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United States [[Secretary of Education]] [[Arne Duncan]] said, "...our thanks go out to every teacher, staff member, and first responder who cared for, comforted, and protected children from harm, often at risk to themselves. We will do everything in our power to assist and support the healing and recovery of Newtown.'<ref name="Turner" />
United States [[Secretary of Education]] [[Arne Duncan]] said, "...our thanks go out to every teacher, staff member, and first responder who cared for, comforted, and protected children from harm, often at risk to themselves. We will do everything in our power to assist and support the healing and recovery of Newtown.'<ref name="Turner" />


Television pundit and former Arkansas governor [[Mike Huckabee]] commented that the ultimate cause of the shootings was the "removal of God" from schools, saying "we ask why there is violence in our schools, but we have systematically removed God from our schools," and further asked "Should we be so surprised that schools would become a place of carnage?"<ref name="upi"/><ref name="seattlepi"/><ref name="sueddeutsche"/><ref name="zeit"/>
Television pundit and former Arkansas governor [[Mike Huckabee]] commented that the ultimate cause of the shootings was the "removal of God" from schools, saying "we ask why there is violence in our schools, but we have systematically removed God from our schools," and further asked "Should we be so surprised that schools would become a place of carnage?"<ref name="upi"/><ref name="seattlepi"/><ref name="sueddeutsche"/><ref name="zeit"/> Christianity has a long history of violence associated with it's philosophy and it's followers. <ref name=VolfChristianityAndViolence>{{Cite book|ref=harv|url=http://books.google.com/?id=CKaCWCDIKWsC&pg=PA1&dq=%22Christianity+and+violence%22+-inpublisher:icon&cd=4#v=onepage&q=%22Christianity%20and%20violence%22%20-inpublisher%3Aicon|chapter=Christianity and Violence|first=Miroslav|last=Volf|authorlink=Miroslav Volf|title=War in the Bible and terrorism in the twenty-first century |editor1-first=Richard S. |editor1-last=Hess|editor2-first=E.A.|editor2-last=Martens|publisher=Eisenbrauns|year=2008|isbn=978-1-57506-803-9|pages=1&ndash;17|accessdate=June 1, 2010}}</ref><ref name=FightingWords>{{cite book |title=Fighting Words: The Origins of Religious Violence |first=Hector |last=Avalos |publisher=Prometheus Books |location=Amherst, New York |year=2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Schwartz |first=Regina M. |year=1997|title=The Curse of Cain: The Violent Legacy of Monotheism |publisher=The University of Chicago Press |location=}}</ref>


Within the first 15 hours after the massacre, more than 100,000 Americans signed [[We the People (petitioning system)|White House petitions]] asking the Obama administration for a renewed national debate on gun control.<ref name="After school massacre, 100,000 Americans petition White House for gun control"/>
Within the first 15 hours after the massacre, more than 100,000 Americans signed [[We the People (petitioning system)|White House petitions]] asking the Obama administration for a renewed national debate on gun control.<ref name="After school massacre, 100,000 Americans petition White House for gun control"/>

Revision as of 19:33, 15 December 2012

Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Location of Newtown within Fairfield County in Connecticut
Location12 Dickenson Drive,
Sandy Hook, Connecticut, USA
Coordinates41°25′12″N 73°16′43″W / 41.42000°N 73.27861°W / 41.42000; -73.27861 [1]
DateDecember 14, 2012 (2012-12-14)
9:35 a.m.[2] (EST)
Targetstudents and staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School
Attack type
school shooting, murder–suicide, matricide, spree shooting, mass murder
Weapons
  • four handguns[3]
  • .223-caliber rifle (shell casings found at scene, gun found left in vehicle at the scene)[4]
    • Deaths28[5] (including the perpetrator)
    Injured1+[6]
    PerpetratorAdam Peter Lanza[7][8]

    On December 14, 2012, 26 people (20 children and six staff) were fatally shot at Sandy Hook Elementary School in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Connecticut. The gunman, identified by authorities as 20-year-old Adam Lanza, then killed himself on the school grounds.[7] Lanza had previously shot and killed his mother, a volunteer at the school, at their nearby Newtown home. It was the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, after the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre.

