we are told unconfirmed 27 people dead, that's including the gunman. and also about 18 of them were said to be children. once again we know that school is kindergarten to 4th grade, 626 students and this is a very close knit community. a town of 2,000, you got to understand that a lot people have rushed to the community trying to get their support and of course we will be hearing from the president and governor. two of the three people that were -- maybe four people, the gunman, his mother and the principal of the school and the guidance counselor have been accounted for and dead according to cn n. we are staying on top of this to bring you the latest as more schools develop. torrey. >>> thank you, law enforcement officials telling associated press, the suspect in this connecticut school shooting, 24- year-old ryan lanza and his younger brother being held for questioning. i should qualify that ryan lanza not being held, he is dead but his younger brother being held for questioning as a possible second shooter and the law enforcement officials say the b

he told me the gunman is being surrounded by police. >> they told you that there is an actual gunman and he is surrounded by police? >> about 20 minutes outside the science building. he told me not to walk over towards vaskem and fruit dale. that area is where he first started. >> we just want to confirm, we want to make sure there has been no confirmation of a gunman on campus. only reports. howeverhow far awe way were you? >> i'd say about a thousand feet. >> have you been off campus? >> i was in a different building. >> now you're away from campus just calling in? >> yes, i am. >> thanks for calling and giving us information. really quickly, just reaction. i know this is a very tense situation obviously in the wake of what happened last week in connecticut. the people who you are with, how are you all taking this? >> everybody else seemed, mostly upset. nobody is extremely sad or cried. we have a lot of finals to take care of. everybody else seems pretty calm. >> okay. thank you very much for calling us tonight. >> do we still have the chancellor on the phone by chance? okay. unfo

no gunman has been found.ports of shots 1ñ;ñ;ñ;ñ;ñ;ñ$x >>> back out live to san jose city college still on lock down this evening after report of a gunman on campus, you can see they continue to search the science and technology buildings on the west side of campus. >> this happened about two hours ago. we can show you pictures from sky 7 hd. these are live pictures again. college president just you heard from her moments ago is stepping in to a meeting any moment now to be updated on what is going on this, came in as a text message and=fñ,z thiss no one injured and there has been no gunman. police continue to search just to be certain that everyone is safe. we'll continue to keep you updated. >> speaking of that shooting in connecticut, it's brought cries for new gun law as cross the station. california lawmakers have begun introducing new bills. >> yes. here is nannette miranda with >> what i have is a 22 magnum. >> this state senator proposing california require all ammunition buyers to get an annual permit

the gunman is undergoing a skrik evaluation.in february, three students killed two, wounded in ohio. students waited for buses to the school. the 17-year-old gunman is being charged as an adult there. the deadliest school shooting happened in 2007. that was at virginia tech. the gunman there killed 32 people, then shot and killed himself. and we remember in 1999 at columbine high school, two students opened firing, killing 12 classmates and a teacher before killing themselves. 26 others were wounded. >> it's been a harrowing scene in newtown, connecticut all day. we're also hearing life saving stories. >> abc fwhus reporter mark glennblatt joins frus sandy hook elementary school with more. >> we have new information. sources now telling us that this rampage all began at the mother -- the gunman's mother's home, he went there, apparently pulled out a gun, shot her in the face, then went over to sandy hook elementary school with a bulletproof vest on, pulling out another gun and began can z.continue that had rampage there, firing

one gunman on scene.g from twitter. this rifle has been described to us as an ar 15 by multiple sources. now multiple witnesses are saying that the mask the camo guy was wearing was a white mask and that he was carrying this rifle when at one point it jammed, an employee at avon bath and beauty a store located right across from macy's says she was at her locked store customers that 18 month old daughter. heard back-to-back shots there a pause and six to eight in a row before the guy appeared to move on. law enforcement has just confirmed that there are people dead on scene. listen. in. >> did he tell you how many people he saw hit? >> yes. he said he saw two people that were shot face down and there was blood oh my gosh where is your store on the upper or lower level. >> lower. >> we understand this happened on the upper level. the shots were loud enough that you could tell something bad had happened. >> i mean we all just froze. i thought maybe something fell or something like that. but we all just looke

we did tell you that the gunman, one gunman was dead at the scene. transpired, whether he took his own life or whether or not law enforcement was involved, we do not know. we do know that police have cleared the school, and the governor of connecticut is on the scene as well. jon: we are told that that number, jenna, the 26 dead actually does not include the gunman. we're told that 18 children are deceased and eight, eight adults who were working inside sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut, it certainly ranks as within of the worst -- one of the worst mass shootings in this country in decades really. 26 dead so far. who was the gunman, what was the motive? we don't know yet. but, again, that number could go up. three people have been taken to local hospitals. we don't know anything about their conditions. again, the fact that a relatively small number of injured were taken away is, in this situation, not a good sign. jenna: we felt some comfort earlier on when we were watching the live scene at the triage mats that were on the ground

