BY: Denver Sean
Published 12 years ago
Jesus take the wheel…
UPDATE: Reports are coming in that at least 20 children have been shot
BREAKING: Second person in custody for possible connection to school shooting at #Newtown, CT school – @petewilliamsnbc
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 14, 2012
Federal law enforcement official says gunman at Connecticut school was a 20-year-old man from CT carrying two handguns. – @petewilliamsnbc
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 14, 2012
BREAKING UPDATE Now 18 kids among 27 killed after gunman opens fire in Conn. elementary school: reportnyp.st/UM6xYL
— New York Post (@nypost) December 14, 2012
Authorities in Connecticut responded to a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Friday morning, the local NBC station reports.
Police reported 27 deaths, including 18 dead children and others wounded, according to the Associated Press.
One gunman is dead, authorities told ABC News. Two guns were recovered from the shooter, according to CNN.
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Unconfirmed reports say that principal Dawn Hochsprung and a school psychologistwere killed, according to a parent who claimed to witness part of the attack, CNN reported.
CBS reports that a student’s father was the shooter.
A hospital representative in Danbury told NBC that medical facilities admitted three victims from Sandy Hook School.
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Reports say that the alleged shooter appeared in the building’s main office at about 9:40 a.m., approximately 30 minutes after the school day began.
The initial 911 call said that students were trapped in a classroom with the adult shooter who had two guns, according to WABC.
Students were escorted out of the building single-file. There are approximately 626 students enrolled in kindergarten through 4th grade classes at Sandy Hook Elementary, with another 46 faculty members, Newtown Patch reported.
via USA Today
