A chilling photograph of Natalie ‘Samantha’ Rupnow is being distributed online, having first been posted by her father over the summer.

Yesterday (December 16), a 15-year-old girl opened fire at a school in Wisconsin, claiming the lives of a teacher and another student.

The harrowing events unfolded at Abundant Life Christian School, with the suspected shooter – believed to be Rupnow – going on to die from self-inflicted gunshot wounds.

Six others were wounded, two of whom ended up in critical condition

Not much information about Rupnow has been released by police since they named her as a key suspect, but a glimpse into the late teen’s life can be seen online.

Over the summer, her father Jeff Rupnow shared a snap of the teenager on Facebook at a shooting range – an apparent pass time she liked to do with her dad.

Someone asked if the photo was of ‘kiddo’, presumably meaning Rupnow.

Her father replied the comment: “Sure is!!!! We joined NBSC this spring and we have been loving all every second of it!”

NBSC stands for North Bristol Sportsman’s Club – a gun club in Sun Prairie.

Natalie Rupnow’s father shared a photo of her at a shooting range over the summer (Jeff Rupnow/Facebook)

The photo has since garnered a lot of attention in the wake of yesterday’s events that Rupnow is believed to have been responsible for.

The teenager was also sporting a KMFDM t-shirt in the photo – a piece of attire Rupnow was seen wearing in other photos too.

KMFDM is a German rock band, who Columbine school shooter Eric Harris was also a fan of.

People have been speaking out since yesterday’s harrowing events, one person being Bethany Highman, the mother of a student, who rushed to the school and learned over FaceTime that her daughter was OK.

“As soon as it happened, your world stops for a minute. Nothing else matters,” she said, as per PA.

“There’s nobody around you. You just bolt for the door and try to do everything you can as a parent to be with your kids.”

The shooting occurred at Abundant Life Christian School on December 16 (Andy Manis/Getty Images)

President Joe Biden has also addressed the incident and has called on Congress to pass universal background checks, a national red flag law and certain gun restrictions.

“We can never accept senseless violence that traumatises children, their families, and tears entire communities apart,” he said.

He spoke with Wisconsin governor Tony Evers and Madison mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and offered his support.

Evers said it is ‘unthinkable’ that a child or teacher would go to school and never return home.

Warning: This article contains discussion of suicide which some readers may find distressing.

A social media account linked to the suspect in the Wisconsin school shooting hints the teen had a disturbing fascination with death – and had uploaded a chilling post just moments before her rampage.

Natalie ‘Samantha’ Rupnow, 15, reportedly injured six and killed two people, a pupil and a teacher, when she took a handgun into the K-12 Abundant Life Christian School in Wisconsin on Monday (December 16).

Police initially said a second-grade student called 911 just before 11am, though they confirmed this week it was actually a second-grade teacher who called for help.

Officers stormed the school minutes later, where they discovered multiple victims with gunshot wounds.

Pupils were evacuated from the school after the terrifying incident (Getty images)

Rupnow, who had been a student at the school and went by the nickname ‘Samantha’, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, chief of Madison Police, Shon Barnes, confirmed in a conference on Monday night.

While an alleged document that is believed to have been the suspect’s ‘manifesto‘ has been circulating on social media, photographs and other social media accounts reportedly linked to the disturbed Wisconsin teen have also come to light.

A photograph of the youngster on her father’s Facebook page shows her aiming a rifle at a shooting range while wearing a t-shirt of the German industrial rock band, KMFDM.

The teen is wearing a KMFDM band t-shirt at the shooting range (Facebook/Jeff Rupnow)

The band was also a favorite of notorious Columbine killer, Eric Harris, who was seen wearing the band’s shirt before he and Dylan Klebold gunned down 13 people in the 1999 massacre.

Also similarly to Harris and Klebold, Rupnow turned the gun on herself after the atrocity.

Another photograph on her father’s Facebook page appears to show the teen cuddling with the family’s dogs.

But other distressing posts uploaded to a Twitter account and a Tumblr page, believed to have belonged to the suspect, have also surfaced.

The posts suggest Rupnow had a disturbing fixation on death and school shootings, even going so far as to idolize killers.

The Twitter account had a range of sick videos, from an unknown person committing suicide at a gun range to a 2015 school stabbing attack in Sweden.

Cops said it’s too early to tell if the teen’s parents could be charged (Getty images)

Meanwhile, the blogging page shared images of weapons, made references to other massacres such as a 2007 school shooting in Jokela, Finland, and the Parkland high school shooter, Nicholas Cruz, and had a profile picture of a screenshot from footage of another shooting.

A CashApp account, also reportedly linked to Rupnow, featured a picture of the Columbine shooters, while Spotify playlists were ‘themed’ around suicide and murder.

One final post uploaded to the Twitter account, mere minutes before Rupnow allegedly opened fire on campus, shared an image of a person making an ‘OK’ sign in a bathroom cubicle.

A photograph of Rupnow on her father’s Facebook page (Facebook/Jeff Rupnow)

The gesture is believed to be linked to other school shooters, according to the Anti-Defamation League.

The eerie posts suggest that the teen could have been inspired by deadly school shooters – which were also a key theme in the alleged manifesto.

However, police have been unable to verify the authenticity of the document, but said they are ‘looking into her online activity’.

