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| caption = Students are escorted from the school by police.
| caption = Students are escorted from the school by police.
| date = {{Start date|2012|12|14}}
| date = {{Start date|2012|12|14}}
| time = 9:41 a.m. ([[Eastern Time Zone|EST]])
| time = 9:41 a.m.
| timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone]]
| location = {{nowrap|[[Sandy Hook, Connecticut|Sandy Hook]], [[Newtown, Connecticut|Newtown]], [[Connecticut]], U.S.}}
| location = 12 Dickenson Drive, <br>{{nowrap|[[Sandy Hook, Connecticut|Sandy Hook]], [[Newtown, Connecticut|Newtown]], [[Connecticut]], U.S.}}
| coordinates = {{coord|41|25|12|N|73|16|43|W|region:US-CT_type:event|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates = {{coord|41|25|12|N|73|16|43|W|region:US-CT_type:event|display=inline,title}}
| type = [[Mass murder]], [[school shooting]], [[murder-suicide]], [[matricide]]
| type = [[Mass murder]], [[school shooting]], [[murder-suicide]], [[matricide]], [[mass shooting]]
| susperp = Adam Lanza<ref name="ID">{{cite news|author=Miguel Llanos|title=Authorities ID gunman who killed 27 in elementary school massacre|url=http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/14/15911025-authorities-id-gunman-who-killed-27-in-elementary-school-massacre?lite|newspaper=NBC News|agency=Associated Press|accessdate=December 14, 2012|date=December 14, 2012}}</ref>
| susperp = Adam Lanza<ref name="ID">{{cite news|author=Miguel Llanos|title=Authorities ID gunman who killed 27 in elementary school massacre|url=http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/14/15911025-authorities-id-gunman-who-killed-27-in-elementary-school-massacre?lite|newspaper=NBC News|agency=Associated Press|accessdate=December 14, 2012|date=December 14, 2012}}</ref>
| target = Students and staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School
| target = Students and staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School
| weapons = <li>Two 9mm handguns<ref name="NBC News Dec 14" /> <li>.223-caliber rifle (unfired)<ref name="NBC News Dec 14" />
| weapons = <li>Two 9mm handguns<ref name="NBC News Dec 14" /> <li>.223-caliber rifle (unfired)<ref name="NBC News Dec 14" />
| fatalities = 28<ref name="cbc" /> (including gunman)
| fatalities = 28<ref name="cbc" /> (including gunman)
| injuries =
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<!-- Per MOS:BOLDTITLE and WP:SBE, neither the article's title nor related text appears in bold. -->On December&nbsp;14, 2012, 27&nbsp;people, including 20&nbsp;children, were killed in a [[mass murder|mass shooting]] in the [[Sandy Hook (Newtown)|Sandy Hook]] village of [[Newtown, Connecticut]]. 20 children and six adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School, before the gunman, identified as Adam Lanza, 20,<ref name="ID"/> fatally shot himself. Prior to the shooting, he also allegedly killed his mother.[http://abcnews.go.com/US/twenty-children-died-newtown-connecticut-school-shooting/story?id=17973836#.UMu_ybaDVGU abc] Three other children were transported to hospitals in critical condition, where two died of their injuries. Lanza's girlfriend has also been reported missing in New Jersey.<ref name=Missinggirlfriend>{{cite web|title=Adam Lanza's girlfriend and another friend missing in N.J., mother and father presumed dead|url=http://kplu.org/post/adam-lanzas-girlfriend-and-another-friend-missing-nj-mother-and-father-presumed-dead|publisher=[[KPLU]]|accessdate=December 14, 2012|date=December 14, 2012}}</ref> Lanza's older brother Ryan was being questioned by the Connecticut State Police and FBI, although he was not being called a suspect.<ref name="CNN++" /> It was the second-deadliest [[school shooting]] in U.S. history.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/national_world&id=8920657 | title=Deadliest mass shootings around the world|agency=[[ABC News]]|newspaper=[[KABC-TV]]|date=December 14, 2012|accessdate=December 14, 2012}}</ref>
<!-- Per MOS:BOLDTITLE and WP:SBE, neither the article's title nor related text appears in bold. -->On December&nbsp;14, 2012, 27&nbsp;people, including 20&nbsp;children, were killed in a [[mass murder|mass shooting]] in the [[Sandy Hook (Newtown)|Sandy Hook]] village of [[Newtown, Connecticut]]. 20 children and six adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School, before the gunman, identified as Adam Lanza, 20,<ref name="ID"/> fatally shot himself. Prior to the shooting, he also allegedly killed his mother.[http://abcnews.go.com/US/twenty-children-died-newtown-connecticut-school-shooting/story?id=17973836#.UMu_ybaDVGU abc] Three other children were transported to hospitals in critical condition, where two died of their injuries. Lanza's girlfriend has also been reported missing in New Jersey.<ref name=Missinggirlfriend>{{cite web|title=Adam Lanza's girlfriend and another friend missing in N.J., mother and father presumed dead|url=http://kplu.org/post/adam-lanzas-girlfriend-and-another-friend-missing-nj-mother-and-father-presumed-dead|publisher=[[KPLU]]|accessdate=December 14, 2012|date=December 14, 2012}}</ref> Lanza's older brother Ryan was being questioned by the Connecticut State Police and FBI, although he was not being called a suspect.<ref name="CNN++" /> It was the second-deadliest [[school shooting]] in U.S. history.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/national_world&id=8920657 | title=Deadliest mass shootings around the world|agency=[[ABC News]]|newspaper=[[KABC-TV]]|date=December 14, 2012|accessdate=December 14, 2012}}</ref>

