Police have not yet formally identified the shooter, but several outlets are reporting that the shooter was 20 years old, Adam Lanza. It would have been four weapons and wearing black clothing and a bulletproof vest opened fire at the school.
According to reports, Lanza, the son of a teacher from kindergarten to school, pointed to remarks 09: 40 just about 30 minutes after the beginning of the day. He had taken to school in the car of his mother.
Someone claiming to witness part of filming witness told CNN that the shots were heard in the corridor during a meeting early in the morning, and after the shots were fired, three people - the main school, psychologist and Assistant Director, ran in the corridor, but only the main vice analyzed with a leg injury.
The main and the psychologist had been shot and killed. Then, the gunman walked over to another part of the building, where in-class mother and opened fire on a room full of innocent children.
One parent told CNN that his 6-year-old son is in class when the gunman burst into the room and shot the teacher and several other students without saying a single word.
"This is when my son grabbed a bunch of his friends and ran to the door," said Robert Licata."He was very brave. He waited for his friends".
There were about 600 students in the building at the time of the shooting and the rays of Newtown Patch with another parent school who praised the teachers of his 8-year-old daughter to protect her students.
"Professor's daughter, is my hero," said Brenda Lebinski. "It has locked all the children in a closet and that saved their lives."
Other students were brought to safety single file of the construction of a fire station nearby, where the parents arrived, after being alerted by SMS and email from the school district - in the hope their children safe.
The gunman was found in the building lying in a pool of blood, dead of a self-inflicted injury.
Police officers said three guns were found at the scene, two pistols (a Glock and a Sig Sauer) and a calibre.223 Bushmaster assault rifle. The guns were found inside the building, while the gun was found in the back of his car.
Officials have also said the shooter's girlfriend and another friend was missing in the New Jersey and an official said senior police that a brother of the gunman was found dead in a home by the police searched in Hoboken, New Jersey, who brought the total number of deaths to 28.
Initially, it was reported that the shooter was a 24-year-old man named Ryan Lanza, but the latest official reports confirmed that the shooting suspect is 20-year-old Adam Lanza, younger brother of Ryan.
After the shooting, Ryan was questioned by the police in New Jersey, and apparently his ID was found the body of Adam, which officers originally led to believe that he was the shooter.
Of course, filming at Sandy Hook elementary is compared to previous shootings school in the country - Columbine and Virginia Tech, in particular - that has caused the death of innocent people, and some are considering doing school worst shooting in the history of the United States. The Columbine dead was 15, while 32 dead in the Virginia Tech massacre.
The president Obama was just naturally emotional as he made an official statement on the tragedy of this afternoon.
"We have endured too many tragedies over the past years," he said. "Whenever I heard the news I have reacted not as president but as someone else would be as a parent." This is especially true today. I know that it was not a parent in America that doesn't feel the same overwhelming pain that I do. »
He continued, "this evening, Michelle and I will do what every parent in America - Kiss our children a little tighter and tell them we love them."
"There are families in Connecticut, which can not do tonight and they need us all tonight." May God bless the memory of the victims and in the words of Scripture heal the broken heart and heal their wounds. »
[Sources: CNN, AP, HuffPo]
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