A deranged gunman opened fire inside an elementary school in Newton, Connecticut yesterday, leaving at least 28 dead, including 20 children.
The shooter, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, went from classroom to classroom firing randomly, shooting children and school staff before turning the gun on himself.
Lanza shot his mother in the face at their CT home before driving to the school and opening fire on teachers, the school’s principle and twenty (20) innocent children.
Police say the first 911 call reporting gunfire at Sandy Hook Elementary School came in at 9:41 a.m. Hundreds of federal and local law enforcement officials responded to the scene.
Worried parents also rushed to the school to pick up their children. Frightened children were told to keep their eyes closed as they were led out of the school by teachers and parents. The school holds 600 children.
President Barack Obama was briefed on the situation at the school. Spokesman Jay Carney said the White House had “enormous sympathy for families that are affected” and would “do everything we can to support state and local law enforcement.”
The suspect reportedly used a .223 caliber assault rifle. In addition to the assault rifle, 2 handguns were recovered at the scene. The massacre is the latest in a shocking history of school massacres in America involving high-powered weapons.
The number of dead exceeds the 13 students and teachers killed during the Columbine High School massacre in 1999. 2 shooters were also involved in that massacre. At the time, Columbine was the worst school shooting in American history, until now.
With just a week away from Christmas, the devil crept into the community of Newton, CT and stole the joy of Christmas from parents and children and changed their lives forever. When you take prayer out of schools, you open the door for the devil to walk in.
Please remember: The devil can’t dwell where the spirit of the Lord is!
GOD BLESS ALL OF THEM, GOD BLESS OUR WORLD…SMH!!
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This is so sad.
I’ve been following this all morning and there needs for free mental health screenings and stonger gun control laws passed; like today!
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Wtf is this world coming to??
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Tracy I was waiting on this post yesterday.
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*there is a need for prayer
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I went and picked my second grader up after hearing this. I just needed to be with her. I don’t even have the words to express what this has done to my spirit. Prayers for all.
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This is horrible, been seeing it on the news all morning. A lot of conflicting stories being told… The killers mama didn’t even work at the school. NYC have strict gun laws, so changing the laws won’t stop people from having guns.
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These Pictures are heartbreaking. 😦
Poor children are terrified
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this is sooo sad 😦
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The Devil dwells where God is absent!!!
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My heart is so heavy right now. Although my child does not attend that elementary school, the thought that something so horrific has happened is mind bottling. As a mother I never want to imagine having to deal with something as tragic as this. My son will be four soon, he is my life, and just knowing that there are parents who won’t see their child’s smiling faces again breaks my heart. Dealing with loss will always be painful, but to experience it in a manner such as this is just beyond belief.
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I pray for the family and friends of the victims, and every individual who works at that school and the children who attend. They will never forget this tragedy, and at this time it is important for that community to pull together in strength, love and prayer. This world is filled with sick individuals; you never know what a person is capable of or what evil they are pondering.
God bless those brave teachers who acted unselfishly. They could have attempted to flee to safety and leave the kids behind, but they chose to protect their students as best as they could. What a sad story.
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First they said his mother worked at that school and he killed her and the children in her classroom 😦 that isn’t true. his mother didn’t work there at all.
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This is a sad day for us all here in CT. My co-worker lost his 6 year old daughter today. There are no words that can describe the pain we are feeling. Hug your babies extra tight not just tonight, but every night.
God bless….
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Something has to be done tho the way people are killing people. Smh
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This story is murking my soul
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Praise the lord!!! To everyone . And live everyday like its ur last!! Love u Gigi ,mahalia,Jackie ,& mommy!!
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God wasn’t in this, the devil was, so please don’t blame God people.
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so sad. I cried all weekend listening to this on the news. 😦
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Keisha,
when they said it’s gonna be 7 funerals in Newtown this week, I was like SHEESH! that’s so depressing esp. around the holidays.
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when they said it’s gonna be 7 funerals in Newtown this week, I was like SHEESH! that’s so depressing esp. around the holidays.
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I agree but when you’re hurting or in a state of shock, you have no concept of the day, year or time. These families and that community will have to live with this for the rest of their lives.
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when they said it’s gonna be 7 funerals in Newtown this week, I was like SHEESH! that’s so depressing esp. around the holidays.
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This story is so heart breaking. When they start showing names and faces that makes it all so real. Lord those poor children. It breaks my heart knowing that bulletts tore thru their little bodies. 😦 Bodies that are so fragile and delicate because they are babies still 😦 My God. This boy was sick!!!! He ruined and changed these peoples lives forever.
