Breaking News: Sandy Hook Shooting Victim’s Names Released
Posted: December 15, 2012 Filed under: Breaking News | Tags: Newtown CT, Sandy Hook Shooting 58 Comments »
Here are the name and ages of the murdered children and adults in Newtown, CT.**
Connecticut School Shooting: Complete List of Victims’ Names – ABC News
Charlotte Bacon, 6
Daniel Barden, 7
Rachel Davino, 29
Olivia Engel, 6
Josephine Gay, 7
Ana Marquez-Greene, 6
Dylan Hockley, 6
Dawn Hocksprung, 47
Madeline Hsu, 6
Catherine Hubbard, 6
Chase Kowalski, 7
Jesse Lewis, 6
James Mattioli, 6
Grace McDonnell, 7
Anne Marie Murphy, 52
Emilie Parker, 6
Jack Pinto, 6
Noah Pozner, 6
Caroline Previdi, 6
Jessica Rekos, 6
Avielle Richman, 6
Lauren Russeau, 30
Mary Sherlach, 56
Victoria Soto, 27
Benjamin Wheeler, 6
Allison Wyatt, 6
Click image to see photos related to the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary
There is also news that Adam Lanza used a rifle to kill these kids: Newtown victims all shot multiple times with rifle, chief medical officer says – U.S. News NBC News
Dr. Wayne Carver said autopsies on the 20 slain children had been completed and post-mortems on the six murdered staff members would be done by day’s end. The names of the victims were handed to reporters live at the news conference.
“Everybody’s death was caused by gunshot wounds and obviously the manner of death on all these cases have been classified as homicide,” Carver said.
He said the primary weapon was a rifle.
He said that he personally performed seven autopsies and those children had between three and 11 wounds each. Two of them were shot at close range, the others at a distance.
“This is a very devastating set of injuries,” Carver said. “I believe everyone was hit more than once.”
Asked whether the victims suffered, he replied, “Not for very long.”
LIVE UPDATES: Newtown, Conn., School Shooting – ABC News
Additional updates here: Live Updates On School Shooting – NYTimes.com
**This post has been updated to include the following: A glimpse of victims of the Conn. school shooting – Watertown Daily Times Online : National
Most died at the very start of their young lives, tiny victims taken in a way not fit no matter one’s age. Others found their life’s work in sheltering these little ones, teaching them, caring for them, treating them as their own. After the gunfire ended Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the trail of loss was more than many could bear: 20 children and six adults at the school, the gunman’s mother at home, and the gunman himself.
A glimpse of some of those who died…
See this link to read a few personal stories about the victims.
Gallery: Newtown school shooting victims – Photo Gallery | Global News
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I’m not sure what the point is of releasing these names, but the effect is devastating to me.
To know that individual kids will never have a chance to live their lives… That’s all.
It makes the human tragedy more real to me….
It’s just hard to accept in a real way. Should never happen.
I think for too long the victims have been ignored, and the names, ages helps us to see they were alive, living, human beings that didn’t deserve this horrific violence against them, causing their deaths.
Some of the photos of the little ones just break your heart.
For those people who knew individuals and have been out of touch e.g. college friends (for the older victims) or old friends who have lost touch with the parents, it may be of benefit. One other thing, it gives an identity to the victims – 27 dead is horrific but anonymous; 27 dead with names is another thing entirely – much more personal and puts human faces to the cold statistics.
Exactly, HT – they have a name. They were real. They are more than statistics.
Delphyne, here are some personal stories of the victims, from a Watertown paper: A glimpse of victims of the Conn. school shooting – Watertown Daily Times Online : National: I will update the post to include this link, but it is heartbreaking!
A small massacre from today in Alabama.
Gunman dead, 3 injured in Alabama hospital shooting
Reading the names of those children is hard to do without crying.
Did you see the story from Oklahoma? The same day as Connecticut gun rampage, Oklahoma student was caught plotting mass shooting: police – NY Daily News
Wow, that reads like he was planning a terrorist act to me. Kill a bunch of classmates and then blow up bombs when the police arrive. He may never get out of prison.
Sure glad they caught him in time.
They’re just babies. Beyond heartbreaking. Do you remember how small your little body was at that time?
3 to 11 bullets smashing into those little bodies. And politicians and NRA and gun control freaks think it is too early to discuss gun control? They are cruel beyond measure.
It is horrible, and when they release the pictures of these victims, it will be another shock to see their faces.
Delphyne my nightmare when my two were that small was of having them taken by paedophiles, and when I say nightmare, I really mean it – used to wake up in the night in a cold sweat. I’m glad that I didn’t have to contend with random shooters – I would never have let them out of the house and never have gotten any sleep. How any man or woman who have ever had children could continue to ignore the reality of gun violence, provide excuses for more guns and totally ignore the situation so they can keep their semi automatics and advocate against responsible gun controls is beyond my comprehension. Dante needs a new circle of hell.
Every time I see kids walking to school and you see the fall’s class of kindergartners you have to think about how absolutely small and fragile they look.
I know, they are babies.
