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The
report will detail state police response to the attack on Sandy
Hook Elementary School, one of the five deadliest mass shootings
by a single gunman in U.S. history. It is expected to run to 60
to 80 pages, the newspaper said, citing unnamed sources.
Connecticut officials were not immediately able to confirm the
report.
A 20-year-old gunman armed with a high-powered assault rifle
launched his attack at the school in a wealthy New York commuter
suburb, after killing his mother at their home. He ended the
rampage by shooting himself as he heard the sound of approaching
police sirens.
After-action reports have become standard practice for U.S. law
enforcement agencies after attacks like Sandy Hook's and are
intended to improve response times. Connecticut media including
the Courant have been critical of the length of time it has
taken state police to complete and release this report.
Similar reports have been published after mass shootings dating
back to the deadly 1999 rampage at Columbine High School in
Colorado, which left 12 dead.
The Sandy Hook massacre inflamed the long-running U.S. debate
over the right to bear arms, which is enshrined in the Second
Amendment of the Constitution. States including Connecticut and
New York passed laws limiting the possession of high-capacity
ammunition magazines like those used in the attack, though
federal efforts stalled in Congress.
(Reporting by Scott Malone in Boston; Editing by Catherine
Evans)
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