Sandy Hook Shooting Victims' Names Released
On Saturday, the Connecticut State Police released the names of the 26 victims who were shot and killed at a Connecticut elementary school. The victims are 12 girls, eight boys and six adult women....
View ArticleAdam Lanza Was A 'Loner' Who Felt Little Pain: Teacher
This undated photo shows Adam Lanza, third from the right, posing for a group photo of the technology club which appeared in the Newtown High School yearbook. A day after the Sandy Hook Elementary...
View ArticleConnecticut Shooting Victims' Stories Begin To Emerge
Victoria Soto, 27, was one of 26 people killed in the Dec. 14 mass shooting. (AP) -- Most died at the very start of their young lives, tiny victims taken in a way not fit no matter one's age. Others...
View ArticleParents' promise: I will keep you safe
December 15, 2012 -- Updated 1642 GMT (0042 HKT) A makeshift memorial with flowers, stuffed toys and candles sit outside Saint Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Connecticut, on Saturday,...
View ArticlePeter Lanza Statement: Father Of Adam Lanza Says, "We Too Are Asking Why"
Shop owner Tamara Doherty, paces outside her store just down the road from Sandy Hook Elementary School, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. -- Peter Lanza, the father of 20-year-old Adam...
View ArticleVictims of shooting range in age from 6 to 56
December 15, 2012 -- Updated 2331 GMT (0731 HKT) A makeshift memorial with flowers, stuffed toys and candles sit outside Saint Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Connecticut, on Saturday,...
View ArticleConnecticut school shooting victims revealed
December 16, 2012 -- Updated 0138 GMT (0938 HKT) Editor's note: CNN is listing the full names of children only when their parents have spoken publicly. (CNN) -- The 26 people killed by a gunman at a...
View ArticleConnecticut School Shooting Prompts Increased Security Across The Country
MIAMI -- Jessica Kornfeld drove her children to their elementary school this past weekend. She wanted them to feel reassured that it was still a safe place, despite a horrific shooting in New England...
View ArticleObama Newtown Speech: President Addresses Vigil For Sandy Hook Shooting...
President Obama spoke at a prayer vigil in Newton, Connecticut on Sunday in honor of the victims of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Below, read Obama's full remarks as provided by the...
View ArticleAdam Lanza Shot Himself As 1st Responders Closed In, Gov. Dannel Malloy Says
NEWTOWN, Conn. -- The gunman in the Connecticut shooting rampage committed suicide as first responders closed in, the governor said Sunday, raising the specter that Adam Lanza had planned an even more...
View ArticlePeter Lanza Statement: Father Of Adam Lanza Says, 'We Too Are Asking Why'
Shop owner Tamara Doherty, paces outside her store just down the road from Sandy Hook Elementary School, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. -- Peter Lanza, the father of 20-year-old Adam...
View ArticleSandy Hook Shooting Heroes 'Saved So Many Lives'
NEWTOWN, Conn. — A worker who turned on the intercom, alerting others in the building that something was very wrong. A custodian who risked his life by running through the halls warning of danger. A...
View ArticleConnecticut School Teachers Were Drilled Before Shooting, District Had Spent...
Sandy Hook Elementary didn't take chances when it came to safety. The school had regular lockdown drills, teaching students and teachers to stay quiet and out of sight, a sign-in procedure for...
View Article'SNL' & Newtown Shooting: Show Opened With 'Silent Night' Tribute
'Saturday Night Live' opened with a tribute to Newtown. NEW YORK -- "Saturday Night Live" made a rare departure from its comedic opening to pay tribute to the children and adults killed at a...
View ArticleAdam Lanza Shot Himself As 1st Responders Closed In, Gov. Dannel Malloy Says...
NEWTOWN, Conn. — The gunman in the Connecticut shooting rampage shot his mother multiple times in the head before going to the school and gunning down 26, authorities said Sunday as details emerged...
View ArticleTo help kids with tragedy, slow down, listen
December 15, 2012 -- Updated 2126 GMT (0526 HKT) Parishioners pay their respects to the victims of the elementary school shooting while attending Mass at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in...
View ArticleAdam Lanza: Suspect's friends, family at a loss to explain Connecticut...
December 16, 2012 -- Updated 0807 GMT (1607 HKT) (CNN) -- As with any murder-suicide, the suspect in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting took to his grave the reasons that compelled him to mow...
View ArticleMore details emerge on Connecticut school shooting, but motive still unclear
December 16, 2012 -- Updated 2230 GMT (0630 HKT) A young boy walks past Christmas trees set up at a makeshift shrine to the shooting victims in Newtown, Connecticut, on Sunday, December 16. The...
View ArticleParents struggle to explain death of teachers, friends in school shooting
December 16, 2012 -- Updated 1115 GMT (1915 HKT) Newtown, Connecticut (CNN) -- Every time the door bell rings at Aidan Licata's home, the 6-year-old fears the gunman has returned. He worries the man...
View ArticleConnecticut school shooting: Latest developments
December 16, 2012 -- Updated 1021 GMT (1821 HKT) Newtown, Connecticut (CNN) -- In a town still numb from an inexplicable massacre of children, relatives of the victims will meet with President Barack...
View ArticleList of Connecticut school shooting victims
December 16, 2012 -- Updated 0503 GMT (1303 HKT) Editor's note: CNN.com is listing the full names of children only when their parents have spoken publicly. (CNN) -- The 26 people killed by a gunman at...
View ArticleNancy Lanza, Mother Of Newtown Gunman, A Quiet Woman, 'Guns Were Her Hobby'
NEWTOWN, Conn. — At the bar, everybody knew her name. Nancy Lanza was the one who, if she heard you were short on cash, regularly offered to pick up the tab at My Place. Two or three nights a week,...
View ArticleGun Control Debate Simmers After Sandy Hook Massacre
WASHINGTON -- Democrats say meaningful action in the wake of the school shootings in Connecticut must include a ban on military-style assault weapons and a look at how the nation deals with...
View ArticleMichael Bloomberg: Failing To Enact Gun Control 'Will Be A Stain Upon Our...
WASHINGTON -- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the nation's most vocal proponents of increased gun control, continued his push on Monday for stricter regulations in the wake of the Newtown,...
View ArticleNancy Lanza, Mother Of Adam Lanza, Taught Son To Shoot: Reports
In this handout image provided by ABC News, shows Nancy J. Lanza, mother of suspected mass shooter Adam Lanza, at an unspecified time and place. Adam Lanza, the 20-year-old who murdered 7 adults and...
View ArticleNancy Lanza, Peter Lanza Divorce Documents Reveal Details About Adam Lanza's...
STAMFORD, Conn. -- When the parents of Connecticut school shooter Adam Lanza divorced, the settlement left his mother with a comfortable income and the comfort of knowing that the boy in her care...
View ArticleSandy Hook Crime Scenes: Police 'Indefinitely' Seize All Sites Connected To...
Connecticut State Police announced Monday they will be holding all crimes scenes connected to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting for the foreseeable future, while they investigate the horrific...
View ArticleJoe Scarborough: Newtown Shooting Made 'Ideologies Of My Past' On Guns...
Joe Scarborough said on Monday that the massacre in Newtown had forced him to rethink his "long-held" belief about gun rights. In a lengthy monologue, Scarborough talked about how shaken up he had...
View ArticleRyan Kraft, Adam Lanza's Former Babysitter, Remembers Introverted Boy (VIDEO)
The former babysitter of Newtown shooter Adam Lanza is coming forward with his own memories of the quiet, introverted boy. In an interview with KCAL9, Hermosa Beach, Calif. resident Ryan Kraft...
View ArticleIn school shootings, patterns and warning signs
December 17, 2012 -- Updated 1356 GMT (2156 HKT) U.S. President Barack Obama waits to speak at an interfaith vigil for the shooting victims from Sandy Hook Elementary School on Sunday, December 16, at...
View ArticleLA Man Arrested For Allegedly Making Threats To Schools On Facebook
LOS ANGELES — Police have arrested a man for allegedly posting Facebook threats against Los Angeles elementary schools. Officer Venus Hall says weapons were confiscated when the man was arrested at...
View ArticleChicago Schools' Security Plans Reviewed After Newtown School Shooting
A woman pays respects at a memorial outside of St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. On Friday, a gunman allegedly killed his mother at their home and then...
View ArticleGlimpses of normalcy amid reminders of horror
December 18, 2012 -- Updated 0146 GMT (0946 HKT) Newtown, Connecticut (CNN) -- The school buses usually rolled into the grounds of the Hawley School around 8:30 a.m., carrying dozens of elementary...