    After shooting his mother Nancy Lanza (née Champion)[9], 52, Adam drove her car to the school.[10][11] Identification belonging to his older brother, Ryan Lanza, was found on Adam Lanza's body.[12]

    In early reports by media organizations, Ryan Lanza was mistakenly identified as the perpetrator.[13] He later voluntarily agreed to questioning by New Jersey Police, the Connecticut State Police, and the FBI. He was neither considered a suspect nor taken into custody.[14][15]

    Background

    The school had a total of 525 students in kindergarten through fourth grade.[16] According to a letter sent to parents at the beginning of the year, the school had recently upgraded its security protocol, requiring visitors to be individually admitted after visual and identification review over a video monitor; the doors were locked at 9:30 a.m. each day after morning arrivals.[17]

    The community of Newtown is described by residents as being known for its "rural charm" and its family-oriented environment. Violent crime is rare in the town of 28,000 residents. The only other notable murder case to have happened there was in 1989, when a former airline pilot killed his wife and shredded her body with a wood chipper.[18]

    Shooting

    Black: Location of the gunman's house
    Red: Location of the shootings

    According to Connecticut State Police statements on December 15, Adam Lanza forced his way into the building.[19][20] Early reports erroneously claimed he was possibly admitted to the school by the principal, who recognized him as the son of a colleague.[21] He wore black military-style gear, including a bullet-proof vest[22][23] and a mask during the shootings.[24][25]

    He started shooting at about 9:35 a.m., approximately half an hour after the school day began.[2] Some of those present reported that initial shots were heard on the school's intercom system, which was being used for morning announcements.[21] Most of the shooting took place in two first-grade classrooms and lasted only a few minutes, during which time witnesses said the perpetrator did not say a word.[26][27][28] He then shot himself.[29][30] The children killed were between 5 and 10 years old.[31]

    Lanza had been in an "altercation" with four staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School the day before the massacre. He killed three of the four staff members in the attack; the fourth staff member was not at the school that day.[3]

    A custodian ran through hallways, alerting classrooms in person.[32] First grade teacher Kaitlyn Roig, age 29, hid 14 of the school's approximately 450 grade K-4 students in a bathroom and barricaded the door, telling them to be completely quiet in order to keep them safe.[25][33]

    Authorities recovered two 9mm handguns from the scene: one a Glock, and the other a SIG Sauer.[34][35] A .223-caliber Bushmaster rifle was found in the back of a car in the parking lot.[34] All the guns were semi-automatic; they were owned by and legally registered to Lanza's mother, who is reported to have been a gun enthusiast.[36] Adam Lanza was too young to own or carry either handgun under Connecticut law.[37][38][39][40] Police also found .223 shell casings at the scene.[4]

    CNN is reporting Lanza had six guns. It is believed he used three at school, including a Bushmaster assault rifle, while police found three more rifles at the second crime scene.[41]

    Response by authorities

    The state police received the first 911 call at 9:41 a.m. and responded immediately.[25] They and Newtown police soon recognized the gravity of the situation, and local K9 and tactical units, the bomb squad, and state police helicopter were quickly mobilized.[26] Police began to evacuate the locked-down school room-by-room, escorting groups of students and adults away from the school.[26] The school was swept for additional shooters at least four times by the police.[26] No shots were fired by the authorities.[26] Three injured victims were evacuated; two were later declared dead of their injuries.[26] The New York City medical examiner dispatched a "portable morgue" to assist with the aftermath.[21]

    Perpetrator

    Police authorities said the gunman was 20-year-old Adam Peter Lanza (born April 22, 1992). Lanza attended St. Rose of Lima for middle school[26] and then Newtown High School, where he was an honors student. He had no criminal record.[7][42][43] He was born in Kingston, New Hampshire, where his parents had been married in 1981.[44] Lanza lived with his mother at her house in Sandy Hook, located 5 miles (8 km) from the elementary school.[45]

    Lanza's parents had divorced in 2009.[46] Adam Lanza's father, a vice president and corporate tax accountant for GE Energy Financial Services and an adjunct professor at Northeastern University in Boston who lives in Stamford, Connecticut, declined to comment on the shootings.[47]

    At the time of the shooting, Adam Lanza was carrying the identification of his older brother, Ryan Lanza, age 24,[12] leading police sources to initially report Ryan as the perpetrator. Ryan Lanza voluntarily submitted to questioning by police, but he was neither considered a suspect nor taken into custody.[15][48] He said he had not been in touch with his brother since 2010.[49]

    Ryan Lanza told law enforcement that his brother was believed to suffer from a personality disorder and was "somewhat autistic";[50] classmates said they had been told he had Asperger syndrome.[45] Students and teachers who knew Adam Lanza in high school described him as "intelligent, but nervous and fidgety",[45] saying he normally avoided attention [45]. A bus driver who drove the Lanza brothers to and from school recalled them as "really nice boys, well-behaved".[51] According to a teacher of Lanza's, he was not known to have had any close friends in school.[45] The mainstream media's comments on and speculation about unverified autism and Asperger syndrome rumors have been harshly criticized by autism advocates.[52][53]

