​According to social media claims, Samatha Rupnow's boyfriend apparently told on X -- after the shooting -- that he was aware of the plan but he never really believed that she would actually do something like this. The claims are not verified but a news report confirmed that a mother of a classmate of Rupnow said that she had a German boyfriend.
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