14 kids among 27 killed in US school shooting

14 kids among 27 killed in US school shooting

Newtown (Connecticut):
At least 27 people, including possibly 14 children, were killed on Friday when at least one shooter opened fire in an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, late night TV reports said. If confirmed, it would be one of the worst mass shootings in US history.
    The suspected shooter, the father of a student in the school, was also killed, reports said. Two handguns were recovered from him, unconfirmed reports said. The principal and school psychologist were among the dead. There were unconfirmed reports of a second shooter after witnesses reported hearing dozens of shots fired. An entire classroom was unaccounted for, and most of the shooting occurred in a kindergarten class, reported local papers.
    Connecticut State Police said its officers were at the scene with local police but provided no additional details. The emergency call to police occurred at 9.41am local time, according to state police. AGENCIES
    It was horrendous,” said parent Brenda Lebinski, who rushed to the school where her daughter is in the third grade. “Everyone was in hysterics — parents, students. There were kids coming out of the school bloodied. I don’t know if they were shot, but they were bloodied.”
    The Sandy Hook Elementary School teaches children from kindergarten through fourth grade — roughly ages 5 to 10. Television images showed police and ambulances at the scene, and parents rushing toward the school.
    Parents were seen reuniting with their children and taking them home. “This is going to be bad,” a state official said. All Newtown schools were placed in lockdown.
    Lebinski said a mother who was at the school during the shooting told her a “masked man” entered the principal’s office and may have shot the principal. Lebinski, who is friends with the mother who was at the school, said the principal was “severely injured”. Lebinski’s daughter’s teacher “immediately locked the door to the classroom and put all the kids in the corner of the room”.
    A girl interviewed by NBC Connecticut described hearing seven loud “booms” as she was in gym class. AGENCIES
School shooting:
Girl says there were 7 ‘booms’ KILLING SPREES
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