Multiple victims as shooter opens fire
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December 15, 2012, Saturday
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A SHOOTER opened fire at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, yesterday, leading to multiple deaths including that of the shooter, the Hartford Courant newspaper reported.
Among those shot were children from grades kindergarten through fourth grade - roughly ages 5 to 10 - and there were reports that at least one child had died.
All Newtown schools were placed in lockdown after the shooting, the Newtown Public School District said.
The shooter, an adult, was dead and two handguns were recovered from the scene, NBC News reported without citing a source.
Danbury Hospital, about 18 kilometers west of the school, received three patients from the scene, a hospital spokeswoman told NBC Connecticut.
The mayor of Danbury, Mark Boughton, told MSNBC: "They are very serious injuries."
A girl interviewed by NBC Connecticut described hearing seven loud "booms" as she was in gym class. Other children began crying and teachers moved the students to a nearby office, she said.
"A police officer came in and told us to run outside and so we did," the unidentified girl said on camera.
One child was carried from Sandy Hook Elementary School by a police officer, and the child appeared to have been wounded, the town's weekly newspaper, the Newtown Bee, said on its website.
Television images showed police and ambulances at the scene, and parents rushing toward the school. Parents were seen reuniting with their children and taking them home.
Connecticut State Police said its officers were at the scene with local police but provided no additional details. The emergency call to police occurred at 9:41am, state police said.
Newtown, with a population about 27,000, is in northern Fairfield County, about 70 kilometers southwest of Hartford and 130 kilometers northeast of New York City.
Among those shot were children from grades kindergarten through fourth grade - roughly ages 5 to 10 - and there were reports that at least one child had died.
All Newtown schools were placed in lockdown after the shooting, the Newtown Public School District said.
The shooter, an adult, was dead and two handguns were recovered from the scene, NBC News reported without citing a source.
Danbury Hospital, about 18 kilometers west of the school, received three patients from the scene, a hospital spokeswoman told NBC Connecticut.
The mayor of Danbury, Mark Boughton, told MSNBC: "They are very serious injuries."
A girl interviewed by NBC Connecticut described hearing seven loud "booms" as she was in gym class. Other children began crying and teachers moved the students to a nearby office, she said.
"A police officer came in and told us to run outside and so we did," the unidentified girl said on camera.
One child was carried from Sandy Hook Elementary School by a police officer, and the child appeared to have been wounded, the town's weekly newspaper, the Newtown Bee, said on its website.
Television images showed police and ambulances at the scene, and parents rushing toward the school. Parents were seen reuniting with their children and taking them home.
Connecticut State Police said its officers were at the scene with local police but provided no additional details. The emergency call to police occurred at 9:41am, state police said.
Newtown, with a population about 27,000, is in northern Fairfield County, about 70 kilometers southwest of Hartford and 130 kilometers northeast of New York City.
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