Hello, everyone. We are following breaking news in newtown, a town between stanford and hartford. Were following reports that there has been a shooting at an Elementary School. An Elementary School named sandy hook. One photograph to share with you as crews rush to the scene. Let me bring in my colleague Jason Carroll who has been working his sources. What do we know . Disturbing story. The shooting happening at sandy hook Elementary School on dickerson drive. This is coming to us from one of our affiliates. Police are reporting a number of injuries. The nature of the injuries at this point are unclear. Were going to be checking that throughout the morning. State Police Sources say that one person is dead. Earlier reports of a second shooter. That has not been confirmed at this point. A few more reports, apparently the shooting was reported shortly after 9 40 a. M. This morning. Police reported that a shooter was in the apparently in the main office. Which is hard to tell with this ima
About the milk cliff with candy crowley. The the situation room with wolf blitzer begins right now. This is a special edition of the situation room. It has now been more than a week since we learned the devastating news of the massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in newtown, connecticut. Today, well remember the victims. Well also go in depth on where the investigation stands, and talk with dr. Sanjay gupta and drew pinsky, about what medical science has learned about the mind of a killer. Well also look ahead of where do we go from here . Especially when it comes to the right to bear arms in the United States, and what president obama called the nations epidemic of gun violence. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. We begin our special edition of the situation room by focusing in on the search for answers. Why . Why would a 20yearold man kill his mother, then gun down 20 children and six adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary
Called secure and safe by Law Enforcement authorities right now, they are they still have a lot of investigating to do. They have not officially released the name of the shooter or the other person being questioned or the names of any of the victims at this time. Its just an awful scene, and parents found out about this, wolf, when they received a lot of them text messages, alerts from the school that had them rushing over to the school as a 911 call came in. Police arrived on the scene, they tried to secure the scene and make sure that it was safe so that all the children were immediately evacuated from the school and brought to a safe location nearby where they could be reunited with their parents. We know this one thing from the shooter. We understand that at least three weapons were found at the scene. One of them a glock, one of them a sig sauer and one of them a 223 bushmaster. We dont know exactly what kind of models but we have that as well. And heres more about how it all came
Two pistols and one semiautomatic rifle. So we continue to follow this story here. And we we will update you on the latest. We know more, too, about some of the victims. Nick valencia has been covering that part of the story for us. Police have a new statement about this crime. He is at the center of our newsgathering operations in atlanta. Nick, can you give me the latest on that . Reporter yeah, good morning. As you mentioned, were still waiting and standing by for what was scheduled to be an 8 00 a. M. Press conference by local police. Meanwhile, theyve issued this press release. State police has put out a statement further confirming, in fact, the timeline that weve been reporting all morning. They say the first call from Sandy Hook Elementary School came in at about 9 30 this morning. Newton Police Department immediately requested the assistance of state police. In fact, they knew right away the tragedy and scope and magnitude of the tragedy that they had on their hands. Upon arri
Hello. Im wolf blitzer. Im coming to you with live special coverage from newtown, connecticut, the scene of the horrific Elementary School massacre. We want to welcome back our viewers in the United States and around the world. Were learning new information about this mass killing here in connecticut and were learning new information about the people who were killed. 26 people shot inside the Elementary School. 20 of them children. At a News Conference just a little while ago here in newtown, the Connecticut State Police said that all of the victims now have been identified. They will be released they will be releasing the name shortly. Were told to be standing by. All of the bodies have been removed and theyve been taken to the medical Examiners Office. Crime scene investigators are working around the clock. Heres how they are trying to deal with whats going on. Investigators say they spoke out a few moments ago. We still have major crime detectives and newtown detectives working at t