and then hours later the gunman thought to be the gunman involved here. correct? >> yes, exactly. >> we have heard reports that he was wearing all black, heard reports perhaps he was wearing a bullet-proof vest. can you tell us more about that s ? >> yes to all black. i don't know about the vest. >> what about the weapons found at the scene? >> as far as we know, he had two handguns. two .9 millimeter guns. one made by glock, one made by sig sauer. we have seen a report of a rifle but none of the law enforcement officials i've talked to heard about a rifle. only the two handguns. these are two of the most commonly available handguns in america. the pistol semiautomatic and fires a round every time the trigger is pulled. they're ubiquitous in america. nothing extraordinary about the weapons. we are waiting to hear whether the gunman had high capacity ammunition clips which would allow firing a number of shots at once. the only other thing to say, craig, it appears from the initial investigative reports that the gunman focused most if not all of the attention on a s

what police are saying about the search for a possible gunman. supporters gather for a bay area family a mother and father half a world away from their daughter sxfrnlts preparing for one of the coldest nights of the season. how low temperatures may get in some neighborhoods . >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is bay area news at 7:00. >>> good evening. it's tuesday, december 18th. i'm gasia mikaelian, and this is bay area news at 7:00. we begin with break news in san jose. that where's the san jose city college campus was put on lockdown at about 4:30 this afternoon. at this point authoritys are focussing mainly on one building tshs tech building. that's where robert honda is live tonight with an update on a room to room search for a possible gunman. robert. >> gasia, we are outside the technology bilgd. at one time the search was going on building to building across much of the campus. now the focus has shifted to the technology building. it was mainly a precaution in terms of the rest of the campus because the original

the lockdown is confirmed but the reports of a gunman have not been. the lockdown here has been going on for just about an hour. at this point we don't have much more information. we are going to bring you the lathest. again, san jose city college in a state of lockdown right now. >>> investigators in pleasant hill are trying to find -- rob roth is live with the impact this is having. >> reporter: three incidents in just the past week and a half and typically quiet pleasant hill. the most recent incident happened here at sequoia middle school. parents and teachers call it unnerving. a motorcycle patrolman came to keep watch, reassuring presence for parents and students. >> it's hard getting my daughter to school today. but, you know, we can't live in a bubble. >> reporter: yesterday morning just three days after the violence in connecticut a threatening call came in. >> the caller stated you're next and hung up. >> reporter: the school was locked down, police came and found no actual threat. >> by creating this sort of distraction it only adds to disru

more about the gunman in today's shooting? >> reporter: in terms of the gunman what we have been able to find is we can confirm adam lanza, 20 years old is the confirmed gunman and his brother ryan lanza is being questioned by authorities in engine engine. we are learning that their mother, nancy lanza was killed a second is location here in newtown, connecticut. also three weapon were found on the scene and those three weapon were actually purchased by nancy lanza. >> reporting live in newtown tonight. >>> in their final briefing it this evening authorities said they expected to have positive identification on the victims as soon as tomorrow. connecticut state police said 20 young children were killed at their school, six adults also died. the gunman identified as 20- year-old adam lanza is also dead as is his mother, nancy, a teacher there. she was found shot to death at her home. now, sources are saying the gunman, the 20-year-old, first shot his mother at the home they share inside newtown. the s.w.a.t. team was scene arri

the gunman we do know is dead, although there is talk of potentially a second gunman that police are still looking for. we are awaiting that news conference and perhaps we'll get some of those answers then. jenna: continuing coverage now on "america live." megyn: fox news alert on a developing situation, and there is devastation at this hour in connecticut as we await a police news conference on a deadly shooting at a connecticut elementary school. at a connecticut elementary school. sources are telling fox news the 26 people are dead at this time. eight adults, including the shooter, and 18 children. thank you for being with us on this important afternoon at "america live." i am megyn kelly. looking live at sandy hook elementary school at newtown, connecticut. breaking children being led across a parking lot. an expression of terror been across the face of that one little girl in the blue shirt. the mother of the child called in to fox news. jenna: can you tell us what happened inside the school were your daughter was? >> she was in a small class, a reading group. they started heari

the school is currently on lockdown and they are specifically looking for a gunman, a possible gunman, on campus. there was a report this evening about 4:30 when students were evacuated and the science complex and the tech building are currently on lockdown right now. according to a professor there's been an increasing number of incidents on campus. we'll check back in with our reporter kiet do later on in this newscast. once again, san jose city college a portion of the campus on lockdown. traffic around the area backed up right now while police investigate a possible gunman on campus. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, huge hit, and was acquired facebook. recently, instagram caused an uproa >>> you've probably heard of the instagadget app that makes your instagram posting a privacy policy that said they could do whatever they wanted with your photos. and then as cbs 5 reporter len ramirez shows us, they had to backtrack. >> reporter: when you take a photo and upload it to instagram, where does it go? >> we click on a button and it shows up on the news feed or our profile but you really have no idea o

