OF TODAY'S TRAGIC
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SHOOTING IN
CONNECTICUT CONTINUES
NOW ON EYEWITNESS
NEWS LIVE AT FIVE.
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IT'S AN UNTHINKABLE
STORY WE'VE BEEN ON
TOP OF ALL DAY LONG ....
THE SECOND WORST
SCHOOL SHOOTING IN
OUR NATION'S HISTORY,
BEHIND ONLY THE VIRGINIA
TECH MASSACRE.
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AND MINUTE-BY-MINUTE,
NEW INFORMATION
CONTINUES TO COME IN
ABOUT WHAT LED TO THIS
HORRIFIC ATTACK.
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HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW
RIGHT NOW --
AT LEAST 27 PEOPLE
WERE KILLED AT SANDY
HOOK ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL IN NEWTOWN,
NORTHEAST OF NEW YORK
CITY.
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THE DEAD INCLUDE
TWENTY YOUNG
CHILDREN, AND SEVEN
ADULTS, AMONG THEM ..
THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN,
20 YEAR OLD ADAM LANZA.
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AND TONIGHT POLICE SAY
BEEN FOUND DEAD AT A
SEPARATE CRIME SCENE
IN THE SAME TOWN.
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AND ALTHOUGH THIS
CRIME HAPPENED ABOUT
ONE HUNDRED MILES
FROM THE RHODE ISLAND
BORDER --
IT CLEARLY RESONATES
WITH ALL PARENTS,
BOTH HERE IN SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND, AND
ACROSS OUR ENTIRE
COUNTRY.
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THAT'S WHY WE'VE
DEDICATED ALL OF OUR
RESOURCES TO BRINGING
YOU THE INFORMATION
LOCAL FAMILIES NEED TO
KNOW.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTERS NICOLE
ESTAPHAN AND MARILYN
SCHAIRER ARE STANDING
BY WITH A LOOK AT HOW
THE TRAGEDY IS BEING
FELT AT SCHOOLS HERE IN
RHODE ISLAND.
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BUT OUR IN-DEPTH
COVERAGE BEGINS LIVE IN
NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT
-- WITH EYEWITNESS
NEWS REPORTER SEAN
DALY.
MORE THAN TWO DOZEN
PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A
MAN OPENED FIRE AT THIS
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN
CONNECTICUT. MOST OF THE
VICTIMS - AT LEAST 18- ARE
CHILDREN.
AS POLICE CONVERGED ON THE
SCENE, THEY EVACUATED
STUDENTS AND STAFF TO A
FIREHOUSE UP THE STREET. AN
8 YEAR OLD BOY TOLD CBS
NEWS WHAT HAPPENED.
Sot I saw some of the bullets go
past
the hall that I was right next
to, and
then a teacher pulled me into
her
classroom.
THE GUNMAN IS IDENTIFIED AS A
TWENTY YEAR OLD MAN FROM
NEW JERSEY. POLICE SAY HE
WAS DEAD AT THE SCENE OF AN
APPARENTLY SELF-INFLICTED
GUNSHOT WOUND. THERE IS NO
WORD OF A MOTIVE...BUT CBS
NEWS HAS LEARNED HIS
MOTHER WORKED AT THE
SCHOOL. AND MOST OF THE
SHOOTING HAPPENED IN HER
CLASSROOM. WHEN POLICE
ARRIVED AT THE SUSPECT'S
ADDRESS, A BODY WAS FOUND
IN THE HOME.
(ines) Newtown police arrived
here at
Sandy Hook elementary shortly
after
9:30 in the morning. They
quickly
called for state backup...and a
SWAT team...and released word to
expect the worst.
WITHIN THE HOUR, HOMELAND
SECURITY BEGAN UPDATING
THE WHITE HOUSE, WHERE
PRESIDENT OBAMA CALLED THE
GOVERNOR WITH
CONDOLENCES.
(Obama) The majority of the dead
are children. Beautiful little
children
between the ages of 5 and 10.
OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE AREA
WERE PUT ON LOCKDOWN.
PARENTS RUSHED TO PICK UP
THEIR CHILDREN.
(p.4) 13:08:55 it is just
horrible i got a
phone call from the school, i
didn't
know what school was involved or
anything they just said it was a
shooting.
WHILE THE INVESTIGATION
CONTINUES...IT IS ALREADY ONE
OF THE WORST MASS
SHOOTINGS IN U.S. HISTORY.
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TODAY THE PRESIDENT
SUGGESTED THAT ALL
PARENTS SHOULD HUG
THEIR CHILDREN A LITTLE