Online extremists influence kids like the Abundant Life shooter. Grieving parents are trying to stop them. - WPR

Online extremists influence kids like the Abundant Life shooter. Grieving parents are trying to stop them.

People hold up photos of their loved ones during the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on online child safety

Police have yet to reveal a motive for the Abundant Life Christian School school shooting in Madison on Dec. 16, but researchers say shooter Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow had an online history that shows an obsession with violence and extremism.

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