, maybe two and two respects that one gunman may be dead. as you can understand it is a fast-moving and fluid situation in the school. >> it is it important on a day like today to view this as i know the president as a father does and i as a father and others who are parents. certainly do, which is to feel enormous sympathy for families that are affected and to do everything we can. nsources are telling fox nuse that 26 people are dead at this point. 8 adults including the children and 18 children. they heard the gun shots and they are trying to understand what happened. and we tell them in details it is going to be much worse. >> one source suggested that the young man may have been a young man 20 years old and may live in new jersey and may be a separate situation and crime scene where they kicked down the door of that person's hope. we are trying to confirm that at this hour . we don't know the identity of the gunman. there were fatalities at the scene. students and staff. there is it no information released at this time until we have pro

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that car is said to belong to the gunman's mother. the debate over guns flairs up every time there's a shooting like this. we'll take a look at california's own gun laws. >>> the school shooting once again raises questions about campus security, what can be done to better protect children, students and faculty from another deadly attack. >>> ktvu's alex sadvige has been looking at this with security experts and he tells us what he's learned. >> reporter: this is a day to re-examine your school's plan. in fact, it wasn't long ago when the lock down plan they have here at this district was put to the test. earlier this year there were reports of an armed man here on the campus of east avenue middle school. their job is to keep students safe. and today leaders of the liver mother valley joint school district are taking a hard look at how they would respond to a scenario like the one that took place in connecticut. >> i think we're doing everything we can but everyone everything you can is not enough. after this is done we ask, what could

narr: but there's no sign of the gunman.to the night the search continues around the outhouses and surrounding area. eight hours into the operation and there's still no suspect but instead, srt finds what the gunman was protecting - a clandestine grow room full of marijuana. later that morning, the gunman is arrested 40 miles away on the other side of the city. he's charged with attempted murder and drug trafficking. peter do'ench sync: this is the man that police arrested, joel padron garcia. they say he was guarding a marijuana grow house. garcia and the silverado he was driving were found at a friend's house in dania beach after a manhunt by police. authorities said garcia was guarding a home where 129 marijuana plants were confiscated - plants worth more than $1.3 million on the street. meanwhile i have spoken with a number of miami dade police officers. they tell me that detective diaz is going to be okay. we're live at miami dade police headquarters. peter dan, cbs4 news. narr: back at the special response team's headq

even though he's never met the gunman before.id his daughter, who went to the school, was at the school in that classroom where all of those children were gunned down. he said three other girls who share a dance studio with one of his daughters, they have been killed. you see, you see how this community is so connected and why someone like lee schull wants to come out and do something to feel like he's trying to help the process along. as this community tries to heal from something that feels like it's going to be impossible to heal from. don? >> yeah. a lot of people have said to me, some people who were at the school. others who just know people say at this point they feel helpless. and so you know, he wants to do something to help out so he doesn't feel helpless. i think it's a normal, natural feeling in this situation. thank you, allison. we'll get back to you later on throughout the hour. >>> and for many people, especially the families of the victims, you know the big question is why. why did a gunman allegedly kill his mot

just saying that the gunman has been neutralized.eople on 00 scene are saying at least 60 shots were fired. the gunman was using a semiautomatic rifle wearing cam fallujah outfit and a mask. several ambulances are are on scene there entrances to the mall have been blocked off as far as we know most of the employees there as well as the consumers have been evacuated from that mall eyewitnesses also describing a scene of chaos. again as can you imagine, people are screaming, running, parents grabbing their children, pulling them to safety as best they can. unbelievable on this tuesday busy time there mall there outside of macy's store there. we have a another fox news alert to tell you now. this is coming from south korea. south korea is saying that north korea has fired a long wage rocket in a defiant move which is happening just days ahead of south korea's presidential election. now, this was the second rocket launch under leader kim jong united auto workers un. he took power after following his father kim jong il's death one year ag

no gunman today. classes will resume in the morning. in san jose, john alston, abc7 news. >> thank you. there did not need to be a man with a gun on campus for there to be a situation where people feared for their lives. karina rusk talked with students who described some of the horror they felt during these tense searches tonight for a gunman that thankfully didn't exist. >> the lock down at san jose city college triggered an array of safety precautions. lights went off and students stayed down, away from doors and windows. regardless of whether a gunman was ever on campus, the alert itself was real and frightening. >> since the doors couldn't lock at that time, they basically barricaded them with desks and tables to make sure no one could get in. that was the scarest part is not knowing where this gunman was and not knowing what we were hiding from. >> given the reported threat, they called in san jose police which responded in force. >> we saw officers getting assault weaponry out of the trunks and advancing on the building. we then

