Connecticut Shooting

[lawn mower fanatic]

I live In southern RI and i am surprised that the schools here didnt go into an automatic lockdown. since i live somewhat close. also his mother wasnt a teacher. he went to her house specifically and shot her then to the school.

Oh, OK. That's not what they were originally saying.

 

[metz12]

Oh, OK. That's not what they were originally saying.

people were saying that she was a teacher but now they are saying she had some sort of affiliation with the school. like a volunteer or something

 

[Ric]

Here you go read this article from cbs


Updated Dec. 15, 2012, 1:42 a.m. ET A man killed his mother at their home and then opened fire Friday inside an elementary school, massacring 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters cowered in fear to the sound of gunshots reverberating through the building and screams echoing over the intercom.
The bodies of most of the children killed in the morning remained inside Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Friday evening, along with the bodies of six adults and the gunman himself, Connecticut State Police spokesman Lt. Paul Vance told "CBS Evening News" anchor Scott Pelley.

Connecticut elementary school shooting


As SWAT teams surrounded the school, state troopers moved students to safety. Some children were told to close their eyes to protect them from seeing the carnage. The police eventually found the gunman dead from a self-inflicted wound, the police said.
Among the dead was the school's principal, Dawn Hocksprung. One teacher was wounded but survived.
The attack, coming less than two weeks before Christmas, was the nation's second-deadliest school shooting, exceeded only by the Virginia Tech massacre that left 33 people dead in 2007.
"This is most definitely the worst thing that we have experienced in town - tragic," Newtown police Lt. George Sinko told reporters.
"Evil visited this community today," Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy told reporters at a news conference attended by Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Sen.-elect Chris Murphy, who represent the state.


A source familiar with the investigation identified the shooter as 20-year-old Adam Lanza, CBS News investigative producer Pat Milton reports. Law enforcement sources had earlier told CBS News that the gunman was Ryan Lanza, Adam Lanza's older brother.

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Ryan Lanza is being questioned by authorities in New Jersey, Milton reports. As of Friday evening, Ryan Lanza was not considered a suspect, CBS News correspondent Bob Orr reports.
Police shed no light on the motive for the attack. The gunman, Adam Lanza, was believed to suffer from a personality disorder and lived with his mother, said a law enforcement official who was briefed on the investigation but was not authorized to discuss it.
Law enforcement officials speaking on condition of anonymity said that Lanza fatally shot his mother, Nancy Lanza, then drove to the school in her car with at least three guns, including a high-powered rifle that he apparently left in the back of the vehicle, and shot up two classrooms around 9:30 a.m. The New York Times reported that Lanza wore combat gear.



The shooting took place in two classrooms, Vance told reporters at an afternoon news conference. Eighteen children died at the school, some as young as 5. Two more died after being transported to area hospitals, he said.
A law enforcement official speaking on condition of anonymity said investigators believe Lanza attended the school several years ago but appeared to have no recent connection to the place.

• Officials worry about copycat shootings

At least one parent said Lanza's mother was a substitute teacher there. But her name did not appear on a staff list. And the law enforcement official said investigators were unable to establish any connection so far between her and the school.

 

[Ric]

Oh, OK. That's not what they were originally saying.

Yea and there in is the problem, everytime you turn around it seems like the news is changing the story. I was just watching msnbc, the Weekends with Alex Witt show and they said as someone else here said it was possible she could have been some type of volunteer in the school.:confused3:

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

Yeah that's the thing...news stations try to get all the info really quickly so they can be the best, but they do it so quickly some of their info can be wrong. :confused3:

 

[Ric]

Yeah that's the thing...news stations try to get all the info really quickly so they can be the best, but they do it so quickly some of their info can be wrong. :confused3:

I said earlier that his mother was the registered owner of the Sig an the Glock and a Bushmaster 223 cal which was the gun used.

 

[metz12]

I said earlier that his mother was the registered owner of the Sig an the Glock and a Bushmaster 223 cal which was the gun used.

Ya she was an avid gun collector they say. thats why he shot her, to get to her guns.

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

Ya she was an avid gun collector they say. thats why he shot her, to get to her guns.

Wow. How nice.:confused3::frown:

 

[metz12]

Wow. How nice.:confused3::frown:

Like aerosmith says in their song living on the edge "theres something wrong with the world today, and i dont know what it is"

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

Like aerosmith says in their song living on the edge "theres something wrong with the world today, and i dont know what it is"

Yeah, and obviously something wrong with the shooter, also. :confused3: