Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

Tyler Weikert

What Happened?

December 14, 2012 Adam Lanza entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut

A new security system had been installed making visitors be seen and then buzzed in, very similar to what we have here at the high school

Lanza entered with a semi-automatic AR-15 assault rifle and two pistols

He shot his way into the school and the shots were heard throughout the school

Adam Lanza

Adam Lanza, the shooter, was twenty years old

Lived in Sandy Hook, five miles from the school

No criminal record He used his mother’s weapons to carry out the

shooting. She was said to be a gun advocate, legally owned many guns, and often took her sons to the shooting range

Was an honor student at Newtown High School His mother removed him from the school

district because she was unhappy with what they had to offer and was then home-schooled

He earned a GED under his mother’s home-schooling

What people thought of him

In high school friends and teachers described him as Intelligent Very nervous Fidgety Uncomfortable in social situations No close friends in high school

Any Disorders?

Doctors think Adam Lanza suffered from Personality disorders Autism Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Shooting Motives

No sure answer Thoughts?

Nancy Lanza, his mother was in the process of admitting him to a psychiatric facility. Anger over this is a thought to why he carried out the shooting

Contemplated joining the marines, but his mother would not let him

Violent video game player All sources say that a sure conclusion can not be

made about why Adam Lanza carried out the act

Before

Adam Lanza attended Sandy Hook Elementary for a short period of time

His mother was a volunteer at the school and reports show that Adam thought she cared about the kids more than she did for him

Lanza, the shooter, killed his mother on his way to the Elementary School

Results

Twenty students, ages six to seven, were killed in the shooting

Six adult employees at the school were also killed

Adam Lanza, the shooter, took his own life inside the school with his hand gun

Heroic Teachers

All staff of Sandy Hook Elementary were put in grave danger on December 14, 2012. All teachers put their lives in front of their students. Anne Marie Murphy, a special education teacher was found in her classroom slumped over her students as she tried to throw her body in front of the bullets to save their lives

As soon as shots were heard, school principal Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung, school psychologist Mary Sherlach, and vice principal Natalie Hammond went out to investigate and take action. Only Natalie Hammond would make it out alive

Other teachers made sure to keep their students calm for the endless hours that were spent in the school by reading stories to them, hiding them in bathrooms, and telling them that everything was going to be alright

Honoring the ones who died - Charlotte Bacon, 2/22/06, female

- Daniel Barden, 9/25/05, male- Rachel Davino, 7/17/83, female.- Olivia Engel, 7/18/06, female- Josephine Gay, 12/11/05, female- Ana M. Marquez-Greene, 04/04/06, female- Dylan Hockley, 3/8/06, male- Dawn Hochsprung, 06/28/65, female- Madeleine F. Hsu, 7/10/06, female- Catherine V. Hubbard, 6/08/06, female- Chase Kowalski, 10/31/05, male- Jesse Lewis, 6/30/06, male- James Mattioli , 3/22/06, male- Grace McDonnell, 12/04/05, female- Anne Marie Murphy, 07/25/60, female- Emilie Parker, 5/12/06, female- Jack Pinto, 5/06/06, male- Noah Pozner, 11/20/06, male- Caroline Previdi, 9/07/06, female- Jessica Rekos, 5/10/06, female- Avielle Richman, 10/17/06, female- Lauren Rousseau, 6/1982, female (full date of birth not specified)- Mary Sherlach, 2/11/56, female- Victoria Soto, 11/04/85, female- Benjamin Wheeler, 9/12/06, male- Allison N. Wyatt, 7/03/06, female

Reactions

Twenty-seven small U.S. flags adorn a large flag on a makeshift memorial on the side of Highway 84 near the Newtown, Connecticut as residents mourn the tragedy

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A woman pays respects at a memorial outside of St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church, in Newtown, Connecticut

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Cheryl Girardi, of Middletown, Connecticut, kneels beside 26 teddy bears. Each bear represents a victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

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A homemade sign written on a table cloth, hangs outside in honor of the teachers who died along with students at Sandy Hook

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A U.S. flag flies at half staff outside the Newtown High School before President Barack Obama is scheduled to attend a memorial for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

Obama Reacts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_8zXJcoxHY

Sources

"Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting: What Happened?" CNN. Cable News Network, n.d. Web. 08 Jan. 2013.

Koplewicz, Dr. Harold. "Speculating About Adam Lanza's Mental State." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 17 Dec. 2012. Web. 08 Jan. 2013.

Campbell, Andy. "Adam Lanza's Motive: Did Fear Of Being Committed Lead To Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting? (UPDATE)." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 19 Dec. 2012. Web. 08 Jan. 2013.

Lohr, David. "Sandy Hook Shooting Victims' Names Released." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 15 Dec. 2012. Web. 09 Jan. 2013.