Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
2012 school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, United States
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Summary
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is a school shooting[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of school shooting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (68,387 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Fairfield County[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Instance of: mass shooting[5], matricide[6], murder–suicide[7], pedicide[8]
- Location: Sandy Hook Elementary School[9]
- Part of: list of school shootings in the United States[10]
- Commons category: Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting[11]
- Located in time zone: UTC−05:00[12]
- Armament: Bushmaster XM-15[13], Glock 20[14]
- Target: Sandy Hook Elementary School[15]
- Point in time: December 14, 2012[16]
- Coordinate location: 41.42, -73.2786[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting[18]
- Number of deaths: 29[19]
- Number of injured: 2[20]
- Hashtag: SandyHook[21]
- Number of perpetrators: 1[22]
- Street address: Sandy Hook Elementary School, 12 Dickenson Dr., 06482 Connecticut, United States[23]
- Perpetrator: Adam Lanza[24]
- Victim(s): Nancy Lanza[25], Rachel D'Avino[26], Dawn Hochsprung[27], Victoria Leigh Soto[28], Anne Marie Murphy[29], Noah Pozner[30]
- Agent of action: Adam Lanza[31]
Why It Matters
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]