when was sandy hook

The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting took place on December 14, 2012 , in Newtown, Connecticut, USA.

Quick date and time

• The attack occurred on the morning of December 14, 2012, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Connecticut.

• The shooting unfolded shortly after about 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time and lasted only a few minutes.

Brief context

• The perpetrator killed 26 people at the school, including 20 children and 6 adult staff members, making it one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.

• Before arriving at the school, he also killed his mother at their home in Newtown earlier that same morning.