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00:00We heard of a story of two young girls, possibly first graders, who saw the gunman go into their classroom and shoot their teacher.
00:10It's now for the very latest.
00:16Good afternoon everyone. My name is Roy Okio-Grosso. I'll spell the last name. It's O-C-C-H-I-O-G-R-O-S-S-O.
00:27I work for Governor Malloy. As you can imagine, the governor is horrified by what's happened.
00:38He is meeting with the families right now. His chief concern is to get the families the information they need as quickly as possible.
00:48That's why he's not here.
00:50I'm going to introduce Lieutenant Paul Vance from the State Police, who will talk a little bit about what's known so far.
00:57We understand that you are all interested in information. We'd like to get you that information as quickly as possible.
01:03But the governor's chief concern is making sure that the families have information as quickly as possible.
01:08And that's where he is now. This is Lieutenant Paul Vance from the State Police.
01:11Hi, good afternoon. I will give you some very basic and brief information as we know it now.
01:20And we will set up regular press briefings as appropriate.
01:23Just after 9.30 this morning, Newtown Police received a 911 call for an emergency at the elementary school.
01:32Newtown PD, upon obtaining information as to the status of the situation, contacted the Connecticut State Police and requested assistance from State Police and surrounding local police departments.
01:41On- and off-duty troopers responded to the school, and with Newtown Police immediately upon arrival, entered the school and began a complete active shooter search of the building.
01:52That included checking every door, every crack, every crevice, every portion of that school.
01:57Our main objective was to evacuate as quickly and efficiently as possible any and all students and faculty in the school.
02:05The entire school was searched. That was accomplished. A staging area was set up.
02:10Students and staff were put into that staging area.
02:13And soon thereafter, the children and staff were reunited with their parents and their loved ones.
02:18There were several fatalities at the scene, both students and staff.
02:24There is no information relative to that that is being released at this time until we've made complete and proper notification.
02:31The shooter is deceased inside the building.
02:34There's a great deal of work that is undertaken immediately upon locating the shooter.
02:40And that is there's a great deal of search warrant activity.
02:43There's a great deal of law enforcement activity, both in and out of state, to ensure that we cover all the bases relative to that specific individual.
02:52Suffice it to say, the scene is secure.
02:55State Police Major Crime Squad, Newtown Police Department, Danbury State's Attorney, and many agencies are working together to answer all the questions surrounding exactly what happened.
03:05As Mr. Ochoa-Grosso said, we will keep you brief. We will keep you informed on a regular basis.
03:11We will put everything out via our website and with these press conferences.
03:15I'll turn it back over to Mr. Ochoa-Grosso right now.
03:19The governor took a call from President Obama a little while ago who was calling to express his condolences and condolences on behalf of the nation
03:28and pledged whatever resources the federal government can bring to bear to assist the families and to assist in the investigation.
03:36We will get you information as soon as we can get the families the information.
03:40That's where the governor is. At some point later today, the governor will be here and we will set up regular briefings.
03:47Are all those briefings going to be here?
03:53Just getting the very latest update there. A word from Lieutenant Paul Vance as well as Roy Ochoa-Grosso.
03:59He is a spokesman for the governor's office. Let's listen in.
04:04We will come back for another briefing as quickly as we can.
04:08But you can say that the public is not in danger.
04:10The public is not in danger. That's correct.
04:12Lieutenant, everything here, right? All the briefings here?
04:14Right here.
04:16All right. A final word. The public is not in danger that the site has been secured.
04:21I want to go over just some of the things that we have learned.
04:23Not a lot of detail here.
04:25Certainly, there are various and mixed conflicting reports on the number of fatalities from various networks.
04:30CNN can only confirm that as many as 20 people have been killed in this school shooting.