State Police: “This is State Police. I’ve got a victim..she’s been shot once in the foot. She’s in room No. 1…How close are you guys to arriving on scene?”
Newtown Dispatcher: “Female party shot in the foot.”
State Police: “Right by the playground. Room No. 1.”
Newtown Dispatcher: “Are you ok? Where’s room No. 1 in the school”
Teacher: “Facing the playground”
Newtown Dispatcher: “On the playground”
Teacher: “Facing the playground”
Newtown Dispatcher to teacher: “Are you safe right now?”
Teacher: “I think so. My classroom door is not locked.”
Newtown Dispatcher: “Is there anybody that can lock the classroom door?”
Teacher: “No..there’s children in this room still.”
Dispatcher: “Try to apply pressure, okay? Is there any other teacher with you”
Teacher: “There’s two other adults in the school with me. They’re over on the other side of the bookshelf”
Dispatcher: “Are you ok for now?”
Teacher: “For now hopefully, just try to keep pressure on it”
LISTEN TO THE CALL HERE (WARNING THIS MAY BE DISTURBING TO SOME READERS)