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Abundant Life Christian shooting: Photos from around Madison [1]
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Date: 2024-12-19 18:20:05+00:00
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Candles, flowers, crosses and plenty of television cameras have accented the Madison cityscape following a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School that wounded six and killed three, including the 15-year-old shooter.
Here’s what it looked like this week as community members gathered to support traumatized families and memorialize lives lost.
University of Wisconsin-Madison students gather at a small vigil at Abundant Life Christian School on the evening of Dec. 16, 2024, in Madison, Wis., just hours after a shooting left three dead at the school. (Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)
(Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch) (Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)
(Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)
Police and first responders lined Buckeye Road as investigations continued.
Abundant Life remains closed to students. The United Way of Dane County has established an Abundant Life Christian School Emergency and Recovery Fund, with all proceeds going to those affected by the shooting, according to the school’s website. Supporters can donate online or text help4ALCS to the number 40403.
(Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)
(Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)
By Tuesday morning, news media vehicles swarmed where parents would have dropped off their children on normal school days. Reporters conducted interviews along Buckeye Road, lining sidewalks and street parking spaces.
(Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)
(Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)
Police tape surrounded the school and neighboring City Church. Flowers and candles lined the sidewalk.
(Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)
On a chilly Tuesday evening, hundreds mourned at a candlelit vigil at the Wisconsin Capitol.
Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway speaks at the vigil. (Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)
Joe Gothard, superintendent of the Madison Metropolitan School District, speaks at the vigil. (Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)
Madison Metropolitan School District Superintendent Joe Gothard and Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway called on the community to support those affected.
“That is where our focus is right now — caring for everyone who has been impacted,” Rhodes-Conway said. “Let us be a community that takes care of each other.”
She highlighted resources available through the Wisconsin Department of Justice’s Office of School Safety and Office of Crime Victim Services, available 24-7 at 1-800-697-8761 or
[email protected].
(Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch) Attendees placed flowers and signed memorial crosses for the victims of a school shooting at Abundant Life Christian School during the vigil. (Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)
Vigil attendees sang and held their hands near their candles, protecting flames from gusts of wind. They wrote messages on crosses representing the dead.
(Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)
(Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)
(Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)
“We will fight for change so this can’t happen again,” read one message.
Calls to end gun violence have echoed throughout Madison, including a plea from the Wisconsin State Journal’s editorial board to “break America’s curse of gunfire in schools.”
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[email protected] Photos: Madison mourns after Abundant Life Christian School shooting <h1>Photos: Madison mourns after Abundant Life Christian School shooting</h1> <p class="byline">by Julius Shieh / Wisconsin Watch, Wisconsin Watch <br />December 19, 2024</p> <p>Candles, flowers, crosses and plenty of television cameras have accented the Madison cityscape following a <a href="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/2024/12/wisconsin-school-shooting-abundant-life-christian-madison-gun-attacks-analysis/">shooting at Abundant Life Christian School</a> that wounded six and killed three, including the 15-year-old shooter. </p> <p>Here’s what it looked like this week as community members gathered to support traumatized families and memorialize lives lost.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Shooting-aftermath-1-782x521.jpg" alt="People outside building at night" class="wp-image-1301410" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">University of Wisconsin-Madison students gather at a small vigil at Abundant Life Christian School on the evening of Dec. 16, 2024, in Madison, Wis., just hours after a shooting left three dead at the school. (Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> <div class="wp-block-columns alignwide"> <div class="wp-block-column"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large" id="Voting-excitement"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Shooting-aftermath-2-782x521.jpg" alt="Parking lot with orange cones" class="wp-image-1301411" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">(Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> </p></div> <div class="wp-block-column"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Shooting-aftermath-3-782x521.jpg" alt="Candles" class="wp-image-1301412" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">(Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> </p></div> </p></div> <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Shooting-aftermath-4-782x586.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1301413" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">(Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> <p>Police and first responders lined Buckeye Road as investigations continued.</p> <p>Abundant Life remains closed to students. The United Way of Dane County has established an Abundant Life Christian School Emergency and Recovery Fund, with all proceeds going to those affected by the shooting, <a href="