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Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
File:SandyhookSchoolStudents.jpg
Students are escorted from the school by police.
Location12 Dickenson Drive,
Sandy Hook, Newtown, Connecticut, U.S.
Coordinates41°25′12″N 73°16′43″W / 41.42000°N 73.27861°W / 41.42000; -73.27861
DateDecember 14, 2012 (2012-12-14)
9:41 a.m. (Eastern Time Zone)
TargetStudents and staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School
Attack type
Mass murder, school shooting, murder-suicide, matricide, mass shooting
Weapons
  • Two 9mm handguns[1]
  • .223-caliber rifle (unfired)[1]
    • Deaths28[2] (including gunman)

    On December 14, 2012, 27 people, including 20 children, were killed in a mass shooting in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Connecticut. 20 children and six adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School, before the gunman, identified as Adam Lanza, 20,[3] fatally shot himself. Prior to the shooting, he also allegedly killed his mother.abc Three other children were transported to hospitals in critical condition, where two died of their injuries. Lanza's girlfriend has also been reported missing in New Jersey.[4] Lanza's older brother Ryan was being questioned by the Connecticut State Police and FBI, although he was not being called a suspect.[5] It was the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history.[6]

    Shooting

    Authorities have recovered two 9mm handguns from the scene: one a Glock and one a SIG Sauer.[7][1] A .223 caliber rifle manufactured by Bushmaster Firearms International was found in the back of a car in the parking lot, but was not used at the school.[1] The guns were owned by and legally registered to the suspect's mother.[8] The gunman wore black military gear and died by suicide.[9][10]

    The classroom where the shooter's mother worked as a kindergarten teacher was the scene of the majority of the casualties.[11] The mother was among those confirmed dead.[12] The principal and school psychologist were among the dead.[13]

    Suspect

    There has been no official release of the shooter's name, although unnamed police authorities identified the gunman as Adam Lanza, age 20.[3] Other unnamed police sources initially reported the wrong name, giving Adam's older brother's name, Ryan Lanza, age 24, by mistake.[14] Ryan Lanza has been taken into custody by police for questioning, according to unnamed police sources.[12] The suspect's father, a vice president of taxes for GE Energy Financial Services and adjunct professor at Northeastern University in Boston who lives in Stamford, Connecticut, declined to comment on the shootings.[15]

    Reactions

    U.S. politicians

    According to the White House spokesman Jay Carney, President Obama expressed "enormous sympathy for families that are affected".[16] President Obama gave a televised address at approximately 3:17 p.m. ET the same day, saying, "We are going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics."[17] He also ordered flags to be flown at half-staff at the White House in respect for the victims.[18]

    Democratic Congressman Jerrold Nadler of New York called for more talk about stricter gun laws, saying "If now is not the time to have a serious discussion about gun control and the epidemic of gun violence plaguing our society, I don't know when is." Nadler also stated: "I am challenging President Obama, the Congress and the American public to act on our outrage and, finally, do something about this."[19]

