Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
2012 school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a school shooting that happened in Connecticut, United States on December 14, 2012. Twenty-eight people were killed in the shooting, including many children and teachers and the perpetrator's mother at home.[4]
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Location | Sandy Hook Elementary School Newtown, Connecticut, U.S. |
Coordinates | 41°25′12″N 73°16′43″W |
Date | December 14, 2012; 11 years ago (2012-12-14) 9:35 – 9:40 a.m. EST (UTC−05:00) |
Target | Students and staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School |
Attack type | School shooting, murder–suicide, matricide, spree shooting |
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Deaths | 28 (27 at the school including the perpetrator, and the perpetrator's mother at home) |
Injured | 2 |
Perpetrator | Adam Lanza[1] |
Motive | Inconclusive[2][3] |
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