Shooting at elementary school in Connecticut. Gunman dead, at least 20 others shot. Update!

Courtesy of the Chicago Tribune:

Multiple people have been killed in a shooting at an elementary school. The number of dead is unclear, but there are at least 20 shooting victims. Many of the shootings took place in a kindergarten classroom, sources told the Hartford Courant. The gunman is reported dead. 

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is still under way, says the man apparently had two guns. 

The shooting was reported at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, in western Connecticut. State police say Newtown police called them at about 9:40 a.m. about the reports.

Like I am sure many of you, I have been watching this story unfold all morning.

I am literally so upset by the information coming out that my hands are shaking as I write this.

The school only has classes from kindergarten through the fourth grads so the oldest child in this school is probably no older than ten years old. As tragic as school shootings are anywhere, THESE are just babies!

There is still information coming in, and I imagine that this story will change and evolve over time.

I am posting this in the hope that as you all learn more we can add it to the comments and hopefully share that information here.

The man brought in two handguns. To me that indicates that this man came to kill as many people as possible.

Whatever the motivation for this shooting, it is clear he intended to kill multiple individuals, possibly even children, and came prepared to do just that!

No more fucking around, we have GOT to have a serious conversation about access to handguns and automatic weapons in this country!

Update: MSNBC is reporting that there are 26 dead, 18 children and 8 adults.

Update 2: Shooter described as twenty years old, dressed all in black, with two handguns. So it was not a parent, and very likely not related directly to the school.

Update 3: New information has revealed that the shooter is 20 year old Adam Lanza, who murdered his mother at home, and then went to this school where his mother worked, to kill others that he found in the building.

The death toll now stands at 26, 27 if you count the shooter. Twenty of them were children and the rest were adults.

There is also another crime scene as well connected to this shooting. Ryan's girlfriend and a friend, remain missing.

Update 4: Believe it or not there is now some confusion about WHICH brother is the now deceased shooter and which one is now in custody. 

Update 5: Here is the best update on all of the new information that has some out since I first posted this, including the real name of the shooter, Adam Lanza, and the fact that he killed his mother BEFORE coming to her school and killing her students.  The father is also alive despite reports of his death early in the investigation.