Carlsbad Man Reportedly Communicated With Wisconsin School Shooter

CARLSBAD, CA — A 20-year-old Carlsbad man has been ordered to surrender his guns after authorities said he communicated with the teenage girl who committed a fatal school shooting in Wisconsin, allegedly expressing his own plans to carry out a deadly attack against a government building.

Police and FBI agents went to the home of Alexander Paffendorf on 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 Rupnow that he would arm himself with explosives and a gun and that he would target a government building."

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, 15-year-old Natalie "Samantha" Rupnow fatally shot a teacher and a student and wounded six other people at Abundant Life Christian School, in Madison, Wisconsin.

Rupnow was later found dead at the scene with what were believed to be self-inflicted gunshot wounds.

— City News Service