Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a school shooting that happened in Connecticut, United States on December 14, 2012. Twenty-eight people were killed in the shooting, including many children and teachers and the perpetrator's mother at home.[2] A few others were injured.
| Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting | |
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 Police at the scene of the shooting | |
| Location | Sandy Hook Elementary School Newtown, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 41°25′12″N 73°16′43″W / 41.42000°N 73.27861°WCoordinates: 41°25′12″N 73°16′43″W / 41.42000°N 73.27861°W |
| Date | December 14, 2012 9:35 – 9:40 a.m. EST (UTC−05:00) |
| Attack type | School shooting, murder–suicide, matricide, spree shooting |
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| Deaths | 28 (27 at the school including the perpetrator, and the perpetrator's mother at home) |
| Injured | 2 |
| Perpetrator | Adam Lanza[1] |
Shooter
| Adam Lanza | |
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| Born | Adam Peter Lanza April 22, 1992 Exeter, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Died | December 14, 2012 (aged 20) Newtown, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Motive | Unknown |
The shooter was Adam Lanza. He shot and killed his mother. He then went to Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and killed twenty children and six staff members as well as injuring two others. He committed suicide before he could be arrested by the Connecticut State Police.[1]
Victims
Fatalities
- Nancy Lanza, 51, (his mother; shot four times in the head)
- Rachel D'Avino, 29, (teacher's aide)
- Dawn Hochsprung, 47, (principal)
- Anne Marie Murphy, 52, (teacher's aide)
- Lauren Rousseau, 30, (teacher)
- Mary Sherlach, 56, (school psychologist)
- Victoria Leigh Soto, 27, (teacher)
- Charlotte Bacon, 6 (student)
- Daniel Barden, 7 (student)
- Olivia Engel, 6 (student)
- Josephine Gay, 7 (student)
- Dylan Hockley, 6 (student)
- Madeleine Hsu, 6 (student)
- Catherine Hubbard, 6 (student)
- Chase Kowalski, 7 (student)
- Jesse Lewis, 6 (student)
- Ana Márquez-Greene, 6 (student)
- James Mattioli, 6 (student)
- Grace McDonnell, 7 (student)
- Emilie Parker, 6 (student)
- Jack Pinto, 6 (student)
- Noah Pozner, 6 (student)
- Caroline Previdi, 6 (student)
- Jessica Rekos, 6 (student)
- Avielle Richman, 6 (student)
- Benjamin Wheeler, 6 (student)
- Allison Wyatt, 6 (student)
Wounded
- Natalie Hammond, 40, (lead teacher)
- Deborah Pisani
Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting Media
Red circle: Sandy Hook Elementary SchoolBlack circle: Lanza household
Floorplan of Sandy Hook Elementary; Classrooms 8 (Rousseau/D'Avino), 10 (Soto/Murphy) and 12 (Roig) are labeled along with the main office (o) and Conference Room 9 (Hochsprung/Sherlach/Hammond)
Obama's address in reaction to the shooting
A makeshift memorial on Berkshire Road in Sandy Hook
Roses featuring images of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Sandy Hook Memorial in the woods behind Sandy Hook Elementary School
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Miguel Llanos (December 14, 2012). Authorities ID gunman who killed 27 in elementary school massacre. NBC News. http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/14/15911025-authorities-id-gunman-who-killed-27-in-elementary-school-massacre?lite. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
- ↑ Barron, James (December 14, 2012). "Nation Reels After Gunman Massacres 20 Children at School in Connecticut". New York Times. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
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