When the reports were saying the shooter was only 20 I figured too young to be a parent. And I guess only one shooter, not 2? But 4 weapons found on the scene?

What's confusing to me is that they're giving the number of people dead, but saying a whole classroom is unaccounted for. Does that mean we're looking possibly twenty more dead?

That's been confusing to me too, and I so hope there aren't more dead. I know I shouldn't picture what if it were my kids, but it's so hard not to do it.

Heard on Facebook from a friend in CT that his mom was a kindergarten teacher there. Andy Carvin from NPR posted on Twitter that CBS said that he may have killed his father in NJ first before heading to CT.

This feels like a game of horror telephone.

...I think there's not much point in speculating or reporting about every possible rumor.

you have a good point

NYT is saying all the children killed were in the shooter's mother's classroom (18), so that could account for the "missing class" reportage. There was a whole class killed, but no other children killed.

I just want to honor all those teachers - apparently 8 of them - who were killed trying to defend their students. I am sure the teachers I know would have done the same.

I think there's not much point in speculating or reporting about every possible rumor.

I completely agree.

...I think there's not much point in speculating or reporting about every possible rumor.

Sorry, but the confirmed news isn't coming through very quickly.

And...

Heard on Facebook from a friend in CT that his mom was a kindergarten teacher there. Andy Carvin from NPR posted on Twitter that CBS said that he may have killed his father in NJ first before heading to CT.

This gives me more context. Just my way of dealing with it.

This feels like a game of horror telephone.

Yes.

I am waiting on two things from someone else so I can finish my work and go to a party. I would go to the party now and expect to see the two things waiting for me when I get back, except I think they have booze at the party. So I have to wait.

It's so ... strange. When I first heard about it, there were only 2 dead. I got in the shower, thinking about Columbine and thinking that thank God this wasn't as bad. Then I got out of the shower and I had a text from the girl I finished doing my pre-student teaching with saying to turn on CNN and I did and ... my God.

An entire class?

Oh god, that town is going to be devastated. The survivors are going to go to school in that town are always going to be reminded, because there is always going to be a grade that is too small...

I am watching MSNBC right now. they are reporting the gunman started at the principal's office and then went to his mother's classroom and killed his mother and targeted the children in the classroom.

It is not clear he killed all the kids in the classroom, but that's who seemed to get the worst of it.