At that time, they will be taught in a converted middle school. He also requests that bells be tolled 26 times in memory of the victims.ĭecemNewtown Superintendent of Schools Janet Robinson announces Sandy Hook students will remain out of school until January. “These tragedies must end, and to end them we must change.”ĭecemConnecticut Governor Dan Malloy announces a statewide moment of silence on December 21. “We can’t tolerate this anymore,” he says. Lanza dies by suicide in the same classroom, ending the rampage in less than 11 minutes.Īt about 3:15 p.m., an emotional President Barack Obama gives a televised address, “We’re going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics.” He orders flags to be flown at half-staff at the White House and other federal buildings.ĭecemConnecticut State Police release the names of the victims: six adult women and 12 girls and eight boys, all ages six and seven.ĭecemObama visits with the relatives of those who were killed. Six children in the room, as well as Soto and a teacher’s aide, are killed. He then enters the classroom of teacher Victoria Soto. Lanza kills 14 children as well as Rousseau and a teacher’s aide. Lanza enters the classroom of substitute teacher Lauren Rousseau. Police and first responders arrive approximately five minutes later.
The first 911 calls to police are made at approximately 9:30 a.m. Hochsprung and Sherlach are killed, and Hammond is injured. Hochsprung and school psychologist Mary Sherlach step out to the hall to see what is going on, and are followed by Vice Principal Natalie Hammond. Lanza shoots his way through the entrance. The principal, Dawn Hochsprung, had installed a new security system that required every visitor to ring the front entrance’s doorbell for admittance. Lanza then drives his mother’s car to Sandy Hook Elementary, about five miles away.Īt approximately 9:30 a.m., Lanza arrives at Sandy Hook Elementary, a school with about 700 students.
An Izhmash Saiga-12, 12 gauge semi-automatic shotgun was found in his car.ĭecemAt an unknown time, 20-year-old Adam Lanza kills his mother Nancy, 52, with a. 223-caliber rifle made by Bushmaster, and two handguns. Three weapons were found next to his body the semiautomatic. Lanza used a Bushmaster Model XM15-E2S rifle during the shooting spree. Weapons found at the scene were legally purchased by Nancy Lanza. Lanza’s parents were divorced in September 2009.Ī 2014 report by the Connecticut Office of the Child Advocate described Lanza as a young man with deteriorating mental health who had a fascination with mass shootings. On December 14, 2012, six adults and 20 children were killed by Adam Lanza, who had earlier killed his mother, Nancy Lanza, in their home. Here’s a look at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newtown, Connecticut.
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