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School shooting in Connecticut

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Mr.Sloth
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Just saw it on my feed, more info soon. Elementary school.
Dec 14 2012 10:50AM
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Mr.Sloth
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I'm curious as to the age of the shooter and his/her relation to the school
Dec 14 2012 1:17PM
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accualyisdolan
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I know what u mean but still it's good to find our wtf was wrong with him to prevent it from happening again.
Dec 14 2012 1:18PM
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stovypotts
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yea just got an alert..so tragic..what makes someone want to do that..sick fuck
Dec 14 2012 1:18PM
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GnarNinja
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Unfortunately it seems that people do this just for fame. I totally agree that the media needs to stop blowing things like this up.
Dec 14 2012 1:18PM
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sneaky_pete
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jesus. people are pathetic. best wishes to the families.
Dec 14 2012 1:18PM
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fujarome
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27 is unbelievable. 18 children makes it even worse.

Honestly, at least in other places the people will have a fighting chance to escape or fight back. An elementary school is just...awful.
Dec 14 2012 1:19PM
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connecticunt
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If anyone sees a purple van call 911 immediately
Dec 14 2012 1:20PM
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stovypotts
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oh and an entire classroom full of kids are unaccounted for as of right now
Dec 14 2012 1:21PM
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Bateman
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holy fuck, i mean, kids from 5-10.. thats just too fuckin sad
Dec 14 2012 1:22PM
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Mr.Sloth
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Are you actually from Connecticut? Link us to an alert?
Dec 14 2012 1:22PM
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DockEllis
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Read somewhere it was a parent of a student.
Dec 14 2012 1:23PM
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stovypotts
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2 shooters..one was a father of a student
Dec 14 2012 1:23PM
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joshua
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Source?
Dec 14 2012 1:24PM
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Bumblesteeze
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27?! So tragic..
Dec 14 2012 1:25PM
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acc
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LIVE UPDATES: Newtown, CT School Shooting

1:17 p.m: One shooter is 24-year-old, was armed with four weapons and wearing a bullet-proof vest, sources tell ABC News.

1:09 p.m.: Twenty-seven people, or more, most of them children killed in shooting, sources tell ABC News.

12:57 p.m.: Fatality numbers continue to rise. More than 25 people, mostly young children, killed in Newtown, Conn. school shooting, sources tell ABC News.


from abcnews.com

Dec 14 2012 1:25PM
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Anathema
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i was watching the news and they were reporting that a man was in the office and that's where it all began. several went in, only 1-2 came out. my only conjecture is that it was a disgruntled parent who simply lost it and went ape on everyone. i guess time will tell.

such a sad story. i couldn't imagine, with christmas looming, losing my child while they were at school, where you're supposed to be safe and happily playing along with your little friends.


Dec 14 2012 1:25PM
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Mr.Sloth
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Can we please have some sources?
Dec 14 2012 1:26PM
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Ryguy920
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Holy fuck this is tragic...
Dec 14 2012 1:26PM
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stovypotts
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http://news.msn.com/us/multiple-deaths-reported-in-shooting-at-conn-school

also abc news is sending me alerts on my phone about every 5 mins
Dec 14 2012 1:28PM
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TobiasFunke
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shooter was 20

http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/State-Police-Responding-to-Shooting-at-School-Police--183498401.html
Dec 14 2012 1:30PM
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[hamnuts]
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This is fucking depressing.
Dec 14 2012 1:31PM
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Mr.Sloth
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Thanks.

Second shooter is still at large
Dec 14 2012 1:32PM
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feihlination
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kind of a whole different story when its little kids. truly fucked up. worst amok shooting i ever heard of.



seriously hope this leads to long-needed changes in certain laws.
Dec 14 2012 1:32PM
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.MASSHOLE.
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This is beyond upsetting. I cant believe someone would do this, let alone to defenseless children. 4 guns, bulletproof vest, mask. Why? Just why?

