Episode 181: The Sandy Hook school shooting

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4.2 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

On December 14th, 2012, a young man carrying a Bushmaster rifle walked over the shattered glass from the front doors of Sandy Hook Elementary School and into the building. He was already a murderer. In another five minutes, he would be dead.

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