U.S. mass shootings in 2012
Two of the deadliest shootings in U.S. history occurred this year in a Colorado theater and a Connecticut elementary school, but so did many others in which multiple people were killed. Among them:
SOURCE: News reports. GRAPHIC: Wilson Andrews, Bonnie Berkowitz, Alberto Cuadra, Emily Chow, Laris Karklis, Dan Keating and Katie Park - The Washington Post. Published Dec. 14, 2012.
Sandy Hook Elementary shooting leaves 28 dead, law enforcement sources say
A shooting rampage in this small Connecticut town on Friday morning left 28 people dead, including 20 children killed inside their elementary school, authorities said.
Remembering the victims
Twenty-seven people in Newtown, Conn., were killed by a gunman who then shot and killed himself on Friday.