We’ll have live updates starting at 3 PM Eastern on the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut that has reportedly left at least 27 people dead, including over a dozen children.
As of 1:59 PM, multiple news agencies are reporting that nine adults and eighteen children were killed in an attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
UPDATED 2:17 PM: The shooter has been identified as Ryan Lanza. (The shooter was later identified as Adam Lanza, brother of Ryan Lanza.)
UPDATED 2:31 PM: CBS News is reporting the gunman killed his mother. She was a teacher at the school.
UPDATED 2:44 PM: CBS News is reporting that Ryan Lanza has no prior criminal history.
UPDATED 2:54 PM: Lots of news organizations (including Fox News, CBS News, and us, briefly) find a Ryan Lanza on Facebook with links to New Jersey and Newtown, Connecticut and link to his Facebook page. Appears to not be him.
UPDATED 3:47 PM: Lt. Paul Vance of the Connecticut State police confirms the deaths of twenty children, six adults, and the gunman.
UPDATED 4:04 PM: The New York Times and other media organizations are identifying the shooter as Adam Lanza. The shooter had been previously identified as Ryan Lanza. The two men appear to be brothers.
People we’re talking to on-air:
Colin McEnroe: Host of “The Colin McEnroe Show” on WNPR, Connecticut Public Radio
Richard Hake: News host and reporter for WNYC
Kenneth Lanning: FBI special agent
U.S. Representative Jim Himes: Congressman from Connecticut
Connie Sanders: Forensic therapist who last her stepfather in the Columbine shooting
Amardeep Kaleka: Son of a victim of the Sikh temple shooting in Oak Creek
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