Mass School Shooting: 28 Dead
BREAKING NEWS: Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut: 28 killed including 20 children
NEWTOWN, Conn. – An official with knowledge of a shooting at a Connecticut elementary school says 28 people are dead, including 20 children. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is still under way. The gunman is reportedly dead. The shooting sent frightened students into the parking lot. READ MORE HERE
The one known shooter was 24, carrying four weapons and wearing black clothing and a bullet proof vest. He is dead, authorities told ABC News. Police continue to investigate if there was a second shooter involved. CBS reports that a student’s father was the shooter.
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More than two dozen people, mostly elementary school children, were shot and killed at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school this morning, federal and state sources tell ABC News. The massacre involved two gunmen and prompted the town of Newtown to lock down all of its schools and draw SWAT teams to the school, authorities said today. One shooter is dead and a manhunt is on for a second gunman. Police are searching cars. One shooter was described as a 24-year-old armed with four weapons and wearing a bullet vest, sources told ABC News. READ MORE HERE
Adam Lanza, age 20, Identified By Police As Gunman In Deadly Connecticut Elementary School Shooting
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Mass School shooting: What we know
A young girl cries following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., about 60 miles (96 kilometers) northeast of New York City, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. A gunman entered the school Friday morning and killed at least 26 people, including 20 young children. / Melanie Stengel,AP Photo/The New Haven
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20 children among 26 dead in Connecticut school shooting
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At least 26 people were killed in a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, a law enforcement official said. The gunman, a 20-year-old from Connecticut, is dead Photos from the scene
- Dozens Reported Dead in Connecticut Elementary School Shooting
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Names of Newtown School Shooting Victims Released
Most of those killed in the attack were first-graders
20 Children:
Charlotte Bacon, 6
Daniel Barden, 7
Olivia Engel, 6
Josephine Gay, 7
Ana M. Marquez-Greene, 6
Dylan Hockley, 6
Madeleine F. Hsu, 6
Catherine V. Hubbard, 6
Chase Kowalski, 7
Jesse Lewis, 6
James Mattioli, 6
Grace McDonnell, 7
Emilie Parker, 6
Jack Pinto, 6
Noah Pozner, 6
Caroline Previdi, 6
Jessica Rekos, 6
Avielle Richman, 6
Benjamin Wheeler, 6
Allison N. Wyatt, 6
Six adults
Rachel Davino, 29
Dawn Hochsprung, 47, principal
Anne Marie Murphy, 52, special education teacher
Lauren Rousseau, 30, teacher
Mary Sherlach, 56, school psychologist
Victoria Soto, 27, first grade teacher
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