[PLMerite]

“It started and ended in a mere 5 minutes.”

From the CNN Website:

Police and other first responders arrived on scene about 20 minutes after the first calls.

Police report that no law enforcement officers discharged their weapons at any point.

The gunman took his own life, police said. He took out a handgun and shot himself in a classroom as law enforcement officers approached, officials said.

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2012/12/us/sandy-hook-timeline/index.html

[Errant]

He took out a handgun and shot himself in a classroom as law enforcement officers approached, officials said.

Did an officer actually see this, or is this just another bit of false information being disseminated? Let's see video identifing officers, describing exactly what they encountered when they entered the building.

[dfwgator]

Police and other first responders arrived on scene about 20 minutes after the first calls.

When seconds count, police are only minutes away.

[Uncle Chip]

Wiki has the first shot at 9:35 and the last one at 9:46-49 — 11 to 14 minutes. Police were dispatched to the school at 9:35.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting

News copter video shows police swarming the building at 9:40.