Connecticut school district on lockdown after shooting report at a Newtown elemen #11

[Darkman00]

Sandy Hook victim's mother calls for Pennsylvania gun law

By Express-Times staff and wire
on July 17, 2013 at 7:33 PM, updated July 17, 2013 at 8:17 PM

A woman with Lehigh Valley ties whose son was among the victims of a mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school urged Pennsylvania lawmakers today to change state law so that private sales of rifles would require background checks.

Francine Lobis Wheeler, whose son, Ben, was among 20 first-graders killed in December at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, said at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the background check system that the checks prevent felons and dangerously mentally ill people from buying guns.

Francine Lobis Wheeler, today in Harrisburg, holds a photo of her 6-year-old son, Ben, who was among 20 students killed in December at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. She testified earlier at a Pennsylvania House of Representatives committee hearing, urging lawmakers to change a state law that allows private sales of rifles to be conducted without background checks. AP Photo​

Read more: http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/breaking-news/index.ssf/2013/07/sandy_hook_victims_mother_call.html

 

[Darkman00]

Newtown shooting victim’s mom, NRA argue for and against background checks in Pa.

By Brad Bumsted

Published: Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 1:03 p.m.
Updated 16 hours ago

HARRISBURG — The mother of a first-grader killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., told state lawmakers on Wednesday that expanding background checks on gun purchases won't eliminate gun crimes but would save lives.

A supporter of gun owners' rights maintained state background checks are ineffective, errors often happen, and the state doesn't need to conduct background checks because a federal system checks criminal records of potential gun purchasers.

Kim Stolfer of McDonald, chairman of Firearms Owners Against Crime, said background checks don't work. A bigger problem is judges turning people loose like they'd hit a winning number on a lottery ticket, he said.

Francine Lobus Wheeler, a Pennsylvania native who moved to Connecticut, urged members of the House Judiciary Committee to close the loophole that allows private sales of long guns, such as a rifle or shotgun, without background checks.

Still, doing so wouldn't have saved her son Ben, she said...

Read more: http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/4376351-74/background-checks-gun
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[Darkman00]

Remaining Newtown Funds To Be Spent According To Donors' Intentions: Senators​

By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN 07/19/13 04:22 PM ET EDT

Senators are calling for an audit of the more than $11 million contributed after the Newtown shooting to determine donors' intentions.​

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Connecticut's U.S. senators called Friday for an independent audit of more than $11 million in donations received in response to the Newtown school shooting to determine what donors wanted done with the money.​

The Newtown-Sandy Hook Community Foundation released a plan this week to give $7.7 million to the families and survivors and to have committees decide on uses for the rest of the money. A spokesman said decisions on how to spend the money were based on donor intent and the foundation tried to balance short-term and long-term needs.​

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/19/newtown-donations-audit_n_3624984.html?utm_hp_ref=impact​

 

[Darkman00]

Newtown High Schoolers Arrive To Help Oklahoma Tornado Victims​

Posted: Jul 21, 2013 5:26 PM CDT
Updated: Jul 21, 2013 7:15 PM CDT

By Deanne Stein, News 9 - bio​

Before they started the week, the Newtown teens visited the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum.​

OKLAHOMA CITY -​

Teenagers who are no stranger to tragedy themselves are in Oklahoma this week as the recovery efforts continue from the May tornadoes.

Twenty four people, mostly teenagers, arrived in Oklahoma on Sunday with heavy hearts and open arms. They are part of work camp, here to help tornado victims.​

"We think there is healing and helping to go both ways," said Rick Haylon, a chaperone for the group.​

Haylon's group is from Newtown, Connecticut, a community that endured great tragedy on December 14, when gunman Adam Lanza opened fire inside Sandy Hook Elementary, killing 20 children and six teachers and staff members. Lanza killed his mother prior the shootings and then took his own life after.​

"Kids are still struggling," said Haylon. "Some kids are still having nightmares, some aren't sleeping well, some grades dropped in the second semester and that's elementary all the way to high school students."​

Read more: http://www.news9.com/global/story.asp?s=22896206
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[Darkman00]

Newtown police chief shares Sandy Hook experience at Wilmington conference

Submitted by Cacky Catlett on Wed, 07/24/2013 - 2:43pm

http://www.wwaytv3.com/2013/07/24/n...s-sandy-hook-experience-wilmington-conference

 

[Darkman00]

Newtown OKs spending to begin work toward new elementary school

By Michael Muskal

12:25 p.m. CDT, July 25, 2013

Residents of Newtown, Conn., have approved spending $750,000 as a first step toward building a new elementary school to replace the one that was the scene of one of the nation’s worst gun attacks on children.

