The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting occurred on December 14,in Newtown, ConnecticutUnited States, when year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed 26 people, including 20 children between six and seven years old, and six adult staff members. Earlier that day, before driving to the school, he shot and killed his mother at their Newtown home. As first responders arrived at the school, Lanza committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. The incident remains the deadliest mass shooting at either a primary or secondary school in U.
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A November report issued by the Connecticut State Attorney's office concluded that Lanza acted alone and planned his actions, but provided no indication why he did so, or why he targeted the school. A report issued by the Office of the Child Advocate in November said that Lanza had Asperger syndrome and as a teenager suffered from depressionanxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorderbut concluded that they had "neither caused nor led to his murderous acts.
As of November 30,children were enrolled in kindergarten through fourth grade at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Under Connecticut law at the time, [25] the year-old Lanza was old enough to carry a long gun, such as a rifle or shotgun, [26] but too young to The Problems Faced By Single Parents or carry handguns. Sources: [36] [37] [38].
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Principal Dawn Hochsprung and school Probblems Mary Sherlach were meeting with other faculty members when they heard, but did not recognize, gunshots. Hochsprung, Sherlach, and lead teacher Natalie Hammond went into the hall to determine the source of the sounds and encountered Lanza. A faculty member who was at the meeting said that the three women called out "Shooter! Stay put!
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A teacher hiding in the math lab heard school janitor Rick Thorne yell, "Put the gun down! She lay still in the hallway and then, not hearing any more noise, crawled back to the conference room and pressed her body against the door to keep it closed.
A nine-year-old boy stated that he heard the shooter say: "Put your hands up! A Problens teacher, who was source substitute kindergarten teacher, was wounded in the attack. While she was closing a door further down the hallway, she was hit in the foot with a bullet that ricocheted.
Lanza never entered her classroom. After killing Hochsprung and Sherlach, Lanza entered the main office but apparently did SSingle see the people hiding there, and returned to the hallway. She later described seeing the door opening and Lanza's boots and legs facing her desk from approximately 20 feet 6.
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He remained standing for a few seconds before turning around and leaving. She and the school secretary Barbara Halstead called and hid in a first-aid supply closet Tye as long as four hours. Lanza then entered a first-grade classroom where Lauren Rousseau, a substitute teacher, had herded her first grade students to the back of the room, and was trying to hide them in a bathroom, when Lanza forced his way into the classroom.]
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