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The detective who led the investigation into the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School attack testified Tuesday that there are three types of people who deny that it happened and harass the victims' families: the mentally ill, those who believed bad or incomplete information, and those who knew the truth but twisted it for their own “power or money.” Investigators put conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in that final group.
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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was defiant and cited free speech rights during a deposition in April, as part of a lawsuit by relatives of some of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims suing Jones for calling the massacre a hoax.
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The Senior Paw Project provides seniors with resources to help take care of their pets. It was started by the mother of a child who died in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
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Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has ordered U.S. and state flags lowered to half-staff in honor of a longtime Newtown fire chief who died after returning home from a call.
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The families of children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting want conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay their legal costs. They’re calling on judges in Connecticut and Texas to make it happen.
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While Newtown rallies, Congress is negotiating gun control legislation in response to shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and elsewhere. President Joe Biden has called for at least 10 Republicans to join Democrats to pass legislation on guns.
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Faith leaders in Newtown, Connecticut, said on Wednesday night at a vigil that the community knows the pain Uvalde, Texas, is experiencing after this week’s shooting at an elementary school.
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Senator Chris Murphy delivers an emotional speech responding to the Uvalde shooting.
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Survivors from the 2012 elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut begged local lawmakers to push forward an effort to ban open-carry weapons on town property.
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Police in one Connecticut town got good marks for their conduct in a study of 500 hours of body camera footage in a study that looks at how police interact with the public.