That article up top says that the coroners office used photos of the faces only to have the parents identify the bodies…imagine it.
USA has pictures up if you can handle it
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/15/victims-connecticut-school-shooting/1771765/?sf7909235=1
Front page of the UK Independent … 27 year old teacher dies protecting her first graders
http://www.businessinsider.com/victoria-soto-hero-of-sandy-hook-2012-12
To that advocate for the assault weapons, I would ask to what purpose. In what function can they legaly used. When I was young in mid Wisconsin, a lot of people went hunting. As I remember it, one did not volunteer needing more than one shell per animal. You might not be a good shot. Assault weapons spray area’s to kill. How is that sport
We have a concealed weapon law here in Michigan. Right now a bill is sitting on the governors desk to expand it to allow carrying concealed weapons in churches and schools. It is going to be interesting to see if he signs it. I wonder if a concealed weapon is legally allowed in my house with out telling me. Does one have to post “no concealed weapons”
Oh by the way Michigan emptied the mental instutions and dumped the people in the streat.In so many ways this country is going insane.
This Reader Email is from a guy that grew up in a gun and hunting family that describes how he thinks we’ve gone from a gun culture to a gun fetish culture
and Bobby Jindal is the king of dumping sick people in the street … he’s been doing for at least 2 decades now.
Wow.
That’s a great email.
Yeah. Noticed you posted on FB. I read it late last night and it made a lot of sense to me. Growing up in Nebraska, Iowa and Oklahoma I was always in the middle of the gun/hunting culture but I don’t remember guns being treated like sports cars where you had to buy more than you could ever handle or use.
Fuck yeah! Indeed they have.
I love the use of the word, “fetish” in this context. I’m going to use it over and over again. They are not gun nuts, they are gun fetishists. Love it.
Yeah I coined that term about a year ago. I think it’s apt. It’s like men and their damned cars. They have more car then they can handle and that they could possibly drive legally, but hey … there it is in the drive way.
My grandfather hunted regularly, but I never saw any guns in his house. He must have kept them locked up and out of sight.
It is time to talk about GUN REFORM! No more massacres of innocents.
Thank you for that link WV.
Thanks for posting this, as I think it is time, to really start calling our representatives and saying we need Gun Reform once and for all. We need our sense of safety back, at school, at the movies, or while at an event.
Have a look at the graphs and post them, so people can see how the gun lobby in the US lies to us, how Gun Reform does have a direct cause of no more massacres. We can’t go on having six and seven year-olds killed…they are the little ones that need our care/protection.
I’ve added a link to some photographs of the victims to the post up top. I also want to post these links too:
UPDATE: CT State Medical Examiner Says Bushmaster Rifle Did The Killing | Crooks and Liars
And this:
Quote of the day | Suburban Guerrilla
Larry Pratt is what makes these situations impossible, they try to blame people that aren’t into guns, rather than asking if people need to get of 100 bullets in less than 2-3minutes. So, he thinks the principle should be carrying a weapon like in the Wild West?
So, who was at fault when recently a man putting his gun away in the glove compartment shot his son by accident while trying to sell the gun? Would a gun have stopped that? How about the countless people that shoot themselves or others by accident…would a gun have stopped that?
Children at School Were All Shot Multiple Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/16/nyregion/gunman-kills-20-children-at-school-in-connecticut-28-dead-in-all.html?hp&_r=2&pagewanted=all&
There’s a haunting picture of the shooter there that’s more current. Plus coverage of the presser given by Emilie Parker’s dad.
Horrible, haunting, difficult to read.
Emilie’s dad – I can’t express how I admire his courage in talking about it so soon. I’m in tears – again.
Holy shit, the shooter’s uncle was a cop, and sheriff deputy, his grandmother was a school nurse!!!!!!!!
Just heard it on CNN, Wolf Blitzer.
I can’t even look at the list of names without welling up. How can anyone logically argue that this would happen with gun control?
This is a sad story, I hope something good comes from it.
Best wishes to all.
Here is the case detail for the Lanza divorce, Case Detail – FST-FA08-4015364-S
The represented themselves and looks like it was quick and not involved.
Divorce did not create this. I’m divorced as are multiple millions of people with children. Single parenthood didn’t create this either – I’m a single parent as are millions of other people. My apologies, but I’m tired of all the lame excuses to try to gloss over the real problems of these situations. It’s a bait and switch technique – old hands at marketing (such as myself) recognize them immediately. What caused this is what happened in this individual’s life, which is yet to be explored. It should not be expanded superficially to include everyone who grew up in similar conditions – divorce, single parenthood etc. If he indeed had untreated mental health problems, no surprise – there is a problem with health care and specifically how it deals with mental health issues. If it turns out he had a brain tumor like the Tower shooter, again it’s health care. If it involves abuse, then it’s within the family and the lack of services to deal with that.
Apologies JJ – I got carried away. I can only blame my lack of control on my emotions at this moment. How many more babies do we have to lose before the world takes a very honest, introspective look at why, how and how can it be changed.
{{{{{HT}}}}} You nailed it, HT.