https://www.alcs.us/">according to the school’s website</a>. Supporters can donate <a href="
https://fundraise.givesmart.com/form/75Bpxg">online</a> or text help4ALCS to the number 40403.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Shooting-aftermath-5-782x521.jpg" alt="Person at a street corner" class="wp-image-1301414" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">(Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Shooting-aftermath-6-782x521.jpg" alt="People outside Abundant Life Christian School" class="wp-image-1301415" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">(Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> <p>By Tuesday morning, news media vehicles swarmed where parents would have dropped off their children on normal school days. Reporters conducted interviews along Buckeye Road, lining sidewalks and street parking spaces.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Shooting-aftermath-7-782x521.jpg" alt="Person walks past yellow police tape in front of building with manger scene." class="wp-image-1301416" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">(Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Shooting-aftermath-8-782x521.jpg" alt="Flowers and candles" class="wp-image-1301417" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">(Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> <p>Police tape surrounded the school and neighboring City Church. Flowers and candles lined the sidewalk.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image alignwide size-full"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Shooting-aftermath-9.jpg" alt="People hold candles outside of the Capitol" class="wp-image-1301418" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">(Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> <p>On a chilly Tuesday evening, hundreds mourned at a candlelit vigil at the Wisconsin Capitol.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Shooting-aftermath-10-782x521.jpg" alt="Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway" class="wp-image-1301419" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway speaks at the vigil. (Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Shooting-aftermath-11-782x521.jpg" alt="Madison school superintendent Joe Gothard talks into microphone" class="wp-image-1301420" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Joe Gothard, superintendent of the Madison Metropolitan School District, speaks at the vigil. (Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> <p>Madison Metropolitan School District Superintendent Joe Gothard and Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway called on the community to support those affected. </p> <p>“That is where our focus is right now — caring for everyone who has been impacted,” Rhodes-Conway said. “Let us be a community that takes care of each other.”</p> <p>She highlighted resources available through the Wisconsin Department of Justice's Office of School Safety and Office of Crime Victim Services, available 24-7 at 1-800-697-8761 or <a href="mailto:
[email protected]">
[email protected]</a>.</p> <div class="wp-block-columns alignwide"> <div class="wp-block-column"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large" id="Voting-excitement"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Shooting-aftermath-12-782x521.jpg" alt="People hold lighted candles at night" class="wp-image-1301421" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">(Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> </p></div> <div class="wp-block-column"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Shooting-aftermath-13-782x521.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1301422" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Attendees placed flowers and signed memorial crosses for the victims of a school shooting at Abundant Life Christian School during the vigil. (Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> </p></div> </p></div> <p>Vigil attendees sang and held their hands near their candles, protecting flames from gusts of wind. They wrote messages on crosses representing the dead.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Shooting-aftermath-14-782x521.jpg" alt="Crosses with blue hearts" class="wp-image-1301423" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">(Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Shooting-aftermath-15-782x521.jpg" alt="People near crosses" class="wp-image-1301424" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">(Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image alignwide size-full"><img src="
https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Shooting-aftermath-16.jpg" alt="A cross and lighted candles" class="wp-image-1301425" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">(Julius Shieh for Wisconsin Watch)</figcaption></figure> <p>“We will fight for change so this can’t happen again,” read one message.</p> <p>Calls to end gun violence have echoed throughout Madison, including a plea from the Wisconsin State Journal’s editorial board to <a href="
https://madison.com/opinion/editorial/our-view-break-americas-curse-of-gunfire-in-schools/article_8011ec96-bbde-11ef-8076-27474a0fee73.html">“break America’s curse of gunfire in schools.”</a></p> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="
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