    Two days before the massacre, Lanza went to a sporting goods store in Danbury, Connecticut, and tried to purchase a rifle; he was not sold one because of the state's waiting period for gun sales.[3]

    Victims

    Nancy Lanza, perpetrator's mother[54]
    Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung, 47, principal[54]
    Vicki Soto, 27, first grade teacher[54]
    Mary Sherlach, 56, school psychologist[55]
    3 unidentified adults
    Ana Marquez-Greene, 6[56]
    Catherine Violet Hubbard, first grade[57]
    Grace McDonnell, 6[19]
    17 unidentified children

    Lt. J. Paul Vance, the Connecticut State Police spokesperson, said that the bodies of all deceased victims were removed and identified during the night, although their names were not officially released.[58][59] In Puerto Rico, the name of 6-year-old Ana Grace Marquez was released as one of the victims by her granduncle, Jorge Marquez, mayor of Maunabo, after the family was notified by authorities.[56] A state trooper was assigned to each of the victim’s families to protect their privacy.[57]

    Reactions

    Domestic

    In reaction to the shooting, Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy said the following in a press statement:[16][60]

    Evil visited this community today. And it's too early to speak of recovery but each parent, each sibling, each member of the family has to understand that Connecticut we're all in this together. We'll do whatever we can do to get through this event. We will get through it. But this is a terrible time for this community and these families...

    A night vigil with hundreds attending at the nearby St. Rose of Lima Church in Newtown was held that night; Governor Malloy was among the speakers.[61]

    President Barack Obama expressed "enormous sympathy for families that are affected".[6] President Obama gave a televised address at 3:16 p.m. EST the same day, saying, "We are going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics." Obama paused twice during the address to compose himself and wipe away tears.[62][63] He also ordered flags to be flown at half-staff at the White House and other US federal government facilities worldwide in respect for the victims.[64]

    Speaker of the House John Boehner ordered flags be flown at half-staff at the United States Capitol as well.[65]

    In the response to President Obama's statement and the shooting itself, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg said "President Obama rightly sent his heartfelt condolences to the families in Newtown. But the country needs him to send a bill to Congress to fix this problem. Calling for ‘meaningful action’ is not enough."[66]

    Congressman Jerrold Nadler of New York called for more talk about stricter gun laws: "If now is not the time to have a serious discussion about gun control and the epidemic of gun violence plaguing our society, I don't know when is." He also stated, "I am challenging President Obama, the Congress and the American public to act on our outrage and, finally, do something about this."[67] Mark Kelly, whose wife, Gabrielle Giffords, was injured in the 2011 Tucson shooting, also called for stricter gun control laws.[8]

    United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said, "...our thanks go out to every teacher, staff member, and first responder who cared for, comforted, and protected children from harm, often at risk to themselves. We will do everything in our power to assist and support the healing and recovery of Newtown.'[68]

    Television pundit and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee commented that the ultimate cause of the shootings was the "removal of God" from schools, saying "we ask why there is violence in our schools, but we have systematically removed God from our schools," and further asked "Should we be so surprised that schools would become a place of carnage?"[69][70][71][72] Christianity has a long history of violence associated with it's philosophy and it's followers. [73][74][75]

    Within the first 15 hours after the massacre, more than 100,000 Americans signed White House petitions asking the Obama administration for a renewed national debate on gun control.[76]

    A statement was released by the family of Catherine Hubbard, a first-grader killed at the school, ”We are greatly saddened by the loss of our beautiful daughter, Catherine Violet and our thoughts and prayers are with the other families who have been affected by this tragedy…We ask that you continue to pray for us and the other families who have experienced loss in this tragedy.”[57]

    The premiere of the film Jack Reacher, originally scheduled for December 15 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was postponed due to the school shooting. “Due to the terrible tragedy in Newtown, Conn., and out of honor and respect for the families of the victims whose lives were senselessly taken, we are postponing tomorrow’s Pittsburgh premiere of Jack Reacher,” Paramount Pictures said in a Dec. 14 statement to the Hollywood Reporter. “Our hearts go out to all those who lost loved ones.”[77]

    International

    Representatives or heads of state from many countries and groups offered their condolences, including Australia,[78] Azerbaijan,[79] Canada,[80] China,[81] the Commonwealth of Nations,[82] the European Union, France,[83] Hungary,[84] Japan,[85] Lithuania,[86] Malaysia,[87] Iran,[88][89] Norway,[90] Mexico,[91][92] Philippines,[85] Russia,[93] Spain,[94] Switzerland, Turkey,[95] the United Kingdom,[96] the United Nations,[82] and the Vatican.[97][98]

    There were also numerous flowers, toys, and candles left by the people of Moscow at the US embassy.[99]

    See also

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