shaquille brewster is there. >> reporter: tonight, police are learning more about the 15-year-old female student who they say killed a teacher and a classmate before turning a gun on herself at abundant life christian school in madison, wisconsin. >> at this time, it appears that the motive was a combination of factors. >> reporter: police identifying the shooter as natalie rupnow, saying she went by the name samantha. >> we're talking to students to understand whether bullying was one of those multiple factors that i mentioned earlier. >> reporter: police clarifying the initial 911 call was made by a second grade teacher. two students are still battling life-threatening injuries. law enforcement spending the night sifting through the home of the shooter's parents. >> everyone was targeted in this incident. and everyone was put in equal change herb. >> reporter: investigators looking into how the 15-year-old accessed the handgun used in monday's shooting, spending hours interviewing her father, and looking into her social media footprint, with detectives scrambling to verify a document c

shaquille brewster is following this. what happened at the hearing, shaq? >> reporter: thesis were extremely quick hearings, only jim troops, donald trump's former wisconsin attorney appearing in court. kenneth chesebro and roman appearing virtualliy, calling in to that hearing. the court commissioner essentially releasing them without bail, and this is as they're facing 11 felony counts connected to forgery. the state of wisconsin is alleging back in 2020, going back a previous election cycle, these men essentially, and i'm quoting here, by means of deceit, obtained the signature of ten gop electors in violation of state law. prosecutors arguing that those republicans that signed that document saying that donald trump had won the state of wisconsin despite joe biden winning the state, that they signed that document only after being told that document would only be used if a court overturned or invalidated the wisconsin 2020 election. despite that, jim troupes railed against the hearing. he railed against the charges he's now facing after that hearing we wa

let's go to nbc news correspondent shaquille brewster in madison, wisconsin. also joining us is, robert domico. shaq, bring us the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: let's start with the victims, we know two people were killed in this shooting, a teacher and a teenage student as you mentioned. several others were rushed to the hospital. last update two of those in the hospital are in critical condition still facing life-threatening injuries, community continues to call out for prayers after this shooting, now yesterday last night we heard from the police chief with an extensive briefing for media, he told us and identified the suspect as a 15-year-old female student, she said she died an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. he described the initial call, it was a young student at this school who made the call to police. listen to a little bit more of him describing that detail. >> at 10:57 a.m., a second grade student called 911 to report a shooting had occurred at school. let that soak in for a minute. a second grade student. called 911. at 10:57 a.m

nbc news correspondent shaquille brewster joins us now.f professional athletes reporting home breakins when they're out of town. what do you know? >> reporter: almost always when they're competing on the road. i got off the phone with the sheriff's office and they said they don't have any leads. according to that incident report we saw yesterday, this is something they found out about as he was in dallas competing against the dallas cowboys. they say an employee who works for him went to his house, saw the back window was shattered, saw his bedroom was ransacked. in her words we found out that employee was "sports illustrated" model olivia pontoon. listen to her 911 call to police. >> someone broke into my house, like completely messed up. >> the backyard? >> no, the whole bedroom is. >> reporter: no word on what was taken or how much exactly was damaged. investigators are saying they're now talking to neighbors to see if there was anything captured on surveillance video hopefully giving em clues of who the suspects were in this case. >> t

. >> let's go out to shaquille brewster. shaq, so many unanswered questions in this incident.ut then video shows police recovered a weapon from tucker, in a zipped up pocket. did they address that key detail this morning? >> they did, ana. let's play that moment, again, this video is disturbing, but let's play that moment because both the police chief and the mayor suggested this will be a crucial part of the investigation. you see officers having to unzip his pocket before they retrieve the weapon. now, the thing is the rest of that body camera video doesn't address what officers saw before one of them decided to open fire, nor does it show what they said or can you hear what they said and what commands they gave this 15-year-old before those shots were fired. the police are saying that this all happened on thanksgiving night around 11:00 p.m. they say two officers were in a patrol car essentially doing paperwork when they heard shots fired from outside of the patrol car. when they got outside that's when they say they encountered 15-year-old jazmir tucker. the thing is, thou

nbc news's shaquille brewster is in madison with more on the unfolding investigation. governor walz. overnight, a community in mourning coming together in the wake of tragedy. we are heartbroken. it comes as investigators are learning more about the shooter, 15 year old natalie ron pevio, who they say goes by samantha. they're trying to understand why the 15 year old opened fire monday morning in a study hall classroom at the abundant life christian school, killing a teacher and a teenage classmate and wounding six others before turning the gun on herself. identifying a motive is our top priority, but at this time it appears that the motive was a combination of factors. detectives now talking with students, trying to determine if bullying was one of those factors. police also addressing whether any individuals were targeted by the shooter. everyone was targeted in this incident and everyone was put in equal danger. law enforcement focusing on how the 15 year old accessed the handgun used in monday's shooting, spending hours interviewing her father and combing through h

