Guns Reportedly Seized from Carlsbad Man Who Had Been in Touch with Wisconsin School Shooter
A Carlsbad man has been ordered to surrender his guns after allegedly communicating with the teenager behind this week's fatal school shooting.
A 20-year-old Carlsbad man has been ordered to surrender his guns after authorities said he communicated with the teenage girl behind Monday’s fatal school shooting in Wisconsin.
Alexander Paffendorf allegedly expressed his own plans to carry out a deadly attack at a government building.
Police and FBI agents went to Paffendorf’s home Tuesday night to seize his guns and ammunition after a San Diego Superior Court judge approved a gun violence restraining order, according to CBS8.
The station reported that the restraining order said, in part: “During an FBI interview, Paffendorf admitted to the FBI agents that he told (Natalie) Rupnow that he would arm himself with explosives and a gun and that he would target a government building.”
The order doesn’t say what building he had targeted or when he planned to launch his attack. It also doesn’t detail his interactions with Rupnow except to state that the man was plotting a mass shooting with her.
It was not clear if Paffendorf was taken into custody.
Carlsbad police did not immediately reply to a request for comment Wednesday night, and the FBI’s San Diego office declined to comment.
On Monday, Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow, 15, killed a teacher and a student and wounded six other people at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisc.
Rupnow was later found dead at the scene with what are believed to be self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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