MADISON, Wis. (AP) 鈥� The father of a Wisconsin teenage girl who killed a teacher and fellow student in a was charged with felonies Thursday in connection with the case, police said.
The shooting occurred at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison last December.
The shooter鈥檚 father, Jeffrey Rupnow, 42, of Madison, was taken into custody around 3:45 a.m. Thursday, police said.
Rupnow was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a child and two counts of providing a dangerous weapon to a person under 18 resulting in death. All three charges are felonies, punishable by up to six years in prison each. He was scheduled to make an initial appearance in court on Friday.
Rupnow's daughter, 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow, opened fire on Dec. 16, 2024, at , killing a teacher and a 14-year-old student before killing herself. Two other students were critically injured.
Jeffrey Rupnow did not immediately respond to a message The Associated Press left on his Facebook page. No one immediately returned voicemails left at possible telephone listings for him and his ex-wife, Melissa Rupnow. Online court records indicate he represented himself in the couple鈥檚 2022 divorce and do not list an attorney for him in that case.
Police had said they were investigating how Natalie Rupnow obtained . Police have not discussed a clear . Former Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said shortly after the shooting that a 鈥渃ombination of factors鈥� motivated the shooting, but he declined to specify what they were.
Jeffrey Rupnow is the latest parent of a school shooter to face charges associated with an attack.
Last year, the mother and father of a school shooter in Michigan who killed four students in 2021 were each . The mother was the first parent in the U.S. to be held responsible for a child carrying out a mass school attack.
The father of a 14-year-old boy accused of at a Georgia high school was arrested in September and faces charges including second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter for letting his son possess a weapon.
In 2023, the father of a man charged in a deadly in suburban Chicago to seven misdemeanors related to how his son obtained a gun license.
Killed in the shooting were Abundant Life , 42, and , 14.
Abundant Life is a nondenominational Christian school that offers prekindergarten classes through high school. About 420 students attend the institution.
Scott Bauer And Todd Richmond, The Associated Press