The cops said Rupnow could have been driven by bullying on Tuesday but said it’s too early to determine if her parents could be charged with a crime.

“There are always signs of a school shooting before it occurs,” the police chief said.

If you or someone you know is struggling or in a mental health crisis, help is available through Mental Health America. Call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org. You can also reach the Crisis Text Line by texting MHA to 741741.

A 17-year-old accused of murdering his mother allegedly tried to tell her he’s ‘not a psychopath’ and ‘not this murderer’.

Collin Griffith went to live with his mom Catherine Griffith in Florida in early 2024 following the fatal shooting of his father in February 2023.

The teenager was initially arrested in connection with his father’s passing but it was believed he acted in self-defense and so Griffith was never convicted of any crime.

Collin Griffith pictured with his mom Catherine (@cathygriffith1985/Instagram)

On September 8, 2024, Polk County Sheriff’s Office received a call from the teenager who reported his mom had ‘fallen’ on a knife and was bleeding from the neck.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said in a statement: “The next morning at the medical examiner’s office, after the autopsy, the medical examiner said it is not reasonable or possible that she died the way that he said she did, just didn’t happen.”

Months before his mom’s passing, Griffith is reported by PEOPLE as having been charged with domestic battery.

FOX 4 Now has since released footage from body cameras worn by various members of authority. Take a look below:

One clip reported as being from an arrest in November 2023 sees Griffith’s grandmother speaking to someone in the back of a police vehicle – allegedly Griffith.

The video sees a voice say: “I was saying, ‘Mom, I’m not a psychopath. I’m not this murderer. I’m just trying to peacefully leave or peacefully coexist. We’ll just figure something out. She kept telling me to shut up and shut up, and when I wouldn’t shut up, she hit me.”

However, his grandmother contradicts his recollection of events, responding: “No, that’s not what happened. You never said you wanted to peacefully coexist.”

Body camera footage shows a conversation between Collin Griffith and his grandmother (FOX 4 Now)

Another part of the body camera footage shows Griffith’s grandmother explaining he asked to go into ‘foster care’ rather than returning to his mother’s home the day before his release.

In another video Griffith can be heard telling authorities: “I’m in a constant state of fight or flight. I don’t know, If I think she’s going to do something, even if she’s not, I might act. I’m not going to go crazy or anything but I’m not sure.”

When asked if he wasn’t sure if he’d hurt his mom, Griffith added: “Only if she tries to hurt me.”

Several body camera clips have been released (FOX 4 Now)

The probable cause affidavit also claims Griffith allegedly told police if he was returned back to his mom’s, he would ‘kill [himself] or [his] mom.”

Grifftith has pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder. He remains in custody at the Polk County Jail.

State attorney for the Tenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Brian Hass, revealed Griffith is set to be tried as an adult ‘based upon the egregious facts and circumstances of this case’.

Crazy Town frontman Shifty Shellshock shared a cryptic message online in the weeks leading up to his death, it has emerged.

Earlier today, the sad news was announced that the lead singer of the rock band has died at the age of 49.

News of Shellshock’s death was confirmed by the Los Angeles medical examiner after he was found dead at his home in LA on Monday (24 June).

A cause of death is yet to be confirmed.

Shifty Shellshock has died at the age of 49. (Instagram/@therealcrazytown)

Shellshock, whose birth name was Seth Binzer, co-founded Crazy Town in 1999 after meeting his fellow frontman, Bret Mazur, a few years earlier.

It has now emerged that the 49-year-old shared a mystifying message just eight weeks ago.

Taking to Instagram in April, over the course of just two days he posted eight pictures, one of which read ‘don’t you ever f**king apologize for being yourself’ – just one of several cryptic messages.

The first of the eight pictures he posted was a picture of him as a child, with blonde locks – instead of the bleach blonde hair he sported in the 00s, strikingly different to the now more familiar bald look he donned.

A young Seth Binzer, also topless, sports blonde locks. (Instagram/@therealcrazytown)

Another was a quote from co-founder of Def Jam Recordings, Rick Rubin, which read: “Aiming at greatness is different than aiming at being better than someone else.”

The next came after the ‘don’t apologize’ post mentioned earlier, the post read: “Thugged it out in silence & ima win the exact same way.”

The posts are heartbreaking to scroll through as Bizner gives an insight into his battles at the time. One of his posts was of his shoes and he was stood over graffiti reading ‘love’, as well as rose petals.

His caption read: “I’m a lover than a fighter …but the one I need to love more Instead of fight with is myself .. mr shifty true Love # Sober alive and grateful.”

While his pinned post showed Shifty topless with his arms folded revealing his chest and neck tattoos, as well as multiple face piercings.

Shellshock’s penultimate post read: “The black sheep, the odd ducks, the rejects, the eccentrics, the loners, the lost and forgotten. More often than not, these people have the most beautiful souls.”

His final post depicted an AI picture of a crowd of people all dressed white head to toe, including balaclavas, while one person clothed in black looks up at the camera.

The caption read: “To the ones who stay even when I try my hardest to scare the away.”

Music fans have been left shocked by Bizner’s death. (Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

Over the years, the band released hits including ‘Butterfly’, which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks.

Though their debut album, The Gift of Game, sold more than 1.5 million copies, the group parted ways after their 2002 follow-up, Darkhorse.