Newtown, Connecticut school shooting

There are reports of multiple deaths at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut

  1. #breaking from NBC Nightly News: The weapons used in Newtown today were legally owned by Lanza's mother.
  2. WCBS-TV: Ryan Lanza being cooperative with authorities, did not "really have any contact" with younger brother over past few years
  3. Official tells AP that Ryan Lanza, suspected school shooter's brother, not believed to be involved in CT rampage - @MiguelCBS4
  4. PHOTO: WCBS airing video of man in handcuffs in Hoboken, NJ http://pic.twitter.com/j80daHSf - @TheMatthewKeys
  5. Law enforcement official: 27 total dead, including shooter, in CT school shooting.
  6. RIP. In honor of the innocent lives taken today in Newtown http://pic.twitter.com/ob6FKq6h Their flag is lowered to half mast
  7. Law enforcement official: 2 children died after being transported to hospital (total 20 children killed)
  8. RT @msgotthelf We're breaking real name of school shooter online now! NOT Ryan Lanza! @nypost.com
  9. How to talk to your children about the shooting: First, listen. nyti.ms/12dTk2e
  10. BREAKING UDPATE: Dead gunman ID'd as Ryan Lanza, his mother is teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary nyp.st/UMphr0
  11. FULL TRANSCRIPT: Obama statement on Connecticut school massacre - tinyurl.com/cybzfgq
  12. President Obama: "While nothing can fill the space of a lost child or loved one, all of us can extend a hand to those of us in need."
  13. President Obama: "This evening, Michelle and I will...hug our children a little tighter, and we'll tell them that we love them."
  14. President Obama fighting off tears while addressing the nation. http://pic.twitter.com/VdXPVpZK
  15. President Obama: Majority of those deceased in school shooting between 5 and 10 years old
  16. AP: official says Ryan Lanza's girlfriend and another friend are missing in New Jersey.
  17. Gunman Ryan Lanza's younger brother is being held in connection with #Newtown shootings, says AP on-msn.com/12q2fNi
  18. Another? RT @JesseRodriguez: NBC News: A family member of Ryan Lanza has been found shot to death at home in Newtown, CT
  19. UPDATE: Law enforcement source: Sig Sauer and Glock 9 handguns found at the scene, Bushmaster rifle found in his car cbsn.ws/live
  20. UPDATE: Lanza apparently targeted his mother & her classroom. Most of shooting occurred in that one classroom, Lanza’s mother is among dead
  21. BREAKING UDPATE: Dead gunman ID'd as Ryan Lanza, his mother is teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary nyp.st/UMphr0

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