nbc's shaquille brewster is in madison now with the latest developments. >> reporter: tonight, heartbreak hits the midwest after a shooting at abundant life christian school in madison, wisconsin. >> we know that three people are dead, including the suspect shooter. we know that the suspect shooter was a teenage student who attended the school. >> reporter: a teacher and teenage student were killed in the shooting. >> everybody can come in, all units come in. shooter is down. >> reporter: police are not releasing the shooter's age or gender but say they injured six others. they say the scene was confined to one space in the small private school that houses kindergarten through 12th grade. >> two students are in critical conditionn the hospital, and these injuries are considered life-threatening injuries. >> reporter: police crediting a team of medics conducting a training exercise nearby for rushing in to aid the response. neighbors witnessed the scramble. >> i saw groups of kids coming out of the school, in groups, into the church sanctuary, probably as they were in lockdown and clearing

shaquille brewster has the latest. >> reporter: a new court document obtained by nbc news reveals the fbi stopped and detained a california man believed to be in contact with 15-year-old natalie rupnow before she opened fire monday at abundant life christian school. authorities say rupnow shot and killed a teacher and fellow student in madison, wisconsin, then took her own life. a gun violence emergency protective order says federal agents saw messages from 20-year-old alexander paffendorf to the teenage shooter. >> cops all up and down the street on this corner. >> reporter: neighbor alex gallegos says he saw law enforcement searching paffendorf's san diego-area home the day after the wisconsin shooting. >> a couple hours into it toward the end they were carrying out a big black box. >> reporter: the court document restraining paffendorf from having firearms says he admitted during an fbi interview that he told rupnow he would arm himself with explosives and a gun and that he would target a government building. it is not clear if paffendorf has been charged with any crime. the fbi sa

nbc's shaquille brewster has details. hey, shaq, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. twist in the investigation that may potentially shed light on a level of planning ahead of the shooting. it came almost exactly as we learned new information about the people killed. overnight, we learned a man in california was detained for his connections to the 15-year-old wisconsin school shooter. authorities say natalie rupnow shot and killed a teacher and fellow student at abundant live christian school on monday before taking her life. according to a restraining order 20-year-old alexander paffendorf had been communicating with the teen. the document says he admitted to the fbi agents he said he would arm himself and target a government building. police and fbi went to his home on tuesday to confiscate his weapons and ammunition. a major update as the madison community is still in mourning. >> it is hard to see a community like this being so torn apart. >> reporter: for the first time, the two victims shot and killed have been publicly identified by the medical examiner's offic

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. >> and joining me now is nbc news correspondent shaquille brewster in madison, wisconsin, and retiredtf special agent in charge jim cavanaugh. welcome, both. shaq, so what are the members of the community telling you, and what are you hearing from the investigators? i am so touched and troubled, frankly, by the fact that a second grader -- we're talking about a 6-year-old, a 7-year-old -- called in 911. i guess that's the new reality since sandy hook. >> reporter: yeah, that unfortunate detail we learned last night. police saying they were able to respond within minutes partially because of that call from a second grader. here on the ground, there's a mix of heartbreak. there's some frustration you saw reflected in the vice president's comments that you just played, but there's also that search for answers. i just had a conversation with the parents of an 11th grade student at this school who says she was down the hall from that classroom where shots rang out during that study hall period. they knew their daughter was okay because they got a text message from her fairly early into the

joining me now shaquille brewster.ven counted the 15-year-old with a loaded firearm. the video shows police finding a gun in tucker's zipped up pocket. how are they explaining that? >> reporter: let's show that moment which is disturbing to watch. it's something you hear the police chief and mayor in akron point to as a focus of this investigation. you see they have to unzip that pocket to retrieve the weapon. police originally said it's something that happened on thanksgiving night around 11:00 p.m. they said two officers were in a patrol vehicle and that's when they heard gunshots outside the vehicle. when they exited the vehicle to investigate, they say they encountered this 15-year-old boy. but the video that was released does not have audio of that initial interaction and then there's that moment leading officials to raise several questions about what exactly happened and something that will be a focus of the main investigation. we heard from tucker's family for the first time after they were able to watch the vid

. >> shaquille brewster, thank you. >>> we are in the thick of the flu and cold season.till going on, those meet ups can be hotspots for respiratory illnesses like whooping cough. the number of reported whooping cough cases has soared to the highest number in the u.s. in a decade. more than 32,000 cases were reported this year, 2024, according to the cdc. that is six times as many as the cases reported last year. joining us now is dr. john torres. happy holidays. whooping cough is different than a regular cold, right? why are we seeing so many cases right now? >> in two word second summit up, vaccination rates. the rates have dropped. when you look at children, 90% have at least one of the vaccines they need, not necessarily all of them. for teenagers, 80%. for adults, it is down to 43%. you can see the vaccination rates have dropped. one of the other reasons is how whooping cough affects us as adults, it simply feels like a cold. you have a fever and a cough. you don't feel very well. you don't think much about going out and about. for children under the age of one year

