(CNN) — Here’s a look at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newtown, Connecticut. On December 14, 2012, six adults and 20 children were shot dead by Adam Lanza, who had previously killed his mother, Nancy Lanza, in their home.
The Sandy Hook Attacker
Date of birth: April 22, 1992
Date of death: December 14, 2012
Place of birth: Kingston, New Hampshire
Birth name: Adam Lanza
Dad: Peter Lanza, accountant
Mother: Nancy (Champion) Lanza
Lanza’s parents divorced in September 2009.
A 2014 report from the Connecticut Office of the Children’s Ombudsman described Lanza as a young man with deteriorating mental health who was fascinated by mass shootings.
The weapons found at the scene were legally purchased by Nancy Lanza.
Lanza used a Bushmaster model XM15-E2S rifle during the firefight. Three weapons were found next to his body; the 223 caliber semi-automatic rifle manufactured by Bushmaster and two pistols. An Izhmash Saiga-12 semi-automatic shotgun, 12 gauge, was found in his car.
A woman walk. for a tribute to the victims of the Sandy Hook School Shooting. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)
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Timeline of the Sandy Hook shooting
December 14, 2012 – At an unknown time, 20-year-old Adam Lanza kills his 52-year-old mother Nancy with a .22-caliber Savage Mark II rifle. Lanza then drives his mother’s car to Sandy Hook Elementary School, about 5 miles away.
At approximately 9:30 am – Lanza arrives at Sandy Hook School, which had about 700 students. The director, Dawn Hochsprung, had installed a new security system that required all visitors to ring the bell at the main entrance to enter. Lanza fights his way by shooting at the entrance and enters the school
Hochsprung and school psychologist Mary Sherlach step out into the hall to see what’s going on, and are followed by Assistant Principal Natalie Hammond.
Hochsprung and Sherlach die and Hammond is injured.
The first 911 calls to the police are made at approximately 9:30 am Police and first responders arrive approximately five minutes later.
Lanza walks into substitute teacher Lauren Rousseau’s classroom. Lanza kills 14 children, as well as Rousseau and an assistant teacher.
Then he enters the classroom of the teacher Victoria Soto. Kill six children in the room, as well as Soto and an assistant teacher. Lanza commits suicide in that same classroom, ending the massacre that lasted less than 11 minutes.
At approximately 3:15 pm, President Barack Obama, visibly shaken, delivers a televised address: “We will have to unite and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of politics.” Order flags to be flown at half mast at the White House and other federal buildings.
December 15, 2012 – Connecticut State Police released the names of the victims: six adult women, 12 girls and eight boys, all ages six and seven.
December 16, 2012 – Obama visits the families of the victims. He also attends an interfaith vigil. “We can no longer tolerate this,” he says. “These tragedies must end, and to end them we must change.”
December 17, 2012 – Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy announces a statewide minute of silence on December 21. It also requests that the bells be rung 26 times in memory of the victims.
December 18, 2012 – Newtown Superintendent of Schools Janet Robinson announces that Sandy Hook students will not return to school until January. At that time, they will be taught at a middle school.
January 8, 2013 – Malloy announces the names of individuals who will serve on the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission to review current policy and make recommendations on public safety, mental health, and violence prevention policies.
March 2013 – A new police report reveals that Lanza owned a list of 500 of the world’s most notorious mass murderers and was trying to rack up the most murders in history.
November 25, 2013 – Connecticut state officials released a report closing the investigation into the shooting and confirming that Lanza had no help and was the only attacker.
December 4, 2013 – Audio recordings of Sandy Hook Elementary School 911 calls posted.
December 27, 2013 – The final report on the investigation of the shooting is published.
November 21, 2014 – The Connecticut Office of the Ombudsman for Children, as directed by the State Child Death Review Panel, publishes a report outlining Lanza’s educational and developmental history. The report notes “missed opportunities” from Lanza’s mother, the school district and multiple health care providers. Identify “warning signs, red flags, or other lessons” that could be learned.
December 15, 2014 – The families of nine murdered children, along with a teacher who survived the attack, file a wrongful death lawsuit against the manufacturers and distributors of the Bushmaster rifle, as well as the retail store and dealer who sold the firearm used in the shooting. .
March 6, 2015 – Sandy Hook Advisory Commission Final Report Released.
December 17, 2015 – In a final settlement, 16 plaintiffs will participate in a $ 1.5 million settlement against Nancy Lanza’s estate. The plaintiffs come from eight separate lawsuits filed in early 2015.
April 14, 2016 – A higher court judge rules that the wrongful death lawsuit against the gun manufacturers can continue. The judge denies a motion to dismiss the case on the grounds that firearms companies have limited liability when their products are used by criminals, under a federal law passed in 2005.
October 14, 2016 – Connecticut Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis dismisses a lawsuit that the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting had filed against a gun manufacturer, invoking a federal statute known as PLCAA. Protection of the Legal Trade in Arms. The law prohibits lawsuits against gun manufacturers and dealers if their firearms were used in a criminal act.
November 15, 2016 – The Sandy Hook families file an appeal, asking the Connecticut Supreme Court to consider their case against the gun manufacturer.
March 14, 2019 – The Connecticut Supreme Court rules that the families of the Sandy Hook victims can go ahead with their lawsuit against Remington, which makes the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle used in the shooting.
April 5, 2019 – Remington files an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the superior court to rule on the state’s interpretation of a federal statute granting gun manufacturers immunity from any lawsuit related to injuries resulting from the criminal misuse of your product.
November 12, 2019 – the US Supreme Court refuses to accept Remington’s appeal.
July 27, 2021 – Remington offers nearly $ 33 million to nine families of victims killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in a proposed lawsuit settlement.
November 15, 2021 – Families suing InfoWars founder Alex Jones win a case against them after a judge rules that Jones and the entities he owns are liable by default in the defamation case against them. Connecticut Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis cites the defendants’ “willful failure” of the discovery process as her main reasoning behind the ruling. The case stems from earlier claims that the 2012 mass shooting took place. Jones has since acknowledged that the shooting was real.
Sandy Hook Elementary School Victims
Allison Wyatt, age 6
Ana Márquez-Greene, 6 years old
Anne Marie Murphy, 52 (maestra)
Avielle Richman, 6 years old
Benjamin Wheeler, 6 years old
Caroline Previdi, 6 years old
Catherine Hubbard, 6 years old
Charlotte Bacon, 6 years old
Chase Kowalski, age 7
Daniel Barden, 7 years old
Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung, 47 dDirectora)
Dylan Hockley, 6 years old
Emilie Parker, 6 years old
Grace McDonnell, age 7
Jack Pinto, 6 years old
James Mattioli, 6 years old
Jesse Lewis, 6 years old
Jessica Rekos, 6 years old
Josephine Gay, 7
Lauren Rousseau, 30 (maestra)
Madeleine Hsu, 6 years old
Mary Sherlach, 56 (psicóloga)
Noah Pozner, 6 years old
Olivia Engel, 6 years old
Rachel D’Avino, 29, (terapeuta)
Victoria Soto, 27 (teacher)
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