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| School shooting in Connecticut. |
BREAKING TODAY. ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING IN THE SUBURBS. WE AT JOURNAL DE LA REYNA SEND OUR CONDOLENCES TO THOSE WHO WERE INJURED OR LOST TODAY!
NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT IS WHERE A MAN OPENED FIRED AT A SCHOOL. THE SHOOTING HAS MULTIPLE INJURIES. THE SHOOTER IS DEAD.
WE HERE AT JOURNAL DE LA REYNA WILL KEEP YOU POSTED AS SOON AS DEVELOPMENTS UNFOLD.
THIS IS PART ONE OF THE STORY.
NBC News confirms that the alleged gunman at an elementary school in Connecticut is dead. A state police official told NBC News that at least three people were hospitalized in the shooting that sent crying children spilling into the parking lot.
Two handguns were recovered from the scene. It was not clear if other adults were injured, the official told WNBC's Jonathan Dienst. The official had no information about any children being hurt at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.
A spokeswoman for nearby Danbury Hospital told NBC Connecticut that three people were taken there. The spokeswoman would not elaborate on the ages of the victims or their conditions.
One of those taken to the hospital was a teacher who had been shot in the foot, the Associated Press reported, citing a dispatcher at the Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps.
The Newtown Bee reported that one child, apparently wounded, was carried from the scene by a police officer.
In a photo taken by the Bee, crying students could be seen being escorted from the school by police. They were taken to a nearby fire station where their parents were picking them up.
NBC Connecticut reported that the entire school district was in lockdown.
Newtown is about 45 miles southwest of Hartford and 60 miles northeast of New York City.
The K-4 school has about 600 students.
News confirmed that 30 people were killed. The school had children under 10.
PART TWO WILL BE DISCUSSED SHORTLY.