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Father
Help Your children
And don’t let them fall
By the side of the road, mmm…mmm…
And teach them
To love one another
That Heaven might find
A place in their hearts
‘Cause Jesus is love
He won’t let you down
And I know He’s mine forever
Oh, in my heart
We’ve got to walk on
Walk on through temptation
‘Cause His love and His wisdom
Will be our helpin’ hand
And I know the Truth
And His words will be our salvation
Lift up our hearts
To be thankful and glad
That Jesus is love
He won’t let you down
And I know He’s mine
Deep down in my soul
Jesus is love
Oh, yes, He is
He won’t let you down
And I know He’s mine, He’s mine, He’s mine, He’s mine, all mine
Forever, oh, in my heart
Help me, heart, heart
Ooh…ooh…
(Deep in my heart)
I know, I know, I know, I know
Ah, ’cause His love’s the power (Power)
His love’s the glory (Glory)
Forever (Ever and ever)
Ooh, yeah (Yeah, yeah)
Ooh, yeah (Yeah, yeah)
Ooh, yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah)
I wanna follow your star
Wherever it leads me
And I don’t mind, Lord
I hope you don’t mind
I wanna walk with you
And talk with you
And do all the things you want me to do
‘Cause I know that Jesus
(Jesus is Love, I know) ‘Cause I know, Lord
(And if you ask, I’ll show)
(Love is the word forever) And ever and ever
Who can bring you love (Jesus)
Who can bring you joy (Jesus)
Who can turn your life around (Jesus), oh
Ooh, yeah (Yeah, yeah)
Yeah (Yeah, yeah)
Hey
Who will pick you up (Jesus)
When you fall (Jesus)
Who’ll stand beside you (Jesus)
Who will love us all
Hey, hey, Jesus (Yeah, yeah)
Jesus (Yeah, yeah)
Oh, yeah (Yeah, yeah)
One thing I wanna say
Who can heal your body (Jesus)
Who can make you strong (Jesus)
Who can help you to hold out (Jesus)
A little while longer
Ooh, yeah (Yeah, yeah)
Yeah (Yeah, yeah)
Jesus loves you (Yeah, yeah), Jesus wants you
If you call Him, He will answer
(Jesus) Call him in the mornin’
(Jesus) Call him in the evenin’
(Jesus) Call him in the midnight hour
Hey, hey (Yeah, yeah)
Yeah (Yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah)
Yeah, y’all say it for me
(Jesus is love)
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Morning 😦
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Hey Nicole.
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Good morning Danny & Nicole
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Morning
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Morning y’all.
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Good morning Nicole, Danny, Bobby, Daisy and Queen
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Christmas Eve is a week from 2day 🙂 Morning everyone.
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Morning good people.
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Good morning
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Morning fam
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Morning everyone.
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wassup fam? Where erbody at this week.?
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There are no words 😦 Just no words. Those children were INNOCENT and that dirty sick bastid killed 20 of them. Those kids were cut down b4 they even had a real chance in life. Damn shame!!! I get so angry when I think about it.
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Lord have mercy on their innocent little souls.
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This situation is real sad. white folk do everything they can to shelter their kids from danger not even realizing the danger and the sick is amongst them. right up in their secluded lilly white neighborhoods. Not being mean but it’s true.
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Your children are a product of what you teach them. Lanza taught her sons to shoot., that woman was fascinated with guns. she taught her sons that “the riffle and the gun commands RESPECT” and all that she taught that little sick motherfucker living under her roof came right back on her and 28 other people on Friday December 14th, a day that will go down as the worst mass shooting in US history.
The chickens came to roost and this is one painful “WAKE-UP” call people
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The only real question I have is how the shooter got access to his mother’s guns? People please, if you are sharing your house with others, your guns should always be locked with a keypad combination in a safe. This is especially true if someone in your household is mentally unstable.
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The mother shoulda had his ass commited to a mental institution if he was that unstable. Now he done went and killed 28 people and half of them innocent kids. WTF?
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I really wish Adam Lanza did not have access to guns.
I understand the feelings of sane, law-abiding gun owners who are very responsible.
But, I still really wish Adam Lanza did not have access to guns.
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heart breaking. 😦
and I wanna throw up every time I hear the news announce there will be 18 more funerals this week.
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the media is really feeding off of this story. What happened is already sad and horrible but they seem to be staked out in Newton, CT 24/7.
May those poor kids R.I.P.
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That is a different level of crazy right there….that’s not your everyday crazy.
I am praying for the familes of the victims…may those that died RIP.
White folks trying to run from us and create these lilly white neighborhoods and schools because they don’t are scared of us and they don’t realize they have crazy too and sometimes their crazy is worse. I will take the dude talking to the trees anyday instead of the one that is being hidden in the house with guns!
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White folks trying to run from us and create these lilly white neighborhoods and schools because they don’t are scared of us and they don’t realize they have crazy too and sometimes their crazy is worse. I will take the dude talking to the trees anyday instead of the one that is being hidden in the house with guns!
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COSIGN!
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These kids were/are innocent and no one deserved to die like this regardless of their color.
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