Thoughts and prayers going out to those affected.
Dec 14 2012 1:33PM
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B-runge
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This country is fucked.
Dec 14 2012 1:33PM
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Ryguy920
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Is the shooter still active?
Dec 14 2012 1:34PM
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Ski_Alot
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how on earth could someone ever do this... i mean there 7 year old kids
Dec 14 2012 1:35PM
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.MASSHOLE.
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One dead. Apparently the second is still at large.

I hope they get the mother fucker
Dec 14 2012 1:35PM
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volvotom
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NPR's Andy Carvin reports: "CT has put out a call to other states for more medical examiners. They don't have enough of them to do all the autopsies"

Chilling.

White House says: "Today is not the day to have that conversation" (about the gun debate).

I would hope those of us on here can agree that as well.
Dec 14 2012 1:35PM
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CheddarJack
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wow.

just... wow.
Dec 14 2012 1:35PM
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Valhalla.
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This is so fucked up. I can't believe this is happening. In an elementary school of all places. Making children walk by dead bodies and through pools of blood. Ugh.

People really are trying to make the world end. That's what, two shooting in a week? This is so fucking ridiculous.
Dec 14 2012 1:35PM
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Petey.
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He is dead.
Dec 14 2012 1:35PM
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Mr.Sloth
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One is dead
Dec 14 2012 1:36PM
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@skiinmitch
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fuck this. makes me sick.
Dec 14 2012 1:37PM
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.MASSHOLE.
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Quoting for emphasis. All we should discuss is how tragic this is.
Dec 14 2012 1:38PM
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Yeezus
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I have a bunch of ties to Newtown, where this happened. It's so fucking sad.

I played soccer against Newtown at Treadwell Park, which is right behind the school.
Dec 14 2012 1:38PM
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1337
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Thisi is the most fucked up and disturbing mass shooting I've heard of. Children? 2 weeks before christmas? This scumbag(s?) should be kept alive on the grounds that he spend the rest of his life getting buttraped in prison.

My thoughts go out to all those families affected by this. I cant even begin to imagine how sad and tragic that is
Dec 14 2012 1:39PM
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Bertrand
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This disgusts me. I turned on CNN to catch up on the world and this happens. Makes me sick.
Dec 14 2012 1:41PM
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volvotom
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News conference on now, I will comment with the major highlights.
Dec 14 2012 1:41PM
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soupysoups
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Dec 14 2012 1:42PM
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Mr.Sloth
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This reflexs my feelings as well...
Will post more when I learn more
Dec 14 2012 1:42PM
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.MASSHOLE.
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Nothing about a second shooter in the conference. Interesting.
Dec 14 2012 1:43PM
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volvotom
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"several fatalities at the scene, both parents and students" "no further details will be released about this at the time"

"shooter deceased at scene"

"scene is secure"


Dec 14 2012 1:43PM
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Hoppy
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Thats horiffic. So shocking how it jumped from 3 injured to 27 dead.
Dec 14 2012 1:44PM
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volvotom
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nothing further from this briefing

"The public is not in danger" at this time
Dec 14 2012 1:44PM
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NinetyFour
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Super fucked up shit. Like what on earth goes on inside people's heads that makes them do such things...
Dec 14 2012 1:45PM
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jet_
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ugh, who the fuck does that... And just a couple days after that Oregon mall shooting...

December 21 might be scary, not because the world will end, but because fuck-ups like these guys are gonna use it as an excuse to do shit like this.
Dec 14 2012 1:46PM
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Petey.
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It's unfortunate the shooter got off that easy. I don't agree with supporting him in prison for the rest of his life, but it would've been preferable to keep him alive long enough to inflict the most inhumane, disgusting, and evil tortures on him.
Dec 14 2012 1:46PM
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@skiinmitch
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this, people are to unstable. some people are going to go crazy and im scared for that
Dec 14 2012 1:48PM
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Valhalla.
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That's how I feel. It makes me sick thinking about that things keep getting worse and worse every week.

This has been such a bad year for gun violence. When will we get a gun control plan that actually fucking works.

Honestly I don't feel as safe as I used to, and I live half an hour from anywhere.
Dec 14 2012 1:51PM
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