"I think there's somebody shooting in here," says an unidentified woman calling from inside the school.
"What makes you think that?" a 911 dispatcher asks.
"Because somebody's got a gun, I saw a glimpse of somebody running down the hallway," she replies, her voice shaking. "They're still running, they're still shooting."
Harrowing 911 calls made from Sandy Hook Elementary School to police in Newtown, Conn., were released Wednesday, giving the public a small but chilling window into the mass shooting that killed 26 people, including 20 children, last December.
Authorities released seven audio-enhanced calls made as 20-year-old gunman Adam Lanza shot his way into the school and began his killing spree.
Newtown police dispatchers can be heard urging school administrators to take shelter amid the massacre.
"Keep everyone down, keep everyone away from the windows," a female dispatcher calmly tells a teacher. "Try to lock down the school."
A male dispatcher stayed on the line for several minutes with Rick Thorne, the school's custodian.
"There's still shooting going on, please!" Thorne shouts. "I keep hearing shooting. I keep hearing popping." The sound of gunshots can be heard in the background.
The dispatcher picks up several calls in a row while keeping the custodian on the line for updates on the shooting.
"Guys, we've got a shooting in Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown," the dispatcher says to his colleagues. "That's why 911 is ringing off the hook right now."
Stephen Sedensky III, a state's attorney,
fought against the release of the calls, arguing that the tapes - which were "being made on the murder of children as it occurs" - were too gruesome for residents to bear.
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