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Robb

(39,665 posts)
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 03:55 PM Mar 2013

Bang. One thousand one. Bang. [View all]

Sources said that Lanza's shooting spree lasted less than five minutes and that he fired 152 bullets while making his way through two classrooms in the elementary school.

One thousand one. One thousand two.



Lanza shot his way into the school through the glass windows at the front entrance and turned left toward the first-grade classrooms. He almost immediately encountered Principal Dawn Hochsprung and school psychologist Mary Scherlach, who ran into the hallway from a meeting room, which would have been on Lanza's right. He shot them both to death immediately.

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Lanza killed all but one student in Rousseau's class, where the children were massed together in a back corner of the room trying to get into a bathroom. One girl escaped because she played dead and ran out of the room after Lanza left.

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Lanza then backtracked to Soto's room. A source familiar with the investigation said authorities believe that Lanza started walking toward the back of Soto's classroom, where the bathroom was, when he noticed some of the children hiding under desks. Lanza shot those students.

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Some bullets struck three cars in the parking lot, and police originally investigated the theory that he was shooting at responding officers. They now believe that he was aiming at a teacher who was standing near the window. Lanza shot and killed himself in Soto's room with one of the two pistols that he was carrying as authorities were closing in.

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Ten.



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Lanza used a Bushmaster AR-15 semiautomatic rifle to shoot his victims and a pistol to kill himself.


Here's a link, all you need is your zip code: http://www.contactingthecongress.org/

Thank you.
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K & R !!! WillyT Mar 2013 #1
I'll look at those photos a year from now and still fill up.. monmouth3 Mar 2013 #2
Me too---I'm bawling right now. RiffRandell Mar 2013 #26
Pshaw! The 'Connecticut effect' will pass. onehandle Mar 2013 #3
Masterfully done, Robb. And terrifying. k&r nt Buns_of_Fire Mar 2013 #4
Appeals to emotion aren't particularly well-suited for crafting effective legislation. LAGC Mar 2013 #5
Supreme Court No Better Than Angry Mob Cedric the Clam Mar 2013 #14
The also require the audience have emotions. Robb Mar 2013 #23
So you are thankful for Scalia, Thomas, Alito, Roberts and Kennedy? Bjorn Against Mar 2013 #25
Emotion and reason are not mutually exclusive, despite what shitty Sci-Fi tells you. Scootaloo Mar 2013 #31
Hey, I enjoy shitty Sci-Fi! LAGC Mar 2013 #36
It's spelled "SyFy" now. Scootaloo Mar 2013 #37
If you don't have a... 99Forever Mar 2013 #40
Bullshit. "Emmett Till was a 14-year old African-American boy from Chicago, Illinois. klook Mar 2013 #42
Except that was a case about wanting to expand civil rights... LAGC Mar 2013 #43
So is this case unless children have no right to life Progressive dog Mar 2013 #44
Whose lives do civil rights endanger? klook Mar 2013 #45
Unless you personally believe abortion is just like shooting kids, the comparison doesn't make sense Robb Mar 2013 #50
Appeals to emotion can be very powerful. backscatter712 Mar 2013 #48
These were REAL people Politicalboi Mar 2013 #52
What should I tell my Congresswoman when I call her? Recursion Mar 2013 #6
I would suggest supporting legislation that would limit magazine capacity to 5 rounds. Flatulo Mar 2013 #12
Tell her this Cedric the Clam Mar 2013 #16
No, the assault weapons ban is the regulation of the name and clip Recursion Mar 2013 #21
not an automatic Duckhunter935 Mar 2013 #27
The stupidity of the AWB in two pictures hack89 Mar 2013 #29
What makes me laugh about this argument is this... Scootaloo Mar 2013 #32
My post refers to Diane Feinstein's new and improved AWB hack89 Mar 2013 #33
It seems like a rehash of the old one Scootaloo Mar 2013 #34
I am merely pointing out that many have no clue what the proposed AWB actually does hack89 Mar 2013 #38
Also, a notion crossed my mind; maybe image DOES matter. Scootaloo Mar 2013 #39
Mass shooters appear to be patient and methodical hack89 Mar 2013 #41
I think folks who buy these guns for the menacing looks are buying into a fantasy, and are excited Hoyt Mar 2013 #51
Agreed Cedric the Clam Mar 2013 #53
This sheshe2 Mar 2013 #7
If there's a hell I hope he finds it. lpbk2713 Mar 2013 #8
Is it supposed to feel bad to K&R this post? Cracklin Charlie Mar 2013 #9
I really am starting to think we need to show the actual crime scene photos to counter gun nuts... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #10
I second that. subject Mar 2013 #11
The anti-abortionists have been doing it for decades.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #13
I'm ripping that off. Robb Mar 2013 #22
Don't need the Sandy Hook photos for that sir pball Mar 2013 #47
I think you may be right. I think they need Ilsa Mar 2013 #15
sad. k&r... spanone Mar 2013 #17
K&R ReRe Mar 2013 #18
2,675 have died in US fron guns since Newtown and counting, my God! when will we learn? Milliesmom Mar 2013 #19
And there have been like Dpm12 Mar 2013 #20
Brilliant, poignant and k&r! arthritisR_US Mar 2013 #24
Well regulated: the words often ignored AndyA Mar 2013 #28
Thank you Robb. thucythucy Mar 2013 #30
one thousand tears. JaneyVee Mar 2013 #35
Thank you for this Robb nt Progressive dog Mar 2013 #46
And the gungeoneers only wish he'd had two Bushmasters. valerief Mar 2013 #49
Rachel Maddow did a piece on this and I cried through it lunatica Mar 2013 #54
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