Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Police at the scene of the shooting
Location	Sandy Hook Elementary School Newtown, Connecticut, U.S.
Coordinates	41°25′12″N 73°16′43″W / 41.42000°N 73.27861°W / 41.42000; -73.27861
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
Weapons	Bushmaster XM15-E2S rifle Glock 20SF handgun
Deaths	28 (27 at the school including the perpetrator, and the perpetrator's mother at home)
Injured	2
Perpetrator	Adam Lanza[1]
Motive	Unknown[2][3]

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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2. ↑ Winter, Tom; Riordan Seville, Lisa (25 November 2013). "Newtown report: Shooter Adam Lanza had no clear motive, was obsessed with Columbine". NBC News. Archived from the original on October 24, 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
3. ↑ Richinick, Michele (25 November 2013). "'No conclusive motive' in Newtown shootings, report says". MSNBC. Archived from the original on May 29, 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
4. ↑ Barron, James (December 14, 2012). "Nation Reels After Gunman Massacres 20 Children at School in Connecticut". New York Times. Retrieved December 17, 2012.