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NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - The Connecticut state's attorney released a report Monday on the investigation of the massacre in December at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, which killed 20 children and six women. The report provides this timeline of events:
- 9:30 a.m.: A parent arrives at Sandy Hook Elementary School for a holiday gingerbread event and is buzzed through the locked front doors.
- 9:34 a.m.: The first gunshots are heard. Witness later reports hearing about 15 shots.
- 9:35 a.m.: A parent arrives at school and notices nine children running down the sidewalk.
- 9:35:39 a.m.: First 911 call received. Caller says she saw shooter. Call is placed from school nurse's office.
- 9:35:56 a.m.: Newtown police are informed of shooting. Over the next minute, several officers head toward school.
- 9:36 a.m.: Unidentified witness arrives at school, sees front window shot out and hears gunfire. She and another woman take shelter behind a trash receptacle and call 911.
- 9:37:38 a.m.: State Police dispatch advises units of shooter, and units head to school.
- 9:39 a.m.: Newtown police officer arrives behind school. Seconds later, two more officers arrive and park in driveway. Gunshots are heard in background. Several more will arrive within next few minutes.
- 9:40 a.m.: Final gunshot is heard, believed to be Lanza's final suicide shot.
- 9:41 a.m.: Officer detains individual near school playground; police advised to be aware of possibility of second shooter.
- 9:42 a.m.: Officer radios license plate on vehicle parked in fire lane.
- 9:44 a.m.: Three officers enter through boiler room and make way to lobby.
- 9:45 a.m. Bodies of two victims found. Officer radios for assistance: "OK, I need units in the front of the school. I've got bodies here. Let's get ambulances."
- 9:46 a.m. Officers enter front of school.
- 9:47 a.m. Police set up perimeter around school and soon begin evacuating children.
- 9:51 a.m.: Police find Lanza's body.
- 10:10 a.m.: State Police sergeant radios dispatch, "We have multiple, in the double digits, of death here ... so it's not good ... we have, we're still clearing rooms ... we have one suspect ... one suspect down ... deceased."
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Wednesday, July 23 2014 11:31 AM EDT2014-07-23 15:31:07 GMT
UPDATE: The Carlton Complex is now the largest wild land fire ever to burn in the State of Washington. The perimeter of this fire is more than 100 miles long. The total acreage burned is 250,136 acres.
UPDATE: The Carlton Complex is now the largest wild land fire ever to burn in the State of Washington. The perimeter of this fire is more than 100 miles long. The total acreage burned is 250,136 acres. A total of 2500+ firefighters and support personnel are assigned to the incident. The fire is 16% contained.
Wednesday, July 23 2014 11:11 AM EDT2014-07-23 15:11:34 GMT
SEATTLE (AP) - President Obama has declared an emergency in Washington because of wildfires burning the past two weeks. The declaration Wednesday authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security to coordinate disaster relief and help state and local agencies with equipment and resources.
SEATTLE (AP) - President Obama has declared an emergency in Washington because of wildfires burning the past two weeks. The declaration Wednesday authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security to coordinate disaster relief and help state and local agencies with equipment and resources.
Wednesday, July 23 2014 9:36 AM EDT2014-07-23 13:36:21 GMT
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's Central News Agency says a plane has crashed in a failed emergency landing, killing 51 people.The news agency cited the head of the fire department in the Taiwanese county of Penghu as saying that seven people were also injured in the crash.
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's Central News Agency says a plane has crashed in a failed emergency landing, killing 51 people.The news agency cited the head of the fire department in the Taiwanese county of Penghu as saying that seven people were also injured in the crash.
Wednesday, July 23 2014 9:31 AM EDT2014-07-23 13:31:10 GMT
BERLIN (AP) - Germany's largest airline, Lufthansa, says it is cancelling all flights to Tel Aviv for at least another 24 hours because of ongoing safety concerns.Lufthansa said Wednesday that the decision applies also to its subsidiaries Germanwings, Austrian Airlines, Swiss and Brussels Airlines.
BERLIN (AP) - Germany's largest airline, Lufthansa, says it is cancelling all flights to Tel Aviv for at least another 24 hours because of ongoing safety concerns.Lufthansa said Wednesday that the decision applies also to its subsidiaries Germanwings, Austrian Airlines, Swiss and Brussels Airlines.
Wednesday, July 23 2014 2:46 AM EDT2014-07-23 06:46:48 GMT
UPDATE: The Watermelon Hill fire remains 80% contained. Fish Trap resort evacuations have been lowered to advisory level according to the WA Department of Natural Resources. The fire has been reduced to 10,518 acres. This fire is burning 7 miles SW of Cheney, WA and started on July 19th.
UPDATE: The Watermelon Hill fire remains 80% contained. Fish Trap resort evacuations have been lowered to advisory level according to the WA Department of Natural Resources. The fire has been reduced to 10,518 acres. This fire is burning 7 miles SW of Cheney, WA and started on July 19th.
