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A 24 y/o gunman entered an elementary school in New town Ct 27 confirmed dead of which 18 are kindergarten children. My prayers go out to all those hurt and suffering. It boggles my mind how anyone can kill a child.

ABC just confirmed the killer was Adam Lanza police questioning his brother Ryan. neighbor said Adam was a troubled child with OCD and Azberegers.(sp) Their mother was main target along with her class of kindergarten children, babies don't deserve this

I just now got home from Lexington and saw this when I turned on the TV.
I am so sad I can't put it into words.

so very sad,,

Unfathomable! They just said on the news that the mother was killed in her home, and they are now trying to figure out why he went to the school and killed all those innocent kindergarteners. The story also goes that he used his brother's ID, so they have been questioning him all day - he was at work all day.

We have family with young children who live 25 minutes away - so very scary and so very sad.

Hero teacher Kaitlin Roig tells ABC News that she barricaded her first grade students in classroom bathroom and locked the door when she first heard gun shots. “The kids were being so good. They asked: ‘Can we go see if anyone is out there? … I just want Christmas… I don’t want to die, I just want to have Christmas.’ I said, you’re going to have Christmas and Hanukkah.. I tried to be positive.”

They said the mother LOVED her schoolkids---I have to wonder if before he shot her she didn't say something like "Thank God I am not at school so the children arent in any danger" or some such---so if he resentd his mom for the love of her students perhaps he looked on them as part of the problem--
this is all SOOOO sad.

Pray for the families .. I have all day. it hurst to see children suffer.
Our troubled world needs god more than ever.......Put him back in schools an all public places......please pray.

Amen !!