Shooting at Sandy Hook. Many dead.

[BridgeTroll]

As many as 27... 18 grade school children dead.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/14/shooting-reported-at-connecticut-elementary-school/?hpt=hp_t1

[copperfiend]

Tragedies like this are beyond description

[fsquid]

what a cowardly piece of shit this guy is.  hope he burns in hell.

[fsujax]

very sad.

[TheCat]

Live press conference on the link below:

http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/cvplive/cvpstream2&hpt=hp_t1#/video/cvplive/cvpstream2

[TheCat]

Points:

* The shooter is deceased
* Students and teachers killed
* scene is secure

No official background narrative, yet.

[copperfiend]

2012 has become the year of the gun

[BridgeTroll]

Shooter is dead... reports that he may be 20 y.o...

[RiversideLoki]

I have no desire to step into a "gun control" debate. But I wish that mental health care were as easy to get as a gun.

[copperfiend]

Yes. NBC is saying one of the gunman's parents was found dead and that his mom was a teacher at the school.

[Ocklawaha]

I have no desire to step into a "gun control" debate. But I wish that mental health care were as easy to get as a gun.

Yes, however every time something like this happens there is a certain segment of the population that immediately wants to take away the guns of the people that DIDN'T SHOOT! Same old thing, the 911 terror attack was done with box knives, should we all register our cutlery?

As for the incident, I can't wrap my mind around this outrageous, cowardly, murderous event. For me its not the guns, but the actions of someone far too sick to have been in the general population. Shame he is dead, because the prisoners at the state pen would have had a field day with this nameless bastard. How does anyone kill an innocent child? I hope I never know.

When the Khmer Rouge under Pol Pot seized control of Cambodia they moved the entire urban population into the countryside where they proceeded to remove all of the children so they could be clubbed to death or tossed into fenced bogs full of crocodile's.  People with a desire to murder will find a way no matter what we take away or restrict from the law abiding community. In the case of Cambodia, somewhere between 1.5 and 3 million were murdered.

[BridgeTroll]

http://www.wfsb.com/story/20345707/cbs-27-people-dead-in-newtown-school-shooting

CBS: 27 people dead in Newtown school shooting
Posted: Dec 14, 2012 9:56 AM EST Updated: Dec 14, 2012 2:40 PM EST
By Steven Yablonski, Managing Editor - email
By Joseph Wenzel - email
  © CBS News is reporting that the Newtown school shooting suspect is Ryan Lanza. (Photo from Facebook)

NEWTOWN, CT (WFSB) -
CBS News is reporting that 27 people including numerous children have been killed along with the gunman after a shooting inside a school in Newtown Friday morning.

The scene is being called 'atrocious' inside the Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Sources told Eyewitness News that nine of those killed are adults and 18 are children. State police said multiple people including the gunman are dead, but would not specify the total number of casualties.

The gunman was found dead inside the school, but it was unknown how the unidentified gunman died.
State police said this is one of the worst shootings emergency officials have seen in a long time.

CBS News is reporting that the shooting suspect is Ryan Lanza, who is 24 and lives in New Jersey. He is a former Quinnipac University student and lived in Newtown

Eyewitness News is on scene of a home in Newtown on Yoganada Street, where Lanza's mother is believed to have been found dead.

CBS News is reporting that Lanza's mother was a teacher at the Sandy Hook Elementary School.

According to CBS News, the gunman got into an argument with people at the front office, possibly the principal, at about 9:30 a.m. People have to be buzzed in before entering the school and there is a camera to view whoever is entering the building.

Sources have confirmed that at least one other person is in custody, however it is unclear if they are connected to the shooting.

Two semi-automatic weapons have been recovered from the scene, police said.
Connecticut State Police is assisting the Newtown police along with other agencies with the shooting investigation.

Multiple police, ambulance and emergency crews from the surrounding area remain at the scene.
During a press conference at Treadwell Park Friday afternoon, state police Lt. Paul Vance said the scene is secure.

