Breaking: Shooting at CT elementary school

[rcpratt]

This one was clearly personal IF the suspect was indeed the father of one of the students.

20 year old father? Possible, obviously...but is this "father" thing confirmed?

 

[purbeast0]

This one was clearly personal IF the suspect was indeed the father of one of the students.

still was batshit insane to go on this rampage.

 

[dank69]

20 year old father? Possible, obviously...but is this "father" thing confirmed?

No, it is not confirmed.

 

[Kyle]

sickening...

 

[bignateyk]

My little bro is 10. So not the same as my own kid, but I was SHOCKED when I found out a few months ago someone was caught bringing a gun to school in the same DISTRICT (aka not the same school, but his eventual high school).

Nothing happened but it was just a huge shocker. This... this would be unimaginable.

Man, things have changed. When I was growing up (less than 15 years ago), everybody had gun racks full of guns in their cars parked at the school.

 

[Puddle Jumper]

Any more news on there being a second shooter? Having lone psychos doing stuff like this is bad enough but the possibility of multiple people coordinating attacks like this is even more disturbing.

 

[Arkitech]

No there isn't, you have to be pretty fucked in the head to commit mass murder, especially against kids. I highly doubt they are rational to think about consequences like that.

I was referring to crime in general. There will always be idiots like the ones at that school today unfortunately.

 

[corwin]

Any more news on there being a second shooter? Having lone psychos doing stuff like this is bad enough but the possibility of multiple people coordinating attacks like this is even more disturbing.

Highly unlikely there is a second, these are usually lone crazies

 

[dank69]

Any more news on there being a second shooter? Having lone psychos doing stuff like this is bad enough but the possibility of multiple people coordinating attacks like this is even more disturbing.

Nothing confirmed but official police report was very clear that public is not in danger at this time.

 

[blackdogdeek]

According to NBC shooter was 20-year old CT man wearing all black and a possibly dark green military vest.

 

[Anubis]

Man, things have changed. When I was growing up (less than 15 years ago), everybody had gun racks full of guns in their cars parked at the school.

same, we actually had someone bring in an unloaded gun to school (HS) when i was in 8th grade. kid was expelled and whatnot, no real big stink made over it. im not even sure it made the national news

 

[Markbnj]

Highly unlikely there is a second, these are usually lone crazies

There are reports bouncing around about a second gunman being in custody. The NYPost has that in their current front page article. It's harder to believe two crazies would act together to do something this horrible, than it is to believe one person could snap.

 

[OverVolt]

According to NBC shooter was 20-year old CT man wearing all black and a possibly dark green military vest.

WTF kind of beef could he possibly have with an elementary school. Its messed up.

 

[Anubis]

WTF kind of beef could he possibly have with an elementary school. Its messed up.

molested as a student?

 

[phucheneh]

Basically, my solution is the only correct solution, and anyone that disagrees is an idiot.

Were you the 'genetic screening' guy? I just skimmed the thread, since these types of things are generally mostly mortified reactions. Rightly so.

I meant to mention that, actually- you can't do it. 'Psychopathy' and related are considered personality disorders, AFAIK. No real way to diagnose or treat them effectively. It's not the same as 'you're unusually depressed, you need some serotonin/dopamine/norepinephrine stimulation.' It's 'your brain doesn't work right. Cope or die.'

That's why I hate the blame game. The gun control stuff doesn't annoy me because I like guns and the ability to carry (or because even if I didn't, it's closing the barn door after the horse got out, traveled abroad, settled down, had a family, died of old age, and was turned into glue). It's that there must be SOMEONE or SOMETHING to blame.

Blame the person who did it. Oh wait, he's dead. Yeah, I know, not much closure there. Such is life.

 

[corwin]

There are reports bouncing around about a second gunman being in custody. The NYPost has that in their current front page article. It's harder to believe two crazies would act together to do something this horrible, than it is to believe one person could snap.

That's my thought as well, especially if there is another body in a home connected to this all, seems like one guy went nuts and took it out on some kids

 

[techs]

It doesn't get much worse than this.

 

[Tommy2000GT]

whoa 27 dead, WTF?

 

[rcpratt]

Were you the 'genetic screening' guy? I just skimmed the thread, since these types of things are generally mostly mortified reactions. Rightly so.

I meant to mention that, actually- you can't do it. 'Psychopathy' and related are considered personality disorders, AFAIK. No real way to diagnose or treat them effectively. It's not the same as 'you're unusually depressed, you need some serotonin/dopamine/norepinephrine stimulation.' It's 'your brain doesn't work right. Cope or die.'

That's why I hate the blame game. The gun control stuff doesn't annoy me because I like guns and the ability to carry (or because even if I didn't, it's closing the barn door after the horse got out, traveled abroad, settled down, had a family, died of old age, and was turned into glue). It's that there must be SOMEONE or SOMETHING to blame.

Blame the person who did it. Oh wait, he's dead. Yeah, I know, not much closure there. Such is life.

I'm not the anything guy.

Apparently he used a .223 caliber rifle.

 

[Jodell88]

Not surprised this happened to be honest.

I don't want to think about all those children's lives lost though

 

[Red Storm]

same, we actually had someone bring in an unloaded gun to school (HS) when i was in 8th grade. kid was expelled and whatnot, no real big stink made over it. im not even sure it made the national news

Different times. With things like twitter and greater spread and availability of information, you'll more often hear about the stuff that before would have never reached national attention.

Also really, really big difference between an unloaded gun discovery and a mass murder.

 

[rh71]

My heart goes out to the families affected.

this is all you can say really... nothing else makes any sense.

 

[Tweak155]

Dank69,

Appreciate the updates, but wouldn't it make sense to append them to the OP?

 

[OverVolt]

Not surprised this happened to be honest.

I don't want to think about all those children's lives lost though

They seem to come in waves. Publicity... yea

 

[Markbnj]

That's my thought as well, especially if there is another body in a home connected to this all, seems like one guy went nuts and took it out on some kids

http://connecticut.cbslocal.com/2012/12/14/school-shooting-leaves-multiple-injured/

That story now says the NJSP have found a body at the shooter's home in NJ, and that a witness is reporting a second guy wearing black and camo was apprehended in the woods nearby but was proclaiming his innocence when led past witnesses. Might be a hunter I suppose. Bad timing if so.