California man linked to Madison school shooter may have plotted own attack
LA TimesPolice tape hangs outside the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wis., after a shooting on Monday. A Southern California man who was in contact with the Madison, Wis., school shooter allegedly was plotting to attack a government building, according to records and media reports. On Tuesday evening, a San Diego County Superior Court judge granted a gun violence emergency protective order that the Carlsbad Police Department filed against local resident Alexander Paffendorf, according to online records reviewed by The Times. In an online Q&A about the shooting, the Madison Police Department acknowledged a question “about a person arrested in California potentially linked to this shooting,” but referred all inquiries to the FBI. Shortly after the restraining order was approved, residents near Paffendorf’s apartment complex reported seeing multiple police cars enter the area, CBS 8 reported.