Dispatches

The American School Massacre

The American School Massacre: Channel 4 Dispatches

On Friday 14 December, a lone gunman walked into his local primary school in Newtown, Connecticut, and shot dead 20 children aged between five and ten. Seven adults were also killed.

Within hours an emotional President Obama called for 'meaningful action... regardless of politics'.

In this Dispatches, Channel 4 News' Washington Correspondent, Matt Frei, reports from the scene of one of America's worst mass shootings, unravelling the chain of events and asking whether this latest tragedy will lead to a real change in America's attitude to guns.

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First Shown

Date Time Channel
Monday 17 December 2012 8PM Channel 4

Last Shown

Date Time Channel
Friday 21 December 2012 2.45AM Channel 4

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