At a town meeting on Wednesday night, about 200 people approved spending the state funds on preparatory work toward building the new school on land where the former Sandy Hook Elementary School sits, abandoned since the massacre on Dec. 14. The town meeting lasted about seven minutes, and no one spoke against spending the money, according to the News-Times of Danbury.

"This is a very positive statement to the avenue we are proceeding down," said Selectman James Gaston, according to the newspaper.

Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...ok-elementary-school-20130725,0,3330567.story

 

[Darkman00]

After massacre, Connecticut town to design new Sandy Hook school

Students sit behind a quote by slain Sandy Hook Elementary School principal Dawn Hochsprung, displayed on the window of a school bus, as it approaches a stop near the original site of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut June 14, 2013. / Credit: Reuters/Adrees Latif

By Richard Weizel

MILFORD, Connecticut | Thu Jul 25, 2013 6:27pm EDT

(Reuters) - Newtown, Connecticut took another step this week toward replacing the Sandy Hook Elementary School, where a gunman in December killed 26 people including 20 young children, the town's top elected official said on Thursday.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/25/us-usa-shooting-newtown-idUSBRE96O1GT20130725​

 

[Darkman00]

Newtown Gets Funding For New Sandy Hook Elementary

http://on.aol.com/video/newtown-gets-funding-for-new-sandy-hook-elementary-517870752

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[nao]

i do not agree with the new school, it will still be built on blood, the stories will still be told, like the old castles of europe, you accept and respect it jmo

 

[Darkman00]

Ben Ferguson schools Piers: You stop Adam Lanza by pointing a gun at his head & pulling the trigger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYN3IyXGLPk

Published on Jul 30, 2013

"Piers Morgan had a some wacky teacher on his show and radio talk show host Ben Ferguson on his show to talk about the arming of teachers in Arkansas. At one point Piers asked a question about how a teacher would stop an Adam Lanza. Ferguson said very simply you raise the gun, point it at the shooter's head and pull the trigger."

 

[Darkman00]

Dannel Malloy Tours Newtown Businesses Affected By Shooting

By STEPHEN SINGER 07/31/13 03:53 PM ET EDT

NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Months after 20 children and six educators were fatally shot in a Newtown elementary school, some local business owners said Wednesday that a financial downturn that began with road closings and an emotional pall over the town persists.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy visited downtown businesses to show support and learn how a $500,000 state grant intended to help local stores and restaurants is working.

"It's impressive," he told reporters after a one-hour tour. "People are very positive."

But Andy Lafreniere, who owns Suzuki Music School, told the governor that business is not good.

"We'd like people not to be afraid of Sandy Hook," he said, referring to the section in Newtown where the children and adults were killed by a gunman on Dec. 14. "There's just an aura about the place. Combined with the recession, we think people are avoiding Newtown."

First Selectwoman Patricia Llodra, whose job description even in normal times includes selling her town to employers and tourists, rejected Lafreniere's view of the local economy. She said the weak economic recovery is to blame.

"I think he's off-base totally," she said. "It's off everywhere. It's struggling everywhere."

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/31/dannel-malloy-newtown_n_3684656.html

 

[iSleuth]

I am not sure this has been posted yet. Very interesting. Finally maybe we will get some information.

http://www.courant.com/news/connect...-online-posts-20130630,0,1646302.story?page=1

 

[iSleuth]

http://articles.courant.com/2013-06...629_1_nancy-lanza-adam-lanza-danbury-hospital

 

[Darkman00]

Adam Lanza's Father, Peter, Selling Connecticut Home After Newtown School Shooting

08/05/13 11:02 PM ET EDT

Adam Lanza is pictured in this undated
image from 2005 in Newtown, Connecticut.

