Madison school shooting live updates: Five dead after teen gunman opens fire at Abundant Life Christian School

The shooting’s death toll has been updated to five, including the shooter, whose gender has not been revealed by police.

The shooter was reportedly a student at the school.

It’s unclear how many victims were students and how many were staff.

Five people have been injured and were taken to the hospital.

Senior White House officials are in touch with local counterparts in Madison to provide support as needed, the White House said on Monday.

Chief Barnes said in a press conference that officias believe the juvenile who opened fire at the Madison Christian school.

Barnes did not disclose the juvenile’s gender.

Madison Police chief Shon Barnes said officers reponded to a call about an active shooter Monday morning.

The shooter was a juvenile but it’s unclear whether he was a student at the school.

‘Officers found multiple people suffering from gunshot wounds,’ Barnes said in a press congere.

About seven people were transferred to the hospital.

Three people including the juvenile gunman were killed.

Barnes did not say if the gunman killed himself or was killed by police.

‘This remains an active and ongoing investigation,’ Madison police said in a statement.

‘More information will be released as it is available. We currently need people to avoid the area.’

Police had blocked off roads around the school Monday afternoon.

Local sources say the gunman killed himself although it’s unclear if he is among those who have been killed.

December 14 marked 12 years since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.

That shooting left six adults and 20 small children dead.

The 20-year-old shooter had killed his mother before and committed suicide after the massacre.

People are comforted near Sandy Hook Elementary School, Dec. 14, 2012 in Newtown, Conn.

Multiple children have been taken to the hospital following the shooting, CNN reported.

Local media have reported that police said the gunman is down.

Several reports said the shooter killed themselves but police have not confirmed that information.

Senator Ron Johnson sent consolences to the victims of Monday’s shooting.

Abundant Life bosses say they teach students from about 300 local families.

The school was set up in 1978 and charges between $6,000 and $10,000-a-year tuition.

Madison Police described the shooting as an ‘active scene’ although the shooter is reported to have killed themselves.

The shooting happened just as class was beginning for the week. Investigators are yet to share the identities of the shooter, the victims, or give a possible motive.

Two people have been killed after a shooter burst into a classroom at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday morning.

The shooter died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. It is unclear if the shooter is among the two cops say were killed.

Three other people were injured.