Before Killing Herself at Madison School

HeadlineDec 17, 2024

In Madison, Wisconsin, a 15-year-old girl armed with a handgun opened fire inside a private Christian school on Monday, killing a teacher and another teenager before fatally turning the gun on herself. Six others were wounded in Monday’s assault. Police and paramedics were alerted by a second grade student who dialed 911 to report the mass shooting. This is Mireille Jean-Charles, mother of three student survivors.

Mireille Jean-Charles: “We always send prayers. We always send thoughts. And then when are we going to stop doing that? This is not OK. If your kids are at school, they are not OK. If they are at church, they are not OK. If they are outside elsewhere, they are not OK. Well, where are they going to be safe?”

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