Post by King Ghidorah on Dec 14, 2012 12:17:06 GMT -5
Police are reporting a number of injured parties. The nature of their injuries is not clear.
State police sources said one shooter is dead. Earlier reports of a second shooter are unconfirmed.
NBC Connecticut reports three people were transported from the Newtown school by ambulance to Danbury Hospital.
Shortly after 9:40 a.m., police reported that a shooter was in the main office of the school. A person in one room had “numerous gunshot wounds,” police said.
Groups of students — some crying, some holding hands — were being escorted away from the school by their teachers. Some students were still in the school at 10:30 a.m., parents said.
Dozens of state troopers are on the scene assisting local police. Heavily armed police gathered in front of the school around 10:45 a.m., and a number of stretchers were set up.
A staging area has been set up for students and their parents near the school.
globalgrind.com/news/conneticut-elementary-school-shooting-multiple-wounded-photos
Update 12pm: The Hartford Courant reports multiple people, including children, have been killed in a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
The number of victims is unclear. Many of the shootings took place in a kindergarten classroom, sources said
State police sources said one shooter is dead. Earlier reports of a second shooter are unconfirmed.
NBC Connecticut reports three people were transported from the Newtown school by ambulance to Danbury Hospital.
Shortly after 9:40 a.m., police reported that a shooter was in the main office of the school. A person in one room had “numerous gunshot wounds,” police said.
Groups of students — some crying, some holding hands — were being escorted away from the school by their teachers. Some students were still in the school at 10:30 a.m., parents said.
Dozens of state troopers are on the scene assisting local police. Heavily armed police gathered in front of the school around 10:45 a.m., and a number of stretchers were set up.
A staging area has been set up for students and their parents near the school.
globalgrind.com/news/conneticut-elementary-school-shooting-multiple-wounded-photos
Update 12pm: The Hartford Courant reports multiple people, including children, have been killed in a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
The number of victims is unclear. Many of the shootings took place in a kindergarten classroom, sources said