at this hour do you have new information about the gunman's mother? >> yes, actually, more than 24 hours have passed now since this massacre occurred and federal authorities are now saying that the gunman's mother, nancy lanza, who was not affiliated with the school. so, information has changed and initially reported that she had some sort of affiliation, possibly a teacher, possibly a kindergarten teacher and that raises more questions because initially people thought if she had a connection to the school, it might explain some of the gunman's anger and why he went to that location. to seek somehow a motive and now, federal authorities are saying that's not the case and there is no connection and that really raises a lot more questions about how things happened and why they happened. other information has changed off the course of this investigation. most notably, the name of the shooter was initially reported to be ryan lanza, the brother of the shooting and he was take be into custody and speaking and cooperating with authorities and released. it i

the gunman has now been killed.e would not say if deputies shot the man or if the gunman committed suicide. witnesses say the gunman was wearing camouflage and a white hockey mask and that he entered the mall through a macy's store then went to the food court area where he began shooting with a semi automatic rifle. people began running and screaming. authorities say they are still searching stores to make sure there are not any more customers injured or hiding. two people killed one injured and the gunman from this shooting is now also dead. >>> the biggest tides of the year is predicted for thursday. the so called king tide. there's already been some small scale flooding as the tides grow higher, ken. >> reporter: this so called king tide has notten yet -- has not yet arrived but it will likely flood thursday when we're expected to see that king tide roll in. that's not rain nor run off what drivers made their way through was an encroaching tide. caltrans shut down the off ramp for about an hour. high tide hit jus

no gunman today. classes will resume in the morning.n jose, john alston, abc7 news. >> thank you. there did not need to be a man with a gun on campus for there to be a situation where people feared for their lives. karina rusk talked with students who described some of the horror they felt during these tense searches tonight for a gunman that thankfully didn't exist. >> the lock down at san jose city college triggered an array of safety precautions. lights went off and students stayed down, away from doors and windows. regardless of whether a gunman was ever on campus, the alert itself was real and frightening. >> since the doors couldn't lock at that time, they basically barricaded them with desks and tables to make sure no one could get in. that was the scarest part is not knowing where this gunman was and not knowing what we were hiding from. >> given the reported threat, they called in san jose police which responded in force. >> we saw officers getting assault weaponry out of the trunks and advancing on the building. we then found

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no gunman today. classes will resume in the morning.n jose, john alston, abc7 news. >> thank you. there did not need to be a man with a gun on campus for there to be a situation where people feared for their lives. karina rusk talked with students who described some of the horror they felt during these tense searches tonight for a gunman that thankfully didn't exist. >> the lock down at san jose city college triggered an array of safety precautions. lights went off and students stayed down, away from doors and windows. regardless of whether a gunman was ever on campus, the alert itself was real and frightening. >> since the doors couldn't lock at that time, they basically barricaded them with desks and tables to make sure no one could get in. that was the scarest part is not knowing where this gunman was and not knowing what we were hiding from. >> given the reported threat, they called in san jose police which responded in force. >> we saw officers getting assault weaponry out of the trunks and advancing on the building. we then found

officials say the gunman has been, quote, neutralized. we're continuing to monitor this story and bring you the latest from our affiliate kgw. let's listen in. >> she ran. >> right. he had just run into her at the mall. and he had left. and then heard about the shooting. and that's when he texted her, and she was in hiding in a storeroom with about 20 other people. and she could hear the shooter still walking around at the time. that was a former law enforcement dax mcmillan who gave us that information. we certainly hope that she and so many others are all right tonight. >> it gives you -- that kind of story gives you chills, it really does. just the unbelievable fear that must have been going through the people who are in the mall. we also talked to a woman who was there with her -- how old did she say her child was? >> 6-month-old son. >> oh, my gosh. she picked up that baby, and she said she ran like hell. >> right. >> away from the sound of the gunfire. and she just could hear multiple shots being fired from what we now understand ac

the gunman has been positively identified.school and was not buzzed in. alison kosik is in newtown. good morning, alison. >> reporter: good morning. linking on what you said. how he got into the elementary school. sources are telling us, that he blasted his way in. he shot his way, creating an entrance to get inside the school. despite, yes, the doors were locked as of 9:30. you had to be buzzed in to get into the school. and authorities are saying, once inside the school, he focused his shooting on two classrooms and in the hallway. police say they found three weapons on him inside the school, that he fired dozens of bull bullets, a semiautomatic rifle on his victims and a handgun to kill himself. >> the weapon that was utilized most of the time during this crime, was a bushmaster ar-15 assault weapon. it had addition aal magazines. and he had a glock and a 6 millimeter. all weapons had additional magazines and additional ammunition. the fourth weapon we recovered was a shotgun, recovered from the suspect's vehicle, that was

