The Hartford Courant, the leading newspaper of Connecticut’s capital city, is reporting “multiple deaths,” and an update moments later, “including children” this morning at a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut. One shooter is known to be dead, the identity of the other victim or victims is unknown. News reports state three children and one teacher were taken to Danbury Hospital, a level two trauma center.
“Multiple people, including children, have been killed in a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The number of victims is unclear,” the Courant is reporting:
Sources said a person believed to be a shooter is dead. Earlier reports of a second shooter are unconfirmed.
Earlier reports state the school principal was the intended target, and one teacher was shot in the foot, and two handguns have been recovered.
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There are multiple confirmed deaths, including at least one child, in Sandy Hook School shooting in Newtown.
— The News-Times (@NewsTimes) December 14, 2012
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