The shooter who opened fire at a private Christian school in Wisconsin was a 17-year-old female student, a law enforcement official said.

A teacher and student were killed at a private school in Wisconsin on Monday after a person identified by authorities as a teenage student at Abundant Life Christian School opened fire.

Madison police announced Monday that three people were dead at a Christian school in the area after a shooter attacked the school around 11 a.m. local time. The police department initially set the death toll at five during a press briefing,