Sandy Hook

Dec 19, 2025the sandy hook elementary school shooting of december 14, 2012, left 26 people dead and 2 injured at the school. Dec 11, 2013on december 14, 2012, at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut, adam lanza kills 20 first graders and six school employees before turning a gun on himself. Explore our timeline from the sandy hook school shooting tragedy to transformation and the movement to protect children from gun violence.

Dec 1, 2025read cnn’s fast facts about the sandy hook elementary school shootings in newtown, connecticut. December 14 marks the tragic day when a mass shooting occurred at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut, united states. Feb 2, 2026alex jones sandy hook lawsuit verdict stands at $1.4 billion after supreme court rejection.

The sandy hook shooting is the second deadliest school shooting in us history, after the virginia tech shooting in april 2007. It is also the second deadliest elementary school massacre after the 1927. Sandy hook promise is a national nonprofit organization founded and led by several family members whose loved ones were killed at sandy hook elementary school on december 14, 2012.

Dec 11, 2025survivors of the 2012 sandy hook school shooting, families and lawmakers gathered in washington, d.c., on thursday to honor the lives lost and continue calls for action to end gun violence.