STAMFORD, Conn. — The father of Newtown elementary school shooter Adam Lanza is selling his home in Stamford.

The Stamford Advocate reports (bit.ly/1cs8vvz) that Peter Lanza's house in the city's well-to-do Westover section has an asking price of $710,000.

Listing agency Halstead Properties describes the home as a 2,375-square-foot ranch cape on 1.04 acres of land, with three bedrooms, two-and-a-half bathrooms and a pool in the backyard.

The 54-year-old Lanza and his second wife have lived in the house for about five years.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/06/adam-lanza-selling-connecticut-home_n_3712321.html

 

[Darkman00]

Audio: Boise Mother, Author of 'I Am Adam Lanza's Mother' Appears on Nationwide StoryCorps Broadcast, Heard on BSPR, With Son

In addition to Friday morning's broadcast, heard by an estimated audience of 13 million, the conversation featuring Long and her son [along with all of the other recordings] is archived by the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress

by George Prentice @georgepren

Liza Long and her son recorded their conversation during StoryCorps recent
visit to Boise. Their conversation was broadcast to a national audience Aug. 2

Read more: http://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/au...st-heard-on-bspr-with-son/Content?oid=2916595​

 

[HMSHood]

Report on Newtown, Conn., school massacre due in fall
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-shooting-connecticut-20130807,0,5484481.story

MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - A much anticipated report on the Connecticut school shooting that left 26 children and teachers dead last December will be available in the fall, state prosecutors said on Wednesday.

There is no set date. It would be almost a year it happened. The Columbine report did not come a little over a year after it happened. Some came few years after the massacre.

 

[Darkman00]

Conn. Police Cautioned About Discussing Newtown

Dave Altimari
Source: The Hartford Courant
Created: August 14, 2013

The governor's chief of staff recently told state police officials to be "more deliberative" in choosing whether to attend any conferences to discuss the Sandy Hook investigation.

State police assigned to the investigation into the Dec. 14 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre abruptly canceled speaking engagements in California and Texas scheduled for this week and have been ordered to focus on finishing the much-anticipated report on the shooting that left 20 first-graders and six women dead.

Three state police officials were scheduled to be keynote speakers at conferences at Disneyland in Anaheim and in Dallas on Wednesday and Thursday of this week, but canceled both appearances. A Newtown officer will be speaking in Dallas about the department's initial response to the school shooting.

Two weeks ago, The Courant reported that state police and Newtown police were traveling throughout the country to discuss details of the shooting response at conferences from Maine to Las Vegas while releasing little information publicly in Connecticut.

Read more: http://www.officer.com/news/11110997/connecticut-state-police-cautioned-about-discussing-newtown

 

[coastal]

Conn. Police Cautioned About Discussing Newtown

Dave Altimari
Source: The Hartford Courant
Created: August 14, 2013

The governor's chief of staff recently told state police officials to be "more deliberative" in choosing whether to attend any conferences to discuss the Sandy Hook investigation.


Read more: http://www.officer.com/news/11110997/connecticut-state-police-cautioned-about-discussing-newtown

Law enforcement conferences are held at Disneyland?!
Welcome to California!

 

[i.b.nora]

Here's a link to the Anaheim conference:



2013 ATAP Threat Management Conference
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - Friday, August 16, 2013

August 13-16, 2013

The Disneyland Resort Hotel
1150 Magic Way
Anaheim, CA 92802

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Wednesday Keynote Presentation: "Active Shooters: Lessons from Sandy Hook and Beyond"

Law enforcement and threat assessment professionals struggle to recognize and prevent outside offenders and former affiliates from victimizing vulnerable populations. Lead investigators from the Connecticut State Police Major Crime Squad will offer a review of the tragic events at Sandy Hook Elementary School to help law enforcement and schools prepare for catastrophic acts of violence. Through this lens, the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit will review trends and patterns of the “outside” or formerly affiliated offender who has no current or direct connection to the targeted institution. Applying lessons learned will enhance attendees' ability to detect and disrupt future planned acts of school and campus attacks.

https://m360.atapworldwide.org/event.aspx?eventID=71441

 

[Darkman00]

i.b.

Are you attending?