>> nbc's shaquille brewster is joining us from madison, wisconsin.y idea what the motive could have been? >> reporter: ana, when we heard from the chief yesterday he said it was likely the result of a combination of factors. he said in that press conference that they're in this investigation phase of this tragedy, and there are big, outstanding questions not just as connected to the motive but also how about this 15-year-old suspect get access to that handgun in the first place? all that investigation is taking place as the community, this heartbroken community here in madison, is doing what they can to keep the focus on the victims and those who are still hospitalized. ♪♪ >> reporter: overnight a community in mourning coming together in the wake of tragedy. >> we are heartbroken. >> reporter: it comes as investigators are learning more about the shooter, 15-year-old natalie rupnow, who they say goes by samantha. they're trying to understand why the 15-year-old opened fire monday morning in a study hall classroom at the abundant life christian school

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nbc's shaquille brewster has more.that have targeted professional athletes, but the resemblance is abundantly clear. these are break-ins that authorities describe as fast, efficient to victory in dallas y night. >> someone broke into my house. >> reporter: police say his cincinnati area house was broken into. >> we do have a shattered window into the bedroom. >> reporter: the latest in a string of high profile burglaries appearing to target professional athletes as they're competing on the road. according to an incident report, sports illustrated model, olivia ponton who works for the quarterback arrived monday night and called 911. >> can we please send other people? >> reporter: her mother also making the call. >> my daughter is there. this is joe burrow's house. she is staying there. he's at the football game. >> reporter: police not detailing what was damaged or taken, but it comes as several professional sports leagues are warning players and teams of burglaries by organized and skilled groups. in october, the hom

shaquille brewster is in cincinnati with the latest on this. >> reporter: good morning, guys. authorities aren't linking this latest break-in to the others that targeted professional athletes. but these are break-ins that authorities have called fast, efficient and pressional. >> burrow. >> reporter: as joe burrow was leading his team to victory in dallas monday night -- >> someone broke into my house. >> reporter: police say his cincinnati area house was broken into. >> we do have a shattered window in the bedroom. e bedroom has been ransacked. >> reporter: the latest in a string of high-profile burglaries appearing to target professional athletes as they're competing on the road. according to an incident report, "sports illustrated" model olivia ponchin who works for the quarterback arrived monday night. >> can you please send other people? >> her mother making the call. >> my daughter is there. this is joe burrow's house. she is staying there. he's at the football game. >> reporter: police not detailing what was damaged or taken, but it come

nbc's shaquille brewster is in madison with the latest. hey, shaq.ar-old female student opened fire duringng a studyall period. police say she died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after killing two people, a teacher and a student, and injuring six others, with two of those students now hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. investigators working to uncover a potential mote iivemotive, ing her father for hours and looking into her social media presence. police say a handgun was used, but they're not sure how they got access to that firearm. there were more than 200 incidents involving gunfire on school grounds this year alone. and this morning, it is another community shaken after another school shooting, and they're wondering why this happened here. hoda? >> 200, the numbers are staggering. shaq brewster fors through. shaq, thank you. >>> it's been nearly two weeks since the unitedhealthcare ceo brian toch southern was gunned down right here in manhattan. we still await what will come next for the suspected shooter, luigi mangione

nbc's shaquille brewster joins us with more from chicago, including, importantly, what health officials want you to know before you head out to the celebrations tonight. shaq, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys. look, i know this is the last thing we want to be talking about on this new year's eve, but new numbers show a spike in norovirus clashing with these holiday festivities. if you are going out in a celebration later today, there are some simple precautions you can take. this morning, a holiday health warning as cases of the norovirus surge. >> norovirus is our last little christmas gift. >> reporter: an increase in outbreaks with 91 reported in the first week of december acro 14 states, more than double the number for the same week over the past three years. is there any reason why we're seeing this rise? >> we're all together this time of year and all the traveling we're doing, that's causing the increases. >> reporter: the highly contagious virus can cause days of vomiting, gastrointestinal problems, and fever. >> i promise you, you do not want this. >> reporter: the

nbc news correspondent shaquille brewster has the latest from madison. >> reporter: overnight, we learnedties say natalie rupnow shot and killed a student and teacher before taking her own life. alexander paffendorf had been communicating with the teen and planning a mass shooting. the duchlt says he admitted he would arm himself with explosives and a gun and would target a building. authorities went to his home to confiscate his weapons and ammunition an update as the wisconsin community is still in mourning. >> it is hard to see a community so torn apart. >> reporter: for the first time the two victims shot and killed have been identified. 14-year-old freshman ruby vergara, remembered in a school statement for her gentle and kind heart. the other victim, 42-year-old staff member erin west served students with grace, wisdom and humor. new video shows students retrieving belongings from the school they were forced to leave behind after leaving the shooting. >> you can't believe the horror. >> reporter: charles moore, the head of the network of christian schools that includes abundant life