Oh I know, I posted it just as a link, it looks like there was no issues with the divorce…and that it was handled without lots of court involvement. i.e. guardian ad litems and child services and such.
JJ, I wasn’t pointing my diatribe at you – never. I know why you posted it. Put it down to emotional fury at the world please. You are blameless, and I know why you posted it. After reading Huckabee and Fischer’s assholeryness I just lost my cool. Trust me, I feel for you and your experience.
To explain my reaction – once upon a time a long time ago I had a friend who was tied up, hung and then bundled into a trunk, driven around for days. It left a lasting impression on me, because the perpetrator’s family, after he had finally killed himself, wanted him buried next to my friend because they were soulmates and that it wasn’t his fault – he was driven crazy because she had divorced him. She divorced him and had a protection order against him because he was a crazy violent man and she was afraid for her life. Every time I see that crap about divorce, my short fuse ignites.
I apologize if my comment caused you further distress. It wasn’t addressed to you, but to the article to which you linked.
Errol Louis @errollouis
Huckabee Tries To Walk Back Comments On God And School Shootings http://mm4a.org/VHI0VY
Guess he’s afraid it’s going to hurt his ability shill his gawdliness for bux.
I know babe! Hey, my daughter is putting together ribbons for her fellow students to wear on Monday, in honor of the victims. I heard that yellow and blue were the colors but now that I double checked, the colors of the elementary school was green and white. I wonder if anyone had heard about this?
Whatever happened to good old fashioned black arm bands?
I know, but at least they are doing something to remember the victims.
no … just a rhetorical question. I think that since they started mass marketing ribbons that a lot got lost in translation
No kidding divorce didn’t create this. My kids are children of divorce and both of them are just fine and I couldn’t be more proud of them. My oldest daughter delivers babies every single day of her life these days. My youngest is basically working as a stock broker. There are lots of children of divorce that don’t go shooting up the country just like there are a lot of emotionally and mentally ill people that don’t go shooting up the country.
I do know that if I had a child with a personality disorder and a developmental disorder I certainly would not teach him how to shoot and I would not leave an arsenal of assault rifles and guns lying around the house. Of course, I wouldn’t even own a gun let alone have any of them in the house. Can’t the damned press make some distinctions here about some single moms for pete’s sake???
Dak, single moms and children of divorce are the targets, and gosh forbid the media look for any other rationale because the hedonistic leaders of the fundimentalists have learned from experience that they are easy targets. Your children grew up to realize their own strength. My children (who are unequivocably termed Bastards by such as Huckabee and Fischer) are following their own ambitions and are doing very well. Not one of our children have indicated a desire to kill other people, which is rather funny, seeing as my son is one of those devil inspired heavy metal musicians (btw he’s one of the kindest people that I know and I’m very proud of him although I hate his music). My daughter is a chef, with a degree in science – go figure.
Had a madman come into a school and murdered my child, I would not have understood how anyone could have done such a thing so for the media to whip up stories to support their own partisan position is distasteful to the extreme.
My cousin posted this about Victoria Soto on FB along with a picture of her. I don’t know how to embed the picture but here’s the text.
This is Victoria Soto, and although I didn’t know her, she is my hero. I don’t know too much about her, but I know a lot of people who do know her and she’s amazing. Victoria was a Stratford high graduate and only 27. She was killed today after she hid her first graders in closets and cabinets and told the shooter they were in the gym. He killed her and not one of her children were harmed. I have never been more proud to be from Stratford or to be a teacher. God bless Victoria, her family and friends, and all of those who were involved today in anyway. Victoria is a true hero.
I think that is the worst of this whole tragedy. We lost the best of humanity – those innocents who were or who could have been builders of the next generation, and those who potentially were the future. How many of those children would have gone on to do great things for humanity? A cure for disease, a new way of exploring space, a way of disposing of toxic waste, the next great humanist, the next Jane Goodall, the next Jane Jacobs, the next Amelia Earhart etc? What we have lost can never be measured.
President Obama will travel to Newtown, Connecticut on Sunday night to meet with the families of the victims of an elementary school shooting spree, the White House announced on Saturday. The president will also speak at an interfaith vigil scheduled for 7PM ET.
My husband told me today, that he survived September 11th, and now in Newtown… the town we lived in during the worst attack on US soil…is the second worst mass killing at a school. Seeing more of the pictures of these victims is just too much to bear.
Hey JJ it’s brutal and you lived there so it hits home more than most. I don’t know what to say to alleviate your intense grief, so will just tell you that we all feel overwhelmed by this. We don’t have the personal connection that you have, so our emotions cannot mirror yours. However we need you JJ. Take the time to grieve and heal and give attention to all those that you know in this poor benighted town. Then come back full force.
Let it be so – Jean Luc Picard.
Fuckin’ a, another one…at least no one was hurt: Calif. Mall on Lockdown After Shots Were Fired – ABC News
When will it stop? When will it end?
Somehow, reading the names and ages of the victims hit me harder than a lot of the other news I’ve read on this story. It’s so sad that so many died, but especially those that were so very, very young. The sadness leaves me speechless.