Details from Sandy Hook released

Newtown Shooting

A Connecticut newspaper released some details of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary last December.  The details included some of the actions by the shooter prior to the attack, and how the shooter entered the school.

Note that the Connecticut State Police have not yet released the official report, so anything else should be treated as speculation.

School Threat Compilation 1

Since the Sandy Hook Elementary attack on 12/14/12, the media has become awash in related news stories.  Rather than make individual posts, I've created a compilation.

Hillsborough deputies 'overwhelmed' with vague school violence threats - Northwest News and Tribune

SCHOOL VIOLENCE: Teen jailed for on-line gun threat : Crime Blotter Press-Enterprise (blog)

Pinellas schools look into rumors of violence related to Mayan calendar - Tampabay.com

Jeffersonville High School student arrested over violence rumor - The Courier-Journal

Ohio boy, 11, threatened school shooting, police say - The Columbus Dispatch

Shooting rumor boosts police presence at DeLand High - Orlando Sentinel

Jeff. High School student charged after alleged school violence threat - WHAS 11

Web comments lead to arrest of Northern California man - SJ Mercury News

Police arrest students in Indiana school threats - SFGate

Hillsborough deputies 'overwhelmed' with school violence threats - Tampa Bay Online

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Ohio Teen, Devin Carey, Arrested for Alleged Facebook Threat after Conn. School Shooting

Finneytown, OH
A teenager named Devin Carey was arrested for making threats on Facebook involving the shooting in Newtown, Conn.

Carey posted on a Facebook page that he was sick of all the comments on Facebook about the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting and wanted to shoot kids himself.

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Utah Sixth-Grader Found with Gun in Class Reportedly Says Parents Encouraged Him after Connecticut Shooting

Salt Lake City, UT
A Utah sixth-grader, said he was told by his parents to bring a gun to school after the attack at Sandy Hook Elementary, was caught by teachers with an unloaded .22-caliber handgun.

The student, described as an 11-year-old boy, reportedly pulled the gun from his backpack during recess Monday at West Kearns Elementary School, located in a suburb of Salt Lake City.

A fellow sixth-grader said the boy pointed the gun at her head and said he was going to kill her.

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Connecticut School Shooting: Survivor Says Gunman Shouted 'Let Me In'

Newtown, CT
A young student of Sandy Hook Elementary is interviewed in the aftermath of the attack there.
 
Upon hearing the first shots fired, music teacher Maryrose Kristopik got her class into a closet and locked the door.

The gunman Adam Lanza banged on the door of her locked classroom shouting "Let me in, let me in!".

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School Violence Rumors Prompt Response from West Plains School District

West Plains, KY
A threat of violence in a West Plains school has prompted the superintendent to send a letter to parents.

The rumors concern events that might occur on December 21.  The attack at Sandy Hook Elementary, as well as social media has spurred these rumors.

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UNH Prof. Reassures Parents: School Violence is Declining

Durham, NH
University of New Hampshire professor David Finkelhor has been studying national school violence for the past 25 years.

He said the news that the Sandy Hook Elementary attack in Newtown, Conn., is deeply disturbing, but it is not an indication that schools are unsafe.

He went on to say, "It's a very rare and unusual and extreme event. It is not a sign that kids are at risk or that society is becoming more dangerous for kids,"  In fact, Dr. Finkelhor went on to say that on a whole, trends in school violence have been coming down.

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