According to a court filing filed by Carlsbad officers, FBI agents questioned a Carlsbad gentleman on Tuesday who had reportedly had a relationship with a Wisconsin school shooter and was suspected of telling the child that he planned to attack a government building with munitions and a gun.
The details were contained in a gun violence incident protective order that was filed against 20-year-old Alexander Charles Paffendorf, who officials believe had had spoken with Natalie” Samantha” Rupnow. Officials say Rupnow, 15, shot and killed a professor and a young student and injured six people Monday at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, before tragically shooting herself.
A Carlsbad authorities official wrote on the safe buy software, which was first reported by CBS News 8, that “FBI officials stopped and detained Alexander Paffendorf ( on Tuesday ) after he was found plotting a mass shooting with the Madison, Wisconsin shooter, Natalie ‘ Samuel’Rupnow.” Paffendor admitted to the FBI officials that he told them during an interview that he planned to use bombs, a weapon, and to target a government building. Paffendorf to Rupnow’s texts were viewed by FBI agents.
The protective order, which requires Paffendorf to give up any weapons and ammunition he may have, was signed by Judge Laura Duffy of the San Diego Superior Court on Tuesday evening. The report indicates that just before 9 p. m. Tuesday, only days after the prosecutor signed the order, a Carlsbad official served it to Paffendorf at his mother’s house in Carlsbad.
According to the report, Duffy scheduled a court hearing for January 3rd where Paffendorf you file a lawsuit against the protective order. At that reading, the prosecutor has the opportunity to carry out the sentence.
On Thursday, it was unclear whether Paffendorf had been taken into custody by the FBI or Carlsbad officers, and whether or not he remained in prison. His name was not mentioned in San Diego County Sheriff’s Office arrest records this week or in an online collection of San Diego County jailmates. His brand also didn’t look on federal prison inmate data as of Thursday.
On Thursday, Paffendorf could not be reached for comment. His parents did not respond to messages asking for post right away.
An FBI spokeswoman said the company’s San Diego and Milwaukee area offices were assisting the Madison Police Department, which is leading the research. The director claimed that various law enforcement organizations and the Carlsbad Police Department provided assistance as well.
” As this is an ongoing research, we do not have any more comment”, the FBI spokesperson said in a statement. We are not aware of any ongoing risks connected to this problem at this time in Wisconsin or California.
A “facts and concerns” page , on the Madison Police Department site referred inquiries to the FBI. What can you tell me about a person who has been detained in California and has a potential connection to this killing? the police office wrote. ” Any inquiries about an incarceration in San Diego will have to be directed to the FBI,” he said.
A police spokeswoman for Carlsbad said she could not provide more information about the situation because it was being looked into in detail.
Although Carlsbad is not the lead investigator for this analysis, federal partners are in contact with us, and we do not feel our city is in danger, according to spokesperson Denise Ramirez.
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