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Newtown Patch: Sandy Hook School Shooting

More than two dozen were killed in the school, many of them 6- and 7-year-old students.

  1. Check here for ongoing updates.
  2. More information on the wrongly-accused shooter.
  3. Tonight: Shooting Prompts Religious Leaders to Host Special Prayer Services - Newtown, CT Patch newtown.patch.com/articles/shoot…
  4. A woman waits to hear about her sister, a teacher, following the school shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in #Newtown, Conn. Dozens are dead, including 18 children. usat.ly/W67ulv (Photo by Jessica Hill, AP)
  5. A witness describes to CBS the man taken into custody.
  6. The governor continues to send resources to Newtown.
  7. Counselors & crisis response staff from @CTDEMHS, @CTDCF, @CTDPH & SDE are on scene and working w/ federal & local officials & @CTRedCross
  8. More details on the shooting itself.
  9. WVIT reporter points out vehicle cordoned off at scene of CT school shooting has New Jersey license plates.
  10. Source says shooter went from classroom to classroom shooting students and adults. #newtown
  11. AP reports an official says a gun used in the #Newtown school shooting is a .223-caliber rifle.
  12. The Connecticut Post reports the principal is among the dead.
  13. A home in Newtown is being searched in connection with Sandy Hook School shooting. The principal and the gunman are among the dead.
  14. A second suspect is in custody and his home is being searched, CBS reports.
  15. SWAT will now begin investigating home of possible second shooter
  16. At least 18 children are dead, and police still have not ruled out a second shooter, according to reports.
  17. BREAKING: Official with knowledge of Conn. school shooting: 27 dead, including 18 children
  18. .@JohnMillerCBS reports that authorities are “not locked in on the idea that this is the act of one single shooter.”
  19. An entire classroom is still unaccounted for, according to the Hartford Courant.

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