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Names Of CT Mass School Shooting Victims Released
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Ben Yakas
Published Dec 15, 2012
Modified Dec 17, 2012
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The names of all the victims of yesterday's horrific Connecticut elementary school shooting have now been released. Besides alleged shooter Adam Lanza and his mother Nancy Lanza—who he killed at their home before driving to Sandy Hook Elementary School Friday morning—there were 26 deaths, including 20 children. All of the slain children were either 6 or 7 years old; there were 12 girl victims and eight boys. All of the adults killed were women. You can see the full list, including birth dates, below.
1. Charlotte Bacon (2/22/06)
2. Daniel Barden (9/25/05)
3. Rachel Davino (7/17/83)
4. Olivia Engel (7/18/06)
5. Josephine Gay (12/11/05)
6. Ana M. Marquez-Greene (4/4/06)
7. Dylan Hockley (3/8/06)
8. Dawn Hocksprung (6/28/65)
9. Madeleine F. Hsu (7/10/06)
10. Catherine V. Hubbard (6/8/06)
11. Chase Kowalski (10/31/05)
12. Jesse Lewis (6/30/06)
13. James Mattioli (3/22/06)
14. Grace McDonnell (11/04/05)
15. AnneMarie Murphy (07/25/60)
16. Emilie Parker (5/12/06)
17. Jack Pinto (5/6/06)
18. Noah Pozner (11/20/06)
19. Caroline Previdi (9/7/06)
20. Jessica Rekos (5/10/06)
21. Avielle Richman (10/17/06)
22. Lauren Russeau (6/1982)
23. Mary Sherlach (2/11/56)
24. Victoria Soto (11/4/85)
25. Benjamin Wheeler (9/12/06)
26. Allison N. Wyatt (7/3/06)
All of the children were shot with a "long rifle," likely from the .223-caliber Bushmaster rifle Adam Lanza had taken from his mother earlier that day. Most of the children suffered multiple gunshot wounds, with some of the children hit as many as 11 times. Most of those kids were first graders.
Three of the staff members who were killed included Principal Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung, school psychologist Mary Sherlach, and first grade teacher Victoria Soto. The Washington Post has begun collecting memorials and bios of the victims here.
There are also lots of Facebook memorials, donations, and articles popping up for victims including: Olivia Engel, Ana Marquez-Greene (daughter of Jazz saxophonist Jimmy Greene, who wrote this song for her), Dawn Hochsprung, Jesse Lewis, and Emilie Parker. If you know of any more, please let us know and we'll add them.
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