Murdered Teacher.

‘She loved Jesus’: Pastor shares memories of beloved teacher killed at Christian school.

By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor Sunday, December 22, 2024

Crime scene tape continues to be stretched around Abundant Life Christian School as police continue to investigate yesterday's shooting on Dec. 17, 2024, in Madison, Wisconsin. Multiple people were shot and at least three have died after a teenage girl, who was a student at the school, opened fire inside the school. | Scott Olson/Getty Images

The pastor of a teacher who was killed during the shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, last week remembered her as “a woman who loved Jesus and loved people.”

Erin West, a 42-year-old educator from DeForest, was a cherished member of both her church and the Christian school community, where she taught for four years. “… She was a woman who loved Jesus and loved people, and that was honestly why she was in that classroom on Monday,” said Pastor Rob Warren of Doxa Church, according to WKOW.

The shooting on Monday, carried out by 15-year-old Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow, resulted in the deaths of West and 14-year-old student Rubi Patricia Vergara of Madison. Two other students sustained critical injuries and remained hospitalized as families and the school grappled with the immediate aftermath. CP.