number is undoubtedly going to change as we go through the next few hours here as the authorities in connecticut finish going through the school, but this is appearing this looks like it s going to be the worst school shooting in recent u.s. history. we have been told that the number of shooting victims is around 20. that s children and adults. there are indication that is it s going to be higher than that. we just don t have a firm number at this point, but i think the point is that there are a number of children that were shot, a number that were apparently killed. this will be the worst school shooting here perhaps in u.s. history. thanks for the update. pete, i want to go now to a local reporter on the scene who has some updates for us. liz, can you tell us what you have learned? this is obviously a fluid situation. if you could give us the latest.
the information we do know is that two guns were recovered. at least three victims were transported to a area hospital, and that police, fbi, attf all on scene at that school going room to room searching everywhere for anyone who may still be inside and to make sure that things are secure. also, there is a scene in and around the area of the school as police search as a possibility if there was a second gunman, but, again, there is no confirmation to that, so, again, one gunman dead. at least three injured, and the question now is the casualty toll going to rise from here? unclear. as of now gunman dead, three injured. that s the best we know right now. there is some reports that at least one child, if not more, have been injured. that s m connecticut post and the hartford current newspapers. back to you. jonathan, we hear that governor malloy is on his way to the scene.
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scheduled a news conference for 1:00 eastern. we are getting record of two news conferences within the hour. one from the danbury hospital and one from state police. wnbc s jonathan dietz joins us now. what is the latest? well, the latest is that at least one gunman is dead. there are some unconfirmed reports that there may, may have been, a second suspect, and that is why there is this enormous lockdown in and around the neighborhood. that, again, is unconfirmed. there were some reports about a van being found a few blocks from the scene, and that was being checked out. what we do know is that one gunman is dead, and that two .9 millimeter handguns were found at the school near him and it is unclear if he took his own life or if he was taken out by the responding police. newtown police, connecticut state police, the fbi, atf, among the many agencies responding to this scene, and we are told from hospital officials that at least three people have
starting to thin out this scene, it might not look like it from this vantage point, but not a lot of children or parents here at this hour. mostly just emergency officials. we see the fbi, state police, as well as local departments coming in and out of that fire department briefing the governor. we re expecting to learn a lot more about what led up to this shooting. the question parents want to know, how did this shooter get inside the school? is he somehow connected to the school? those are all things parents arementing to know here in newtown after this tragic school shooting. we are life this morning. i ll send things back to you guys. i want to bring in richard lui who has been looking into past school shootings in elementary school. richld, the fact that there is a protocol as liz reported that the teachers know they need to sort of take certain steps is a testament to just how violate schools have become. my mother is a k through 4 teacher, and at her school they have protoco