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CBS News is reporting that 27 people including numerous children have been killed along with the gunman after a shooting inside a school in Newtown Friday morning.
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The scene is being called 'atrocious' inside Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Special Section: Newtown School Shooting
CBS News is reporting that nine of those killed are adults and the rest are children.
According to the Associated Press, the gunman was killed at the school, but it was unknown how the unidentified gunman died.
According to CBS News, the gunman, who is believed to be 18 to 20 years old, got into an argument with people at the front office at about 9:41 a.m. People have to be buzzed in before entering the school and there is a camera to view whoever is entering the building.
Connecticut State Police is assisting the Newtown police with the shooting investigation. Multiple police, ambulance and emergency crews from the surrounding area remain at the scene.
There are reports that a teacher was shot in the foot and taken to the area hospital. Officials at Bridgeport Hospital have confirmed that they have one woman, who was shot and in stable condition.
State police said this is one of the worst shootings emergency officials have seen in a long time.
The children inside the school have been evacuated to the nearby Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire Department and reunited with some of their parents at this staging area.
Eyewitness News reporters on the scene observed a man in camouflage gear being taken away from the staging area. He screamed to people in the area that he was not involved in the shooting.
The superintendent's office said all the schools were placed in lock down schools as a preventive measure to ensure safety of the students and staff. All schools expect for Sandy Hook Elementary School are no longer on lock down.
The only shooting was at Sandy Hook Elementary School, officials confirmed.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is at the scene in Newtown and just before 12:30 p.m., he had finished a conference call with federal officials about what assistance could be needed.
Danbury Hospital is lock down as a precaution measure to allow their staff to work uninterrupted and give patients privacy. Hospital officials will not confirm number of dead.
According to Newtown officials, afternoon kindergarten is canceled for Friday and there will be no midday bus runs.
According to sources, Yale-New Haven Hospital has activated emergency triage unit, which responds to mass-casualty incidents.
There are 600 students in grades kindergarten to fourth that attend Sandy Hook Elementary
Channel 3 Eyewitness News Livestream - WFSB 3 Connecticut
NEWTOWN, CT (WFSB) -
CBS News is reporting that 27 people including numerous children have been killed along with the gunman after a shooting inside a school in Newtown Friday morning.
MORE
INTERACTIVE: Guns on Campus - School Shooting Database
View the history of school gun violence with this interactive database of campus shootings since 1997.More >
The scene is being called 'atrocious' inside Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Special Section: Newtown School Shooting
CBS News is reporting that nine of those killed are adults and the rest are children.
According to the Associated Press, the gunman was killed at the school, but it was unknown how the unidentified gunman died.
According to CBS News, the gunman, who is believed to be 18 to 20 years old, got into an argument with people at the front office at about 9:41 a.m. People have to be buzzed in before entering the school and there is a camera to view whoever is entering the building.
Connecticut State Police is assisting the Newtown police with the shooting investigation. Multiple police, ambulance and emergency crews from the surrounding area remain at the scene.
There are reports that a teacher was shot in the foot and taken to the area hospital. Officials at Bridgeport Hospital have confirmed that they have one woman, who was shot and in stable condition.
State police said this is one of the worst shootings emergency officials have seen in a long time.
The children inside the school have been evacuated to the nearby Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire Department and reunited with some of their parents at this staging area.
Eyewitness News reporters on the scene observed a man in camouflage gear being taken away from the staging area. He screamed to people in the area that he was not involved in the shooting.
The superintendent's office said all the schools were placed in lock down schools as a preventive measure to ensure safety of the students and staff. All schools expect for Sandy Hook Elementary School are no longer on lock down.
The only shooting was at Sandy Hook Elementary School, officials confirmed.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is at the scene in Newtown and just before 12:30 p.m., he had finished a conference call with federal officials about what assistance could be needed.
Danbury Hospital is lock down as a precaution measure to allow their staff to work uninterrupted and give patients privacy. Hospital officials will not confirm number of dead.
According to Newtown officials, afternoon kindergarten is canceled for Friday and there will be no midday bus runs.
According to sources, Yale-New Haven Hospital has activated emergency triage unit, which responds to mass-casualty incidents.
There are 600 students in grades kindergarten to fourth that attend Sandy Hook Elementary