the gunman too is dead. police say they fired no shots. a tight-knit community, including a nurse who lived nearby and rushed to help. shocked, distraught. >> "reporter: i see you've been crying. >> "yes." >> "reporter: is it because of what you saw?" >> "one of the cops said its, you know, the worse thing he'd seen in his entire career, but it was when they told the parents -- all these parents were waiting for their children to come out. they thought that they were, you know, still alive. there's 20 parents that were just told that their children are dead. it was awful. >>reporter: one of the children who did not come home that day - six year old emilie parker. her father - robbie parker - stood before the cameras. he wanted to let others know about his little girl. and he talked of.forgiveness. >> my family is one of the families that lost a child yesterday in the sandy hook elementary shooting in connecticut. i have been contacted by so many people, agencies wanting to know how we are doing. and i thought that this would be the best wa

a gunman in the u.s. state of new york set homes on fire and then shot and killed two fire fighters who arrived to put out the blazes. shooter, who had been convicted of killing his grandmother, then committed suicide. the u.n. and arab league's envoy to syria, brahimi, left damascus after a short meeting on monday. he met with assad and urged him together to come together. the iraqi province of anbar -- the demonstrators are accusing it of sectarian mistrust in the country. the iraqi government is discriminating against sunnis. >> it is clear cut imbalance in the government and in addition to the human rights, we are weakened, now even offered to our people in four provinces, a normal life and then to be as a sunni, you are considered by the government a terrorist, loyalists, you name it. to be a sunni, many -- that the sunni community unfortunately being discommunicated and are facing intolerable -- from the security forces. >> it looks as though venezuela's president hugo chavez won't be home for chris

the police say the gunman then took his own life and later his mother was found dead in her home a few miles away. the motive for the shootings is not known. the investigation is just beginning, but the president said one thing is certain. >> we're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this regardless of the politics. >> pelley: we have a team of cbs news correspondents and producers on this still-developing story. first, jim axelrod here in newtown on how it all began. >> reporter: the school day had just started when the first calls came into police. >> reporter: eight-year-old bear nikitchyuk had turned in his third grade classroom's attendance list seconds before. >> i saw some of the bullets going past the hall that i was right next to and then a teacher pulled me into her classroom. >> reporter: the children describe the sound as pans falling. one heard a scream over the intercom. teachers locked the classroom and crowded their students into corners away from doors and windows. >> i was, like, afraid when we had to go to our cubb

the gunman is undergoing evaluation.y, three students killed and two wounded as students waited for buses to other schools. the deadliest school shooting happened in 2007 in virginia tech. the gunman killed 32 people, then shot and killed himself in 1999 in columbine high school two, students killed 12 classmates and a teacher before themselves in the school library. 26 others were wounded. >> as this tragedy unfolds stay with us for continuing coverage. you can receive urgent updates on your smart phone by down loading our free news app and opting for push note ficks. you can sign up on abc 7 news.com. page and on twitter on abc 7 to monitor this tragedy for and world news with diane sawyer will air a special broadcast on the tragedy tonight beginning right after this newscast at 5:30. >> moving on to other news, update on breaking news on the peninsula. police say the driver of the black volkswagon crashing into another vehicle on northbound i-280 has been arrested and will be charged with vehicular manslaughter. you'r

reports indicate the gunman is named adam plan zoo, age 20. segmenters say he died inside the school as well, apparently committing suicide after inflicting unimaginable pain on so many families. including his own. state police confirm the gunman shot somebody else all before this at the school. somebody he lived with. that victim, apparently his own mother. fox news has confirmed the gun that he used were hers. all legally purchased and registered, glock and hand guns and a semiautomatic rifle. the weapons used to murder 27 people today and shatter countless lives in connecticut. we have team fox coverage. molly line with us. but we begin with a fox report chief correspondent jonathan hunt with me live in newtown tonight. it is hard to imagine what these children went through today. >> it is the terror that they experience today, bill, unimaginable. the pictures that you see, those faces filled with tears, the faces filled with terror give you some idea. these were tiny children, ages between five and ten, we were told being brought out of th

it's unclear, at what point in this process the gunman died.und himself dead in one of the the rooms there. the suggestion? probably he killed himself. more details as we go on. we know that law enforcement agents arrived at the school, they set up a perimeter of state and local police. they entered immediately to secure rooms to find students and make sure if a gunman was still active, they got him under control. then they quickly started leading students away from the school, trying to get them out of safety. a horrendous event. very difficult even for the officers involved. they had to tell many of the children, avert your eyes, close your eyes. they knew they would lead them right past many of the victims. >> oh, tom. such a difficult detail to listen to, that the children had to avert their eyes as they escaped the school. you know, it is not often that the president of the united states sheds a tear in public, and today it happened. you'll see the president's moving tribute to the victims, after the break. >>> this evening michelle and i

