Dear God

I'm just really getting started with my day, even though it's late, because I was so tired from the stuff yesterday and the attempts at walking with some weight-bearing. So I went to check the news and found this.

26 reported killed in Newtown, Conn., school shooting

A lone gunman killed 26 people at an elementary school here, including 18 children, in a terrifying early Friday morning shooting spree.

The Associated Press and local media reported the shooter, an unidentified 20-year-old adult male, was also dead inside Sandy Hook Elementary School. A second person was in custody and undergoing questioning. Two handguns were recovered at the scene. Mayor Mark Boughton said several victims had been taken to local hospitals.

Groups of students — some crying, some holding hands — were escorted from the school by teachers. Some witnesses reported of up to 100 shots. There were unconfirmed reports that the assailant, dressed in military style assault gear, shot most of the victims in a kindergarten classroom.

Another story I saw said the gunman was thought to be the father of one of the students, who had driven up to Connecticut from New Jersey. [Update: This was later proved to be false.]