Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Sign in to saveOn December 14, 2012, a mass shooting occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, United States. The perpetrator, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, shot and killed 26 people. The victims were 20 children between six and seven years old, and six adult staff members. Earlier that day, before driving to the school, Lanza fatally shot his mother at their Newtown home. As first responders arrived at the school, Lanza killed himself with a gunshot to the head. The incident is the second deadliest school shooting in US history behind the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007.
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On December 14, 2012, a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut killed 26 people—20 children ages six and seven, and six adult staff members—making it the second deadliest school shooting in U.S. history. The shooter, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, had also killed his mother earlier that day before taking his own life as first responders arrived at the school.
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On December 14, 2012, a mass shooting occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, United States. The perpetrator, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, shot and killed 26 people. The victims were 20 children between six and seven years old, and six adult staff members. Earlier that day, before driving to the school, Lanza fatally shot his mother at their Newtown home. As first responders arrived at the school, Lanza killed himself with a gunshot to the head. The incident is the second deadliest school shooting in US history behind the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007.
The shooting prompted renewed debate about gun control in the United States, including proposals to make the background check system universal, and for new federal and state gun legislation banning the sale and manufacture of certain types of semi-automatic firearms and magazines which can hold more than ten rounds of ammunition.
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