among the dead is who police say is the gunman. they believe he killed his mother at their home before going on the rampage at sandy hook where his mother was a teacher. >> there is a related scene that we found as we were continuing the investigation. and specifically investigating the shooting. >> reporter: lance's brother reported that he suffered of a personality of a disorder, saying some what autistic. >> can you wrap your head around that? >> no i cannot. i don't know who would do anything like this. >> so your general sense is what? >> this is unspeakable. i first heard about it, i'm still in shock. i want to go. >> reporter: police in connecticut plan to hold their next briefing early tomorrow morning. where they say they may have more information on adam lanza. reporting from the newsroom, rob roth. >>> it all began at 9:30 eastern. that's 6:30 our time. at that time the exterior doors were locked. shortly after 9:30, police reported that a shooter was in the main office of the school. 9:40a.m. groups of children, some of

police say the gunman has been neutralized. unclear if that means he's in custody or dead. just before 3:30 this afternoon when shoppers heard shots run out and people started running. >> i got there two minutes early. i walked through the food court. went downstairs for my kiosk, which is right below the food court. when i got there, i was talking to my employee. we heard a bang. we covered our ears and we got down. in a matter of five seconds later, we heard rapid fire, bang, bang, and i just took off running. i don't know where my employee is. i heard she's still inside the mall. >> reporter: witnesses described a man what an automatic weapon wearing camouflage ed clothing. many were on the phone with abc's affiliate k-2 in portland, locked inside the mall, describing the terrible skeent of events as it unfolded. one said the mall santa claus dropped to his knees to avoid the gun fire. >> we actually are currently locked inside of a store in the mall with about ten people. and s.w.a.t. teams are going around the mall, trying to apprehend the suspect. i saw two. >> two pe

there are reports adam lanza, the gunman, had aspergers.t. >> we always have to be very careful about trying to look for that one cause and effect when something so horrific happens. because mental illness and mental health problems, there is a huge range. it is not as if everyone that has this kind of a diagnosis, if, in fact, he even had something like that, is violent. we don't want people to be scared of people like that. we don't want parents to be afraid for their children. so i think we have to be very careful about thinking about what you can do to help your child use their natural resiliency to recover and how you can present as a very calming force for your child. >> robin, thank you so much. had has been a very insightful conversation. i appreciate your time. >> sure. >>> until a few years ago the words school security meant something very different. today what can be done to keep our kids safe at school? elementary schools, even. stay with us. more on that after this. [ man ] ring ring... progresso this reduced sodium soup says

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and the gunmans mother has been found dead in his home. catherine heenan is standing >>catherine: newtown is 80 miles northeast of new york city. the scene of the shooting, is a relatively wealthy community founded 3=hundred years ago, just after nine this morning, it became the scene of one of the country's >> i just got a message saying there was an unconfirmed shooting >> we immediately jumped in the car and came down here >>catherine: parents arriving at the school found a nightmare scene. >> "i just heard the principal was shot and killed. i heard some kids were shot. a teacher mrs. hammons was shot." >>catherine: the shooter apparently arrived in this car, parked outside the main entrance. he began firing as soon as he entered the building. >> pop, pop, pop in the hall. and they all heard it. there were about seven people in the meeting room. they heard that sound in the hall. and they -- she said three people went out into the hall, the principal, the vice principal and the school psychologist. and t only one person came back, which

the possible gunman. after room by room, they have secured the buildings and the " all clear " was given in the last 20 minutes. stay with kron 4 will have more news, after the break. >>pam: once again our developing story the all clear has been just issued at san jose city college. earlier today the police were called of a possible gunman. our reporter is still on the scene gathering information from law enforcement and a school personnel. to get a sense of how this was wrapped up. we will have more later in this newscast. and it is a happy holiday for 100 children that were able to shop for what ever they wanted. alicea read? rifle. thousand >> i found it jackets, mostly some issues. >> i have a shoes --. >> $100 gift card will go a long wait at old navy. there were able to get anything they wanted. >> these are coming from working families but do not have a lot of extras. not necessarily what is practical or what the parents what they want. but it to see what they want. >> it is heartwarming. >> this i

