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School shootings are always tragic, but it's not until you become a parent that they take on a whole new level of horror...

@mrbee: I read in one article that the shooter was the father of a student?

Did anyone else hear that.

I wish LO was here with me right now.

What a horrible tragedy! I can't even imagine what those parents are going through...

Listening to a CNN editor's recount of an interview with a parent who was in a meeting at the time of the shooting.... they heard gunshots, 3 people left the meeting to check what was going on, and only one person came back. When they evacuated the room they had to step over the two dead bodies in the hall.

She also said she heard at least 100 rounds. That's a lot of bullets. I cannot believe this is happening.

@jedeve: Yeah, I just read 2 shooters, one had at least 4 weapons on him. One is dead, they are hunting for the other.

This is so awful. After 9/11, our district added "intruder" drills to our regular fire/tornado drills. We did them every month. They were meant to prepare us in the event of a terrorist attack, a school shooting, etc.

My heart goes out for those families.

They've found another body in the shooter's home. Spouse? Parent? Who??

@jedeve: i have no idea!

has anyone heard what the relation to the school might be? i keep hearing that one shooter was a 20yr old with ties to the school, but at 20 you couldn't have a child old enough to go to school there & you'd think if they were after a person that worked there they wouldn't go after children too, so what could a 20 yr old want to accomplish by doing this? i know there will be no real answer because there couldn't possibly be a good reason for this, i am still so stunned & horrified.

I read a tweet that claimed CBS reported that they were killed execution style. I can't even type that without crying.

@mrs. bird: I read somewhere less than reliable (Twitter, maybe) that he was a father at the school and had had a confrontation with the principal. I also read that the principal and school psychologist were the first ones shot. At 20, you could have been a teen parent and have a kindergartner.

It's just so awful. The oldest kids at that school are barely 10. They are all just babies.

http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/1-look-this-is-the-gun-the-connecticut-elementary-school-shooter-used/news/2012/12/14/56341

Apparently this is the type of gun he used. I think they're meant to shoot deer? The more I read about this tragedy, the more sick I get.

Here's where you can listen to a live feed of what's going on if you're at work or something
WTIC Newstalk Connecticut

http://betaplayer.radio.com/player/1080-wtic-newstalk

Now reports are saying it's the shooter's parent's dead body in the home.

there are no words... I pray for those families and those precious, precious children. my kids are with me today and I'm not turning on the news... just too sad.

@prettylizy: I understand police needing to talk to the kids. It's shitty but I understand that importance. But any effing reporter asking a child to talk about this on camera should be fired. On the spot.

18 little babies, so sick. I'm hearing he's actually 24, so could be a dad

ETA: nevermind, his mom worked at the school, and was one of the victims

OMG CNN is saying closer to 30 have been killed.

The news was covering this while I was eating my lunch in the breakroom. I just started bawling. I can't believe that all of those children were killed. Completely innocent! Who can do that????!?

OMG - the poor families!! I'm heartbroken for them, and I know my pain doesn't even come close to what they're going through. This is just horrible

I have no words at all. I'm just cant even think about it. You send your child to school and someone shoots and kills them while they are in school... WHY?
They probably already have xmas gifts all wrapped up that will now remain unopened... I just cant even think about it

@dc yoga bee: Yeah its very difficult to imagine how the parents will cope with this terrible news. I just cant even imagine it without tearing up.