"The public is no longer in danger," he said.
Upon arrival, state police immediately entered the building and performed a search of the building. Children inside the school were evacuated to the nearby Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire Department and reunited with some of their parents at this staging area.

Sources told Eyewitness News that someone may have tripped the loud speaker system as possible a way of warning everyone in the school.

Fourth grader told Eyewitness News that a scream was heard over the intercom this morning and then shut off.

Sources are also reporting that the gunman went classroom to classroom shooting adults and children. There were piles of bodies seen inside the school and there are reports of a whole classroom missing.

Connecticut has called surrounding states for more medical examiners because they do not have enough to conduct autopsies.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who has been in communication with President Barack Obama and the head of FBI, is at the scene in Newtown and just before 12:30 p.m., he had finished a conference call with federal officials about what assistance could be needed.

According to Roy Occhiogrosso, his top adviser, said Malloy is meeting with the families of the victims and their main goal is to get them as much information as possible.

Malloy is expected to hold a news conference at Treadwell Park around 3:30 p.m.

Vance said police are executing warrants on the possible in and out of state.

Eyewitness News reporters on the scene observed a man in camouflage gear being taken away from the staging area. He screamed to people in the area that he was not involved in the shooting.

Danbury Hospital is lock down as a precaution measure to allow their staff to work uninterrupted and give patients privacy. Hospital officials will not confirm number of dead.

The superintendent's office said all the schools were placed in lock down schools as a preventive measure to ensure safety of the students and staff. All schools except for Sandy Hook Elementary School are no longer on lock down.

The only shooting was at Sandy Hook Elementary School, officials confirmed.

According to sources, Yale-New Haven Hospital has activated emergency triage unit, which responds to mass-casualty incidents.

There are 600 students in grades kindergarten to fourth that attend Sandy Hook Elementary School.

According to Newtown officials, afternoon kindergarten is canceled for Friday and there will be no midday bus runs.

[RiversideLoki]

I have no desire to step into a "gun control" debate. But I wish that mental health care were as easy to get as a gun.

Yes, however every time something like this happens there is a certain segment of the population that immediately wants to take away the guns of the people that DIDN'T SHOOT! Same old thing, the 911 terror attack was done with box knives, should we all register our cutlery?

As for the incident, I can't wrap my mind around this outrageous, cowardly, murderous event. For me its not the guns, but the actions of someone far too sick to have been in the general population. Shame he is dead, because the prisoners at the state pen would have had a field day with this nameless bastard. How does anyone kill an innocent child? I hope I never know.

When the Khmer Rouge under Pol Pot seized control of Cambodia they moved the entire urban population into the countryside where they proceeded to remove all of the children so they could be clubbed to death or tossed into fenced bogs full of crocodile's.  People with a desire to murder will find a way no matter what we take away or restrict from the law abiding community. In the case of Cambodia, somewhere between 1.5 and 3 million were murdered.

Hear, hear!

[BridgeTroll]

Yes. NBC is saying one of the gunman's parents was found dead and that his mom was a teacher at the school.

The father has just been found dead in New Jersey...

[Cheshire Cat]

This is a most tragic incident and every parent in the world who is hearing about this is feeling as if their own child has been snatched from their arms. My heart is on fire.  Every loving human being will find this a profound and painful disaster.  The heartbreak of this incident cannot be adequately described or put into words.  Now is not the time for wild speculation of what happened. Nor is it time to discuss gun control and other tragedies.  Out of respect for the lives of these babies and adults and the shared loss being experienced at this very time it is my hope that discussion of this issue will stay focused on the facts.   More importantly that we all hold these babies and their families in our hearts.  I will be praying for them and say so on the forum not to provoke any type of religious debate but rather to ask others who do believe in the power of prayer to do the same.  Let's all let discussions about guns, other tragedies, thoughts about mental illness and all associated debate go for now and save it for another day.  Babies have been brutally murdered today.  That is the reality and if we are truly mature and caring people, we can show that much respect.