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
The Connecticut School shooting live as i say from pennsylvania. It is one of the deadliest shooting rampages in u. S. History. All morning, well bring you updates on the victims and the investigation. We now know the name of the newtown shooter. Well dig in on what was behind his monstrous act and a second crime scene tied to the first. What investigators found when they went to the suspected gunmans house. Im here in newtown, pennsylvania. Behind me some distance is the school at which this tragic shooting took place. We have this story covered from all angles. I want to bring in my colleague john berman in newtown, in the town square. John, bring us up to speed on what weve seen since yesterday evening. Hey, ali, im standing in front of the st. Rose of lima church where last night there was an emotional vigil with about 1,000 people here. Residents poured in for the 26 victims of this tragic attack. Of course, 20 children were killed, six adults, all at the Elementary School. And we
Children dead is almost unfate th unfathomable. The church is keeping their doors open and are not allowing the media to come in here. This search is open for 24 hours. They have lost members of their own church. Again, this is hard. I can speak for myself and deb feyerick, we will try to speak as calm and comforting as we can and sometimes we wont get things right. Were learning a lot of information just as you are learning it here. Were going to be try to be as respectful as possible. We did not speak with children on camera without the parents permission. As we say that, bear with us here and were going to try to go through this without breaking down. This is really tough for everyone involved and for everyone watching. So were learning new details about how this rampage unfolded and that man, who is accused of carrying it out. He is 20yearold adam lanza and we will try to say his name as little as possible but we have to say it for the record. Lanza tried to buy a gun three days be
Behind this monstrous act and a second crime scene tied to the first. What investigators found when they went to the suspects house. It is saturday, december 15th. I want to say good morning to everyone. Its not a good morning, its a difficult morning, but we are spending it together here. Im john berman. Youre watching our special coverage of the Connecticut School shooting live from newtown, connecticut. And i want to bring in my colleague, ali velshi. Hey, ali. Reporter john, its a sad morning and will get sadder in a few moments. Just a few moments from where we are standing, a press conference is about to begin where they are going to release the names, we think, of many of the people killed. David arioso of cnn was one of the first on the scene. David went to the firehouse you keep hearing references to where parents were thinking they were going to meet their kids. David, what happened yesterday . Well, between the Early Morning hours, parents would file towards this firehouse a