the gunman too is dead. police say they fired no shots. a tight knit community, including a nurse who lived nearby and rushed to help distraught. >> i see you've been crying. >> yes. >> is it because what you saw? >> one of the cops -- the worst thing he'd ever seen in his entire career, but it was when they told the parents. all of these parents were waiting for their children to come out. they thought they were, you know, still alive. there's 20 parents that were just told that their children are dead. it was awful. >> reporter: awful. and late today speaking for the nation but also as a father, an emotional president obama fought back tears. >> this evening, michelle and i will do what every parent in america will do, which is hug our children a little tighter. and we'll tell them that we love them. and we'll remind each other how deeply we love one another. but there are families in connecticut who cannot do that tonight. and they need all of us right now. >> reporter: you saw it in the president's face, you heard it in his voice. i si

the gunman was found dead of a shuffle inflicted gunshot. but then came the agonizing process, scott, of parents rushing to the school, many told that their children were safe but, of course, for the parents of 20 children, the unspeakably horrifying word that their kids were among the victims. >> pelley: jim, thanks very much. police have not said anything about a possible motive in this case. bob orr has been talking to his sources and has learned more. bob? >> reporter: well, scott, it's clear to us now that the gunman carefully planned his deadly attack for a very familiar target. as we reported, his mother was a kindergarten teacher at sandy hook elementary so he knew his way around the target zone. investigators believe the spree actually began earlier in the day at the home adam lanza shared with his mother. sources say she was killed there, then lanza drove to the school armed with at least three weapons. we're told he was carrying a sig sauer semiautomatic pistol and also a 9 millimeter glock handgun. he went directly to a very spec

three people are dead, including the gunman, four others injured. there were no shots fired by police inside the mall. the gunman took his own life. for law enforcement, a nightmare scenario. a shooting rampage in a mall and because it was late afternoon, there were dozens of kids after school, hoping to see santa. >> this incident now joins a grisly list. this year alone, 12 people killed, 58 wounded in july. six people killed at this wisconsin sikh temple in august. now add to that this shopping mall. this is likely to lead to heightened security measures at shopping centers across the country, just in time for christmas. david wright, abc news. >>> george zimmerman still must wear that gps monitoring device. a judge denied requests to remove that device. he said zimmerman cannot leave the county until his trial. zimmerman is accused in the shooting death of trayvon martin in the so-called stand your ground case. >>> new york police released that surveillance tape of that shooting in manhattan. the camera shows a man walking up behind brandon wood

. >> the gunman didn't seem to be targeting anyone particular. three people are dead including the gunman. another person was seriously injured, as well. the gunman struck yesterday afternoon while thousands were shopping. bigad shaban joins us live with more from those trapped inside the mall during the ordeal. bigad. >> reporter: good morning. it's quiet but eerie scene here with the mall parking lot and entrances closed off by police as part of the ongoing investigation. inside there the masked gunman shot out several rounds after crying out to the crowds, i am the shooter. >>> reporter: mourners showed up overnight with the first flowers in remembrance of the two people killed at a mall near portland, oregon. >> this event touched us deeply. >> reporter: this cell phone video shows what it was like in the moments after the shooting as police escorted shoppers to safety. >> it was scary. it was shocking. >> our cousin is a security guard in there. and his wife and baby were in there, but they got out okay. >> reporter: police arrived within mi

according to the governor of connecticut, the rampage ended ten minutes after it began when the gunman heard wailing sirens approaching while he was in the second classroom, and she shot himself once in the head. >> we surmise it was during the second classroom episode he heard responders coming and apparently, that, had decided to take his own life. >> reporter: new clues about the 20-year-old shooter. computers and videos were removed from the lanza family home this weekend that could provide clues into his motive. friends of adam's murdered mother, nancy, say she was increasingly concerned about her son's behavioral issues over the last few months. >> i think it was just getting difficult for her to try to get him into regular life. >> reporter: all of the schools in the area are closed today. students from sandy hook elementary school will resume classes at a neighboring school in a matter of days. rob and sunny? >> in a tragedy like this, it's so important to try to remember the victims, perhaps, more than the gunman here. but we have learned some more about adam lanza, correct? >

police believe the gunman was in his early 20s.opping mall was bustling with 10,000 people when a mass gunman opened fire. witnesses say he fired at random, killing two people, leaving a third victim "fighting for her life." shoppers say at least 20 rifle blasts echoed through the mall and sent them running for cover. >> i was inside planning for a job and next thing i know i see a few people running into sears and away from the middle of the mall saying that they heard shots and there's a shooting going on, wasn't sure if it was for real at first until i had seen the reactions on their face that they were serious. >> the mall is supposed to be a place that we can all take our families, feel comfortable that this is a great place especially at the holiday season like this, and these things aren't supposed to happen. >> they certainly are not supposed to happen. let's talk more about this with christie wellday on the phone. she and her friend had stopped in the mall for a bite to eat. christie, good morning to you, as good of a morn

