Jeffrey Ruppnow, father of Natalie Rupnow, 15, who killed 2 in the Madison, Wisconsin religious school, in court for a crime

Madison, Wis. – The father of a 15-year-old girl who killed a fellow student and a teacher at a private school in Wisconsin was set on Friday at his first court appearance at $ 20,000 that he allowed her access to weapons.

The public prosecutor accused the 42 -year -old Jeffrey Ruppnow two crimes on Thursday to give two crimes to give a dangerous weapon for a minor who leads to death and a criminal offense that contributed to the delinquency of a child. Rupnow would have up to 18 years in prison if it were convicted in all charges.

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Jeffrey Rupnov's daughter Natalie Rupnow opened fire in her school in Madison in Madison in December. She killed the teacher Erin Michelle West and 14-year-old student Rubi Bergara and injured six more before killing herself.

Jeffrey Ruppnow's lawyer, Bruce Davey, said in court that his client could not achieve a deposit of 20,000 US dollars and says: “He is not a wealthy man.” Davey noticed that he has no previous criminal history who worked with the investigation, lived in the region all his life all his life and has to work in his work to pay for his bills and to keep his house.

“There is no reason to keep him in prison,” said Davey. Davey asked that he should be released on a signature bond, which requires publication without money.

The district prosecutor of Dane County, Ismael Ozanne, had asked $ 100,000 what the severity of the shootout and the pending charges found. He mentioned that a victim from the shootout was in the courtroom. He did not call the victim. The procedure was kept in prison in a courtroom and only displayed via a zoom telephone conference. The victim was not visible in front of the camera.

“This is unprecedented and we have two deceased,” said Ozanne. “We have several shot victims. They are the actions of the accused who contributed to this incident.”

The court commissioner Scott Mcandrew said that he did not want to determine such a high cash deposit that Ruppnow could not pay you, but not probably with a signature bond in view of the severity of the crimes.

If Rupnow published 20,000 US dollars and published, he will be equipped with a GPS surveillance device not to have contact with someone in the frequency of Life Christian School, buy or own firearms or go to the block in which the school is located. He said the cash amount could later be checked and a status hearing for June 9th.

McANDREW did not allow reporters to the courtroom and told them through bailiffs that they could observe the procedure on zoom.

Asked about the end of the procedure whether the deposit of cash was high enough, said Ozanne that the commissioner had made his decision and his office will progress. Then he stepped into an elevator and went.

Davey said reporters that he didn't think the deposit was fair. Rupnow has been free since the shootout and did not cause any problems, he said.

Rupnov's mother was also rejected at the door of the courtroom and had to hear the zoom telephone conference by holding her cell phone next to her ear in the lobby. She refused to comment on the case.

According to a criminal complaint, Jeffrey Ruppnow told the investigators that his daughter was fighting in 2022 to deal with her parents' divorce.

He bought the two handguns that she brought to school to connect her with her, he told the investigators. He added that he told her the access code for the safe by keeping her weapons if she ever needed her, the complaint says. Ruppnow also told the investigators that he was not sure whether he was put one of the weapons back into the safe after his daughter cleaned her before the school attack.

The investigators found writings in Natalie Rupnow and said that they hated people who smoked marijuana and drank as much as they can like their father. She also wrote that her mother was not in her life that she admired a number of school shooters and that they received their weapons “by lying, manipulation and stupidity of my fathers”.

Jeffrey Ruppnow sent a message to the police in the days after the shootout and said that the biggest mistake he made was to teach his daughter how to deal with weapons safely. He asked the police to warn people to change their weapons -safe combinations every two to three months because “children are wise and will find out”.

Rupnow is the latest in a number of parents of school shooters who have been liable for the actions of their children in recent years.

Associated Press Writer Scott Bauer contributed to this report.