The official spoke on condition of anonymity
because the investigation was still under way. Another official,
speaking on condition of anonymity for the same reason, said the gunman
at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown was killed and apparently had two guns.
Stephen Delgiadice said his
8-year-old daughter heard two big bangs and teachers told her to get in a
corner. His daughter was fine.
The superintendent's office said
the district had locked down schools in Newtown, about 60 miles
northeast of New York City. Schools in neighboring towns also were
locked down as a precaution.
A dispatcher at the Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps
said a teacher had been shot in the foot and taken to Danbury Hospital.
Andrea Rynn, a spokeswoman at the hospital, said it had three patients
from the school but she did not have information on the extent or nature
of their injuries.
State police said Newtown police called them around 9:40 a.m. A SWAT team was among the throngs of police to respond.
A photo posted by The Newtown Bee
newspaper showed a group of young students — some crying, others
looking visibly frightened — being escorted by adults through a parking
lot in a line, hands on each other's shoulders.
Mergim Bajraliu, 17, heard the
gunshots echo from his home and raced to check on his 9-year-old sister
at the school. He said his sister, who was fine, heard a scream come
over the intercom at one point. He said teachers were shaking and crying
as they came out of the building.
"Everyone was just traumatized," he said.
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