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    At least 27 dead in Newtown school shooting

    By Bill King, Eyewitnesss News

    NEWTOWN (WABC) -- At least 27 people, mostly children, were killed in a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, Friday morning.

    Officials say at least 18 students are dead, and that number could rise. The shooter, who police say is likely someone with ties to the school who may have had a confrontation with the principal, is said to be among the fatalities. Sources say one shooter was 20 years old, armed with four weapons and wearing a bullet-resistent vest. Two guns, said to be .09-mm pistols, were recovered at the scene.

    Police report that the school is now cleared of shooters, but they are still treating it as an active shooter situation and all schools in the district remain locked down. There are unconfirmed reports of a second shooter, but it is unclear what happened to that person. State police have confirm that two shooters were inititally believed involved.

    Officers have gone classroom to classroom to make sure the school is clear. Authorities are searching the area, doing roadblocks and checking suspicious vehicles out of an abundance of caution. There are also unconfirmed reports that authorities have surrounded a purple van in Danbury that may be connected to the shooting.

    State police are assisting Newtown police at the school, located on Dickinson Drive in Fairfield County. Governor Dan Malloy is also at the scene, and President Obama has been briefed on the situation.

    The first 911 call reportedly came in just after 9:40 a.m., stating that multiple students were trapped in a classroom with a gunman. The school locks its exterior doors during the school day, so it is unclear how the gunman or gunmen gained access to the building.

    Students were escorted from the building and evacuated to a nearby firehouse, and a reverse 911 call went out to parents. Some children could be seen reuniting with their parents outside the firehouse, but published reports said at least one entire classroom was unaccounted for.

    Some students were reportedly being treated for trauma. A dispatcher at the Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps said a teacher had been shot in the foot and taken to Danbury Hospital.

    The school houses more than 600 students from kindergarten through fifth grade.

    The district is made up of four elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school. Schools in neighboring Monroe also locked down its schools as a precaution.
    Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

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  • #2
    FFS whats WRONG with people

    RIP

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    • #3
      Connecticut school shooting : December 14, 2013

      This gets sicker and sicker

      Dozens Killed in Newtown, Connecticut, School Shooting - WSJ.com

      Excerpt:

      At least 25 people, including 18 children, were shot and killed at a Connecticut elementary school on Friday, law-enforcement officials with knowledge of the matter said.

      A single shooter, identified only as a 20-year-old man by a law-enforcement official, began shooting inside the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., at about 9:40 a.m.
      Connecticut school shooting: 18 children among 27 dead - latimes.com

      Excerpt:

      Law enforcement sources in Washington said the gunman was in his early 20s and was the father or another relative of one of the children. He had four or more weapons and was wearing a bulletproof vest.

      A weapon was recovered at the scene.

      According to sources, the event began with an argument with the principal. Some of the staffers were shot first, then the gunman advanced on a classroom, shooting.
      24 people dead, with 18 kids, because one guy could not keep his head
      "Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?" ~ Epicurus

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      • #4
        I opened a thread here, perhaps one of the Mods should merge?
        Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

        Abusing Yellow is meant to be a labor of love, not something you sell to the highest bidder.

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        • #5
          Moderators: might want to merge this thread with the one Antimony started.
          "There is never enough time to do or say all the things that we would wish. The thing is to try to do as much as you can in the time that you have. Remember Scrooge, time is short, and suddenly, you're not there any more." -Ghost of Christmas Present, Scrooge

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          • #6
            Latest report is that 29 are dead.

            20 children(18 on scene and two later on inthe hospital).

            6 adults (speculation is one of the dead is the gunman's mother, a Nancy Lanza)

            And the gunman, Adam Lanza.

            There is another crime scene with one dead body, which they are speculating is the father of the gunman.

            Older brother of the gunman is being qurstioned by the police.

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            • #7
              Horrible -- what kind of monster does this?

              RIP victims

              My sympathies to the loved ones.
              sigpic"If your plan is for one year, plant rice. If your plan is for ten years, plant trees.
              If your plan is for one hundred years, educate children."

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              • #8
                May all Rest in Peace...except the gunman. Hope he burns in hell for eternity.
                "Only Nixon can go to China." -- Old Vulcan proverb.

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                • #9
                  I grew up near Newtown. For a while it was the only dollar theater within a 20 minute drive.

                  -dale

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                  • #10
                    There is never an excuse where you have to take your family arguements to school and murder innocent men women and children.

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                    • #11
                      Feel for the families.
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                      • #12
                        God Bless the Departed and Comforts those in Need.

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                        • #13
                          I think it might be time to consider armed teachers. In an active shooter situation the coward almost always kills them self as soon as they face a threat that can shoot back.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by zraver View Post
                            I think it might be time to consider armed teachers. In an active shooter situation the coward almost always kills them self as soon as they face a threat that can shoot back.
                            Z,

                            I realise you have good intentions, but can we hold off on the gun discussion for at least 24hrs. Other websites are already descending into the usual arguments and it is an unedifying spectacle. You haven't done that, but I can see where this path leads.

                            It would be nice if WAB could just stay focussed on the tragedy for a day or so before we get into yet another discussion of guns in America. For the moment lets leave that to the politicians (who feel they have to) and the self-obsessed (for whom every tragedy is an opportunity to tell the world why they are right).
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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by tankie View Post
                              FFS whats WRONG with people

                              RIP
                              Thats the whole crux. It is the people that are defective and not the fault of the tools they use.
                              Removing a single turd from the cesspool doesn't make any difference.

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