    United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan released the following statement: "School shootings are always incomprehensible and horrific tragedies. But words fail to describe today's heartbreaking and savage attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School. As the father of two children in elementary school, I can barely imagine the anguish and losses suffered today by the Newtown community. Our hearts and prayers go out to every parent, child, teacher, staff member, and administrator at Sandy Hook and the surrounding community. And our thanks go out to every teacher, staff member, and first responder who cared for, comforted, and protected children from harm, often at risk to themselves. We will do everything in our power to assist and support the healing and recovery of Newtown."[20]

    Foreign heads of government

    • Australia Julia Gillard, the Prime Minister of Australia, published a press release, stating that the Australian people "share America’s shock at this senseless and incomprehensible act of evil. As parents and grandparents, as brothers and sisters, as friends of the American people, we mourn the loss of children, aged only five to ten years, whose futures lay before them. We mourn the loss of brave teachers who sought only to lead their students into that future but were brutally murdered in a place of refuge and learning".[24]

    See also

    References

    1. ^ a b c d Pete Williams (December 14, 2012). "Elementary school massacre: 27 dead, including 20 kids, in Connecticut". NBC News. Retrieved December 14, 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
    2. ^ "20 children among dead at school shooting in Connecticut". CBC News. December 14, 2012.
    3. ^ a b c Miguel Llanos (December 14, 2012). "Authorities ID gunman who killed 27 in elementary school massacre". NBC News. Associated Press. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
    4. ^ "Adam Lanza's girlfriend and another friend missing in N.J., mother and father presumed dead". KPLU. December 14, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
    5. ^ CNN, NBC and ABC all confirmed the same information as of 1700 EST 14 December
    6. ^ "Deadliest mass shootings around the world". KABC-TV. ABC News. December 14, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
    7. ^ Rachel Quigley (December 14, 2012). "Children and adults gunned down in Connecticut school . Cops quizzing kid brother". Daily Mail UK. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
    8. ^ "Gunman kills 20 children, 6 adults at Connecticut elementary school". Fox News. December 14, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
    9. ^ Joseph Goldstein and William Rashbaum (December 14, 2012). "27 Killed in Connecticut Shooting, Including 20 Children". The New York Times. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
    10. ^ "Gunman kills 20 children, 6 adults at Connecticut elementary school". FoxNews.com. December 14, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
    11. ^ "Elementary School Massacre". MSNBC. December 14, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
    12. ^ a b Pete Yost (December 14, 2012). "Conn. school shooting: Adam Lanza ID's as shooter". ksdk.com. Multimedia KSDK, Inc. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
    13. ^ "AP Source: Conn. shooter is Ryan Lanza's younger brother Adam Lanza". phillyBurbs.com. Associated Press. December 14, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
    14. ^ Spencer Ackerman (December 14, 2012). "Internet Identifies, Threatens Wrong Man as Newtown Shooter". Wired Magazine. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
    15. ^ "Father of Newtown shooter lives in Stamford". Stamford Advocate. December 14, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
    16. ^ "Official with knowledge of Conn. school shooting: 27 dead, including 18 children". Washington Post. Associated Press. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
    17. ^ "Tearful Obama mourns 'beautiful kids'". The Age. December 15, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
    18. ^ "Presidential Proclamation -- Honoring the Victims of the Shooting in Newtown, Connecticut". White House Press Office. December 14, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
    19. ^ Susan Davis (December 14, 2012). "Congress reacts to Connecticut school shooting". USA Today. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
    20. ^ "Children and adults gunned down in Connecticut school massacre". This Just In - CNN.com Blogs. Turner Broadcasting Company. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
    21. ^ Bruce Cheadle (December 14, 2012). "Politicians recoil from politics of shootings while online debate rages". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
    22. ^ Andy Rudd (December 14, 2012). "Connecticut school shooting: Madman kills at least 26, including 20 children, in horrific gun rampage". The Daily Mirror. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
    23. ^ http://www.facebook.com/jensstoltenberg?ref=ts&fref=ts
    24. ^ "Live updates: US school shooting massacre". CNBC News. December 15, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
    25. ^ "20 children among 27 dead in Conn. school shooting, police say". Azcentral.com. Associated Press. December 14, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
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