View ArticleView from abroad: Sorrow, but little hope for U.S. gun control
December 18, 2012 -- Updated 0324 GMT (1124 HKT) (CNN) -- On Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, a line of 26 black crosses stand in the sand, with the Stars and Stripes behind them and a pot of...
View ArticleConnecticut school shooting: World watches with sympathy, bewilderment
December 17, 2012 -- Updated 1528 GMT (2328 HKT) (CNN) -- On Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, a line of 26 black crosses stand in the sand, with the Stars and Stripes behind them, and a pot of...
View ArticleMinutes of carnage lead to days of grief and anxiety in Newtown
December 17, 2012 -- Updated 0441 GMT (1241 HKT) (CNN) -- Friday began with the mundane. A chilly December day, Christmas on many residents' minds. Newtown's center is magical this time of year with...
View ArticleOn gun control, two places to start
December 18, 2012 -- Updated 1311 GMT (2111 HKT) Children light candles to pay their respects to the victims of the Newtown, Connecticut, shooting at the main square in Tirana, Albania, on Monday,...
View ArticleNRA had been silent after shootings but may now be regrouping
December 19, 2012 -- Updated 0113 GMT (0913 HKT) Children in Newtown, Connecticut, excluding Sandy Hook Elementary School, return to classes on Tuesday, December 18, four days after the shooting at...
View ArticleNewtown: Until school shooting, 1 homicide in almost a decade
December 18, 2012 -- Updated 1139 GMT (1939 HKT) Children light candles to pay their respects to the victims of the Newtown, Connecticut, shooting at the main square in Tirana, Albania, on Monday,...
View ArticleWorld reaction: 'My heart is in Newtown'
This story started on CNN iReport December 17, 2012 -- Updated 1853 GMT (0253 HKT) Vigils have been held across the U.S. in memory of those killed in Friday's shooting, such as this one in New York....
View ArticleTeacher: 'I wanted to be the last thing they heard, not the gunfire'
December 15, 2012 -- Updated 1405 GMT (2205 HKT) A woman sits during a service at the Asylum Hill Congregational Church in Hartford, Connecticut on Friday, December 14. Fans at the NBA game between...
View Article'Why? Why?': 26 dead in elementary school massacre
December 15, 2012 -- Updated 0947 GMT (1747 HKT) Newtown, Connecticut (CNN) -- The bodies of children and educators lay where they fell in a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school -- in classrooms...
View ArticleNewtown Vigil: Connecticut Governor Among Hundreds Mourning Shooting At...
NEWTOWN, Conn. -- A vigil Friday night for the victims of a school massacre in western Connecticut brought out hundreds of community members, including some parents who were struggling with mixed...
View ArticleA community's quiet moment on a day of 'unthinkable' tragedy
December 15, 2012 -- Updated 1017 GMT (1817 HKT) A woman sits during a service at the Asylum Hill Congregational Church in Hartford, Connecticut on Friday, December 14. Fans at the NBA game between...
View ArticleKaitlin Roig, Newtown Elementary Teacher, Refused To Unlock Door For Police...
Sandy Hook Elementary first grade teacher Kaitlin Roig was worried that she and her students would not survive the gunfire that flew through the Connecticut school Friday morning. Roig told ABC News...
View ArticleNewtown Funerals Become A Sad Routine
Benjamin Wheeler NEWTOWN, Conn. -- A season that should be a time of joy has been marked by heart-wrenching loss in Newtown, as more victims from the massacre of 20 children and six adults are laid to...
View ArticleGrieving Connecticut town prepares to bury more of its children
December 20, 2012 -- Updated 1040 GMT (1840 HKT) Newtown, Connecticut (CNN) -- In yet another day of heartbreak, three more tiny victims of a massacre in Newtown will be laid to rest Thursday, a...
View ArticlePhotos: Remembering the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting victims
(CNN) — The victims of the Connecticut school shooting ranged in ages 6 to 56, according to information released by state police. Police said all six adults killed at the school were women. Of the 20...
View ArticleAmerica should see the Newtown carnage
December 22, 2012 -- Updated 2101 GMT (0501 HKT) Students participate in a prayer service for victims of the Newtown, Connecticut, mass shooting at St. Rose of Lima School in Miami on Friday, December...
View ArticleA message from beyond: Peace in Newtown
December 23, 2012 -- Updated 1537 GMT (2337 HKT) Newtown, Connecticut (CNN) -- Grace McDonnell would write messages for her mother in the bathroom window. On the first day without Grace, the bathroom...
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