first confronted the gunman but, scott, as of tonight it's still unclear adds to exactly who the other adult is. >> pelley: jim, a lot was unclear on that first day. what we were told then tended to be wrong. it turned out the shooter's mother was not a teacher at sandy hook elementary. in fact, there doesn't seem to be any recent connection between the gunman and the school at all. bob orr has pieced together what we now know of that morning. >> reporter: 20-year-old adam lanza launched his massacre at home. officials say lanza shot his mother nancy multiple times, killing her in her bed. lanza then took four guns-- legally registered to his mother-- and drove this black honda to sandy hook elementary school about five miles away. students there had finished reciting the pledge of allegiance and the building's doors had been locked. then, around 9:30 friday morning staffers in the front office heard popping noises. police say those were likely sounds of lanza shooting out the glass of one of the school

the gunman opened fire on the group. a 14-year-old boy suffered nonlife threatening injuries. >>> it's been one year since a five-year-old boy was shot and killed near his family's taco truck. yesterday they honored the life of gabriel martinez junior. the gunman ordered food from the truck and started shooting. gabriel's father is calling on police to solve the case this year. >> it's really hard to me when i come to this place and see it i cry every day. >> police have released video of the car the gunman used to get away as well as a sketch. so far police have not made any arrests in the case. >>> starting today the fremont police department has a new leader. fremont police captain richard lou say row has been named interim chief. he starts one day after steek her retired. >>> time now 4:53. let's take another check with your traffic with tara. any problem ifs >> no a couple construction problems going on but nothing effecting traffic. if we head outside we will take a look at the south bay. 280 san jose. traffic on t

fairfield police got a tip he made the comments online supporting the connecticut gunman. investigators served a search warrant on his residence yesterday yesterday. they say they seized some items in order to prevent future acts of violence. >>> and students returned to class in newtown, connecticut, today except for those sandy hook elementary school students. cbs news's marley hall has more from newtown. >> reporter: it's back to school today for the children of newtown, connecticut. with one exception, the students of sandy hook elementary. >> which one -- >> reporter: kenneth canfield is a fourth grader at sandy hook. he was there that tragic day. >> he heard screaming and gunshots. the room he was in was being banged on by the gunman. >> reporter: kenneth and his classmates won't be returning to sandy hook elementary school. when they do go back, they will attend chalk hill school in nearby monroe. >> he said won't go back unless there's a police officer at every door. >> reporter: the grieving continues here in newtown. there will be two more funerals today when jam

police say the gunman eventually killed himself. the afternoon yesterday at the clackamas county town center. there were 10,000 people inside when shots rang out, sending customers diving for customer and scrambling for the doors. >>> the u.s. government reacting swiftly this morning to word that north korea has launched a long range rocket which hoisted a satellite into orbit. it's called the development a highly provocative act. u.s. and south korea believe the launch is a cover for testing ballistic missile technology. >>> it's supposed to mimic real pot. but a new government report shows how dangerous synthetic marijuana can be. it found the substance accounted for more than 11,000 hospital visits in 10 20 10 alone. the report tracks patients between the ages of 12 and 29. after researchers noticed an uptick in cases, synthetic pot was legal in most stayses until a national ban was enacted in july. >>> a tractor trailer full of live turkey closed the interstate for hours on tuesday morning. the driver hid a guardrail before the

a gunman walks in and opens fire. the video created by the city of houston with homeland security grant trains people to prevent a shooter from finding you and fight back. >> always believe it is not going to happen here. >> reporter: she knows better. she handled the after math of one of the first major mass shootings, the 1993 massacre in san francisco. she says mass shootings have become common. >> we are seeing more of it and i think it is part of our culture today in a way that it never had been. >> reporter: why she advocates live shooter trainings, like this one at a san francisco school. one man acting as the shooter and students and teachers taking cover. >> helps people walk through it, you know where to go, you know where you can hide. >> reporter: she doesn't know how trained teachers at sandy hook elementary school were but they reacted swiftly, hiding students and leading them out of the school. moves that likely saved lives. >> they did an incredible job. >> as a side note, the premier of the newest tom

>> so i actually witnessed first hand the gunman entering the scene. i was in the macy's store shopping. and a slender, white man in black wearing a hockey mask like a "friday the 13th" kind of version of it, sort of white just plain faced hockey mask came jogging through the macy's running toward the public area, and he was holding in full view an assault rifle. and so he most likely entered through one of the back entrances of the macy's and just in plain view ran through holding the weapon and once he entered the public area outside of macy's, we heard gunshots and as everyone has said, there was just a flood of people, everyone ran towards the exits at that point to get out. >> it just sounds like you are describing a horror film, to be perfectly honest with you. >> yeah. more than anything, it was very surreal. a lot of people saw him running through, and your first thought is it must be something, a flash mob or something, that someone's going to get together and dance or do something lighthearted. >> this can't be real. >> the last thing you thi