Children, gunman dead in Conn. elementary school shooting - Basketball Forum : Professional and College Basketball Forums

**Knicks4life** · 12-14-2012, 09:44 AM

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A shooting at a Connecticut elementary school Friday left several children and the gunman dead, law enforcement sources tell CBS News. At least one teacher was wounded in the shooting that sent frightened pupils into the parking lot.

It is unclear if there was more than one gunman at the school.

Law enforcement sources told CBS News senior correspondent John Miller that preliminary and unconfirmed information indicates that the shooter was the father of a student.

The shooter was killed and apparently had two guns, a person with knowledge of the shooting told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was still under way.

It wasn't clear how many people were injured at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. CBS Hartford affiliate WFSB-TV reports around 600 students attend the school.

Connecticut State Police spokesman Lt. Paul Vance described the situation to CBS New York station WCBS-AM as a "very serious school shooting."

A dispatcher at the Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps said a teacher had been shot in the foot and taken to Danbury Hospital.

Stephen Delgiadice said his 8-year-old daughter heard two big bangs and teachers told her to get in a corner. His daughter was fine.

"It's alarming, especially in Newtown, Connecticut, which we always thought was the safest place in America," he said.

Lisa Bailey, a Newtown resident with three children in Newtown schools, told CBSNewYork.com, "Newtown is a quiet town. I'd never expect this to happen here. It's so scary. Your kids are not safe anywhere."

The superintendent's office said the district had locked down schools in Newtown, about 60 miles northeast of New York City. Schools in neighboring towns also were locked down as a precaution.

State police said Newtown police called them around 9:40 a.m.

A photo posted by The Newtown Bee newspaper showed a group of young students — some crying, others looking visibly frightened — being escorted by adults through a parking lot in a line, hands on each other's shoulders.

Students were taken to a nearby firehouse to be reunited with their parents, CBSNewYork.com reports.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-...hool-shooting/

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BREAKING: AP now reporting 18 children dead in school shooting, plus 7 adults.

**King Sancho Fantastic** · 12-14-2012, 09:55 AM

There's a special place in hell reserved for someone who shoots up an elementary school....

**Headliner** · 12-14-2012, 09:58 AM

And some people actually think America doesn't have a gun problem.

FSH · 12-14-2012, 09:58 AM

This is ****ing insane. What kind of sick **** does shit like this? Walks into a elementary school and murders 20+ people mostly children under 10...Just dont know anymore wtf is wrong with these people

**Knicks4life** · 12-14-2012, 10:04 AM

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BREAKING: AP now reporting 18 children dead in school shooting, plus 7 adults.

**Ron** · 12-14-2012, 10:04 AM

I would say I am shocked but I am not, just deeply saddened.

I remember the Stockton school shooting, now 24 years ago, in 1988...and all those suffering parents. Here we go again.

**Ron** · 12-14-2012, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by King Sancho Fantastic

There's a special place in hell reserved for someone who shoots up an elementary school....

No there isn't. There is no hell...but it is comforting to think this **** would suffer for eternity.

Unfortunately, he showed his total cowardice and killed himself. So now he won't be repeatedly raped and beaten in prison, which would have happened, and what would have been his just reward.

**Basel** · 12-14-2012, 10:12 AM

Wow. This is so incredibly sad and just completely beyond ****ed up. Unbelievable. What kind of a person does something like this?

RIP to all the innocent kids who died. Something like this should never happen. Can't even begin to fathom what the parents are going through or the kids who witnessed it all.

**Knicks4life** · 12-14-2012, 10:17 AM

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@NBCNews
Federal law enforcement official says gunman at Connecticut school was a 20-year-old man from CT carrying two handguns.

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**Ron** · 12-14-2012, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Headliner

And some people actually think America doesn't have a gun problem.

As much as I would like to comment on this, now is not the time (not saying you were wrong in doing so).

Maybe tomorrow...I agree with Basel, though. I can't imagine it either, and I am a parent. Those poor kids and I really feel for the parents, what a horrible day they will never forget for the rest of their lives.

**Ron** · 12-14-2012, 10:27 AM

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Image that says it all, and probably will be part of our photographic landscape forever.
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**Ron** · 12-14-2012, 10:29 AM

They took a second person into custody...just breaking now. I don't know what that means.

Pacers Fan · 12-14-2012, 10:30 AM

Wow.

**Hyperion** · 12-14-2012, 10:32 AM

Bad people doing bad things.

I couldn't imagine this horror. I too wish that he lived so that he could enjoy prison.

Pacers Fan · 12-14-2012, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Ron

They took a second person into custody...just breaking now. I don't know what that means.

Black jacket and camo pants hiding in the woods. That doesn't sound good. What sick ****s.

12-14-2012, 09:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
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12-14-2012, 09:58 AM	#3 (permalink)
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12-14-2012, 09:58 AM	#4 (permalink)
FSH I want Waffles. Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Syracuse,NY Posts: 13,925 Rep Power: 4891286	Re: Children, gunman dead in Conn. elementary school shooting This is **ing insane. What kind of sick ** does shit like this? Walks into a elementary school and murders 20+ people mostly children under 10...Just dont know anymore wtf is wrong with these people __________________

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Ron Site Founder Join Date: May 2002 Location: Brea, California Posts: 14,568 Rep Power: 2734398	Re: Children, gunman dead in Conn. elementary school shooting I would say I am shocked but I am not, just deeply saddened. I remember the Stockton school shooting, now 24 years ago, in 1988...and all those suffering parents. Here we go again. __________________

12-14-2012, 10:12 AM	#8 (permalink)
Basel Legen-wait for it-dary! Legendary! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Parts Unknown Age: 27 Posts: 68,553 Rep Power: 21474913	Wow. This is so incredibly sad and just completely beyond **ed up. Unbelievable. What kind of a person does something like this? RIP to all the innocent kids who died. Something like this should never happen. Can't even begin to fathom what the parents are going through or the kids who witnessed it all. __________________ Best there is, best there was, best there ever will be.**

12-14-2012, 10:27 AM	#11 (permalink)
Ron Site Founder Join Date: May 2002 Location: Brea, California Posts: 14,568 Rep Power: 2734398	Re: Children, gunman dead in Conn. elementary school shooting . . . Image that says it all, and probably will be part of our photographic landscape forever. . . .

12-14-2012, 10:29 AM	#12 (permalink)
Ron Site Founder Join Date: May 2002 Location: Brea, California Posts: 14,568 Rep Power: 2734398	Re: Children, gunman dead in Conn. elementary school shooting They took a second person into custody...just breaking now. I don't know what that means.

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Pacers Fan Legend Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bloomington, Indiana Age: 22 Posts: 16,417 Rep Power: 21474863	Re: Children, gunman dead in Conn. elementary school shooting Wow. __________________ Indeed.

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