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A shooting at a Connecticut elementary school Friday left 27 people dead, including 18 children, an official said.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was still under way. Another official, speaking on condition of anonymity for the same reason, said the gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown was killed and apparently had two guns.

Stephen Delgiadice said his 8-year-old daughter heard two big bangs and teachers told her to get in a corner. His daughter was fine.

"It's alarming, especially in Newtown, Connecticut, which we always thought was the safest place in America," he said.

The superintendent's office said the district had locked down schools in Newtown, about 60 miles northeast of New York City. Schools in neighbouring towns also were locked down as a precaution.

A dispatcher at the Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps said a teacher had been shot in the foot and taken to Danbury Hospital. Andrea Rynn, a spokeswoman at the hospital, said it had three patients from the school but she did not have information on the extent or nature of their injuries.

State police said Newtown police called them around 9:40 a.m. A SWAT team was among the throngs of police to respond.

A photo posted by The Newtown Bee newspaper showed a group of young students - some crying, others looking visibly frightened - being escorted by adults through a parking lot in a line, hands on each other's shoulders.

Mergim Bajraliu, 17, heard the gunshots echo from his home and raced to check on his 9-year-old sister at the school. He said his sister, who was fine, heard a scream come over the intercom at one point. He said teachers were shaking and crying as they came out of the building.

"Everyone was just traumatized," he said.

The White House said President Barack Obama was notified of the shooting.

steelrules wrote:In Reply to Libelle

This link is inproper storage and carry, even this father knows that you never carry a gun with a chambered round.
I'm pretty sure this father will have to live with his stupid mistake the rest of his life.
This is a stupid accident and would have been avoided by proper carry, following the rules.

steelrules wrote:In reply to Goatboy.

Unless you can show me some proof your just making that up, in fact! all but one of these mass shootings in the US have taken place either in States that don't allow carry or in a place like the theater in Colorado where it's posted "guns are not allowed in the building".

Captain Awesome wrote:Killing children? That's just sick.

steelrules wrote:In reply to Goatboy.

Unless you can show me some proof your just making that up, in fact! all but one of these mass shootings in the US have taken place either in States that don't allow carry or in a place like the theater in Colorado where it's posted "guns are not allowed in the building".

steelrules wrote:Westbankkid,

You choose to insult instead of bringing a meaningfull argument, your not really worth my time.

But I will tell you this much, I live buy the laws of this country, my guns are locked in a safe & triger locked at all times, my ammo is kept in a seperat locked steel cabinet, and I have security cameras on my house.

Above and beyond what is required by law in Canada, I am what is known as a responsable safe gun owner.

goatboy wrote:Well, I think the proof must be in the fact that these type of shootings happen more frequently in the US than other 1st world countries.