Connecticut school shooting: 18 children among 27 dead

[Tribal Warfare]

'Close to 20' dead in Connecticut school shooting, source says
Newtown, Connecticut (CNN) -- Nearly 20 people died Friday in an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation told CNN.

At least 10 of the dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School were children, the source said. At a news conference Friday afternoon, state police Lt. Paul Vance would say only that there had been "several fatalities."

The school was secure, and the public was not in danger, Vance said.

"Why? Why?" one woman wailed as she walked up a wooded roadway leading from the school.

A parent who was inside the school at the time of the attack said she heard what sounded like at least 100 rounds being fired. She said she saw two school employees who had died.

'I hope my mom is ok': Tweets from the Connecticut school shooting

Hospital officials in neighboring Danbury said they were treating three people wounded in the shooting. Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton said the victims were in "very serious" condition.

The shooter is dead, a source with knowledge of the investigation told CNN's Susan Candiotti. The suspect's body is in a classroom at the school, the source said.

A law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation said a male was being questioned but he is not being called a suspect.

Federal officers in tactical gear were on the scene, coordinating with local and state police. At least four ambulances remained at the school Friday afternoon.

Police have recovered two weapons from the suspect, a Glock and a Sig Sauer, the source said. It's unclear if police killed the suspect.

'It doesn't seem possible' -- parents shocked by school shooting

Police and teachers rushed students from the building as police swarmed the area shortly after the first calls came in, around 9:40 a.m. ET. Officials moved students to a nearby firehouse, where parents frantically sought information about their children.

Third-grader Alexis Wasik said police and teachers barged into her classroom and told students to hide in the corner.

"Everybody was crying," she said. "And I just heard the police officers yelling."

Aerial images from CNN affiliate News 12 New Jersey showed police officers armed with rifles following a dog into woods near the school.

Other officers, some in tactical gear, stood around the school with guns drawn, CNN affiliate WFSB reported.

All schools in the city were on lockdown Friday as police assessed the situation, Vance said.

Gov. Dan Malloy is "horrified" by what happened, a spokesman said.

White House spokesman Jay Carney said the Obama administration feels "enormous sympathy" for affected families and pledged federal support for state and local law enforcement.

Newtown is about 60 miles north of New York.

Originally Posted by DaFace

This thread is not a place for discussion about gun control. There's a thread for that here:

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=261606

People who can't understand that will be banned from this thread.

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by Buck

Hey I went off to work at Red Cross today and had to stop following this. Did it end up not being Ryan Lanza and his brother instead or something? Did the news apologize to Ryan Lanza?

No, they were too busy throwing 8 yr old girls in front of the camera to give the play by play.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Buck

Hey I went off to work at Red Cross today and had to stop following this. Did it end up not being Ryan Lanza and his brother instead or something? Did the news apologize to Ryan Lanza?

No, even though they knew it was his brother, they arrested him and had him do the perp walk. Hope they had a good reason.

[FAX]

Actually, I think "The Boob Jobs" would be an excellent band name.

I might have to consider using that.

FAX

[HonestChieffan]

Originally Posted by FAX

Actually, I think "The Boob Jobs" would be an excellent band name.

I might have to consider using that.

FAX

Doing tittah tunes!

[scott free]

I tried to imagine twenty little five year olds standing in front of me, while taking this all in at work today...

Wanted to puke and cry at the same time, horror, i had to stop after a few seconds.

The craziest, sickest thing ever.

[CrazyPhuD]

Originally Posted by scott free

I tried to imagine twenty little five year olds standing in front of me, while taking this all in at work today...

Wanted to puke and cry at the same time, horror, i had to stop after a few seconds.

The craziest, sickest thing ever.

No doubt about that. As sick as it would have been for him to have gone to school to kill his mom and then killed the kids in the school at the same time that one could see happen, maybe in that case he was spraying rounds all over and hit everyone.

For him to kill his mom at home then go to the school to explicitly kill children is so unfathomable to even know where to start. How does someone get that wrong without being committed to an institution?

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by scott free

I tried to imagine twenty little five year olds standing in front of me, while taking this all in at work today...

Wanted to puke and cry at the same time, horror, i had to stop after a few seconds.

The craziest, sickest thing ever.

This... I've not been right since I heard. I can't imagine such evil going unnoticed. It's hard to wrap my mind around!

[niblet]

Originally Posted by scott free

I tried to imagine twenty little five year olds standing in front of me, while taking this all in at work today...

Wanted to puke and cry at the same time, horror, i had to stop after a few seconds.

The craziest, sickest thing ever.

I know. Sickening.

At first I was thinking they were too young for everything that was happening to fully register, but then I started thinking back to my kindergarten days, where every emotion was magnified ten-fold and scary situations felt bigger than the most intense feeling you could ever possibly experience as an adult. The horror those kids had to have been going through in their final moments is enough to make me just want to lay over and die and not be a part of this world anymore.

[memyselfI]

Originally Posted by GloryDayz

This... I've not been right since I heard. I can't imagine such evil going unnoticed. It's hard to wrap my mind around!

It was not unnoticed. MOF, it was not entirely unexpected...just like most shooting massacres before this.


http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...icle-1.1220752

[KCChiefsFan88]

More recent picture of Lanza from NBC News:

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012...-massacre?lite

[zigbazah]

The town's local paper has been hacked. It's nothing but Chinese...

http://www.newtownbee.com/

[BossChief]

Terrible.

[Branden Albert's Huge Balls]

100 ****ing rounds. So this guy was reloading...my god.

[FAX]

Originally Posted by niblet

I know. Sickening.

At first I was thinking they were too young for everything that was happening to fully register, but then I started thinking back to my kindergarten days, where every emotion was magnified ten-fold and scary situations felt bigger than the most intense feeling you could ever possibly experience as an adult. The horror those kids had to have been going through in their final moments is enough to make me just want to lay over and die and not be a part of this world anymore.

Can't. Even.

FAX

[crazycoffey]

Originally Posted by FAX

Actually, I think "The Cocaine Boob Jobs" would be an excellent band name.

I might have to consider using that.

FAX

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