lizann
14-12-2012, 23:16
A heavily armed gunman opened fire inside a Connecticut elementary school, killing 26 people, including 20 children, in the latest in a series of shooting rampages across the United States this year.
The gunman was dead inside Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, police Lieutenant Paul Vance said.
Vance said the gunman killed 18 children and six adults at the school and two wounded children died later in the hospital.
Another person connected to the suspect was found dead at a house in Newtown, bringing the death toll to 28.
One of the dead was the shooter's mother, a teacher at the school, The New York Times reported, citing a law enforcement official.
The New York Times also reported that the gunman killed himself at the scene.
The suspected gunman entered the school as children were gathered in their classrooms for morning meeting. He was armed with four weapons and wore a bullet-proof vest, WABC reported.
If confirmed, it would be one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history.
The holiday season tragedy was the second shooting rampage in the United States this week and was certain to revive a debate about US gun laws.
Witnesses reported hearing dozens of shots with some saying as many as 100 were fired.
Another person was being held in police custody after he was detained in the woods near the school wearing camouflage pants, CBS reported.
why cant these sick nutters just take their own bloody lives without taking others
how is it so easy for anyone in the america to get guns
so sad all the innocent lives little children (rip) lost because of a nutter
The gunman was dead inside Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, police Lieutenant Paul Vance said.
Vance said the gunman killed 18 children and six adults at the school and two wounded children died later in the hospital.
Another person connected to the suspect was found dead at a house in Newtown, bringing the death toll to 28.
One of the dead was the shooter's mother, a teacher at the school, The New York Times reported, citing a law enforcement official.
The New York Times also reported that the gunman killed himself at the scene.
The suspected gunman entered the school as children were gathered in their classrooms for morning meeting. He was armed with four weapons and wore a bullet-proof vest, WABC reported.
If confirmed, it would be one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history.
The holiday season tragedy was the second shooting rampage in the United States this week and was certain to revive a debate about US gun laws.
Witnesses reported hearing dozens of shots with some saying as many as 100 were fired.
Another person was being held in police custody after he was detained in the woods near the school wearing camouflage pants, CBS reported.
why cant these sick nutters just take their own bloody lives without taking others
how is it so easy for anyone in the america to get guns
so sad all the innocent lives little children (rip) lost because of a nutter