Police at one point said the fatalities included four victims plus the shooter, but later lowered the number to two. Madison Fire Chief Chris Carbon said four people were transported to SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital, while others were taken to University of Wisconsin hospitals.

Police are investigating why a teenage girl brought a handgun to a small Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin and opened fire, fatally shooting a student and a teacher and wounding several others — casting the tight-knit religious community into mourning just days before the school was set to close for Christmas.