Sandy Hook shooting: What happened?

CNN ^ | 17 December, 2012 | NA

[marktwain]

At the police station, dispatchers began to take calls from inside the school. Authorities say the first emergency call about the shooting came in at "approximately" 9:30 a.m.

"Sandy Hook school. Caller is indicating she thinks someone is shooting in the building," a dispatcher told fire and medical personnel, according to 911 tapes.

Police and other first responders arrived on scene about 20 minutes after the first calls.

Police report that no law enforcement officers discharged their weapons at any point.

The gunman took his own life, police said. He took out a handgun and shot himself in a classroom as law enforcement officers approached, officials said.

[marktwain]

20 minutes response time, in an active shooter situation. When seconds count...

[Truth is a Weapon]

Exactly, when seconds count the police are only 20 minutes away.

20 minutes is an eternity when gunmen are preying on unarmed children and adults.

[bigbob]

The whole thing just boggles the mind.

As does the fact that other than there being a shooting at the school, EVERYTHING the news media reported was wrong.

[merry10]

I think there is something wrong with the time line. This was a small town; it should not have (and I doubt) took 20 minutes. If it took 20 minutes, he would have gotten way more than the 26 children and teachers who did die.

[KansasGirl]

20 minutes? Why? What took them so long? Unacceptable. In such a situation, 20 minutes is an eternity. All the more reason to allow teachers to conceal and carry in the schools! In fact, the training should be required.

[KansasGirl]

20 minutes? Why? What took them so long? Unacceptable. In such a situation, 20 minutes is an eternity. All the more reason to allow teachers to conceal and carry in the schools! In fact, the training should be required.

[Raycpa]

If the state creates gun free zones then it has an obligation to provide armed guards. We do this in courts, airports and legislative buildings and other gun free zones but we don’t do it for our children.

[Gaffer]

If you are ever in a situation where your life depends on it and you have to make that call, say this "Officer down!" They'll be there in a hurry.

[Monty22002]

Indeed. The state should be liable. If a company bans them on premises it should be liable for shootings as well. They’re demanding everyone go into a place that is a target. Well...

[Paladin2]

"20 minutes after the first calls"

Damn slow.

[FatherofFive]

Hochsprung heard loud pops. She, school psychologist Mary Sherlach and vice principal Natalie Hammond went out to investigate. Only Hammond returned from the hallway alive. She was wounded.

Rest in peace, but you simply don't investigate gunfire without a gun. These 'liberal' rules didn't even let them take a knife to a gunfight.

Idiots. One armed and motivated teacher, or guard at the door could have prevented this.

[Noamie]

“If you are ever in a situation where your life depends on it and you have to make that call, say this “Officer down!” They’ll be there in a hurry.”

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This is true to the power of 100.

It’s truthiness is unchallengable and should be considered scientific law.

[knarf]

How far is it from school to police station?

To firehouse?

And why would first responders even GO if they're just going to stand around?

Just a couple of questions I have

[Merta]

And I am pretty sure that nothing else that urgent was going on at the time. Who was behind the slow response time.....Slowpoke Rodriguez?

[machogirl]

The kids were told to run to the firehouse. I doubt it was that far away.

[jboot]

So, what about the second man dressed in black who was arrested in the woods behind the school according to the early stories? The same one who multiple sources quoted as saying "I didn't do it." How does he fit in? Or did he in fact not exist?

It is hard to know for sure.

[Theoria]

Here is a transcript of the 911 calls of the Connecticut shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school.

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• 0935 Sandy Hook School. Caller is indicating she thinks there's someone shooting in the building.
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• 0936 Units responding at Sandy Hook School. The front glass has been broken. We're unsure why.
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• 0937 All units, the individual I have on the phone is continuing to hear what he believes to be gunfire.
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• 0938 All units responding to Sandy Hook School at this time. The shooting appears to have stopped. The school is in lockdown.
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• 0940 I will need two ambulances at this time.
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• 0940 The shooter is apparently still shooting in the office area.
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• 0941 Take exit 10... continue on Riverside Road, Dickerson Drive. Make sure you have your vest on.
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• 0942 Last known shots were in the front of the (inaudible)
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• 0943 We have one fatal in room one... (inaudible) received a wound to the foot...
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• 0946 I got bodies here.

[LibFreeUSA]

According to MapQuest the Newtown Police Station (3 Main St, Newtown, CT 06470) is 5 mins / 2.15 miles from the school (Sandy Hook School, 12 Dickenson Dr, Sandy Hook, CT 06482).

[The Cajun]

The kids were told to run to the firehouse. I doubt it was that far away.

Supposedly it was right across the street.
Wonder if it was a volunteer type fire department with nobody on duty?
If it was actually a 20 minute response time, that's way too long for the cops in a small town to get there.

[Uncle Miltie]

"Police and other first responders arrived on scene about 20 minutes after the first calls."

Nice.

Good thing the school was a Gun Free Zone. That way, these poor people had no chance of protecting themselves from a gunman.