In a press conference, state medical examiner H. Wayne Carver has said that the children killed Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., were shot multiple times each, confirming what many had already feared.
Dr H. Wayne Carver, chief medical examiner for CT, talking to reporters. pic.twitter.com/pfOiYScD
— Robert Goulston (@rgoulston) December 15, 2012
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Asked if victims suffered, medical examiner said, "If so, not for very long." #Newtown
— Liz Heron (@lheron) December 15, 2012
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Just watched the medical examiner presser. He autopsied 7 victims that had 3 to 11 wounds per child. ELEVEN! This was unfathomable savagery
— Siri Vita (@SLSiri) December 15, 2012
Clint Van Zant choking up on @MSNBC. Yeah buddy. The medical examiner's press conference shook me up. To the core.
— San Diego Broker @ ? (@housesandme) December 15, 2012
Many watching live were shocked not as much by the news but by the demeanor of the medical examiner.
This medical examiner is super weird. I guess maybe that goes with the territory.
— Alex Teachey (@alexteachey) December 15, 2012
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Extremely disrespectful press conference going on with #Newtown medical examiner – totally inappropriate laughing, joking with media.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 15, 2012
Piers Morgan accused the medical examiner of showboating, drawing an immediate backlash.
Really disgusted by this medical examiner's showboating behaviour – he should be kept well away from cameras in future. #Newtown
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 15, 2012
Leave it to the pros, right? MT @piersmorgan Really disgusted by this medical examiner's showboating behaviour
— China is lying (@jtLOL) December 15, 2012
Pot, meet kettle. RT @piersmorgan: Really disgusted by this medical examiner's showboating behaviour #Newtown
— Area Man (@lheal) December 15, 2012
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@piersmorgan He spends his days with corpses rather than TV cameras.
— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) December 15, 2012
.@piersmorgan could you be any less self aware?
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) December 15, 2012
@piersmorgan In short: I'm trying to give him the benefit of the doubt. He has a horribly difficult job, especially today
— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) December 15, 2012
@piersmorgan I dare say we would do as bad a job at his table as he did at your cameras.
— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) December 15, 2012
Others find it difficult to criticize someone who has just completed the job that Carver did.
Twitter going crazy about #Newtown Medical Examiner during presser. I've seen lots of similar behavior from officials over the years. #sad
— Jackie Cain (@JackieCainTV) December 15, 2012
That Medical Examiner must have been nervous or just weird to crack so many jokes #Wow
— Nefertiti (@Nefertitisoul) December 15, 2012
Yes the medical examiner was inappropriate but before we judge him think about what a traumatic night he must have had
— Rebecca (@LittleMissBecca) December 15, 2012
Laughter is commonly used as a coping mechanism. The CT Medical Examiner bore witness to 20 brutally shot child bodies. Difficult for anyone
— Daniel Fein (@danieljfein123) December 15, 2012
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before ya'll get all over the medical examiner for his tv appearance – think for 1 sec what that man has had to endure for >24hrs. sheesh.
— Nasty D – Not A "Good German" Never Will Be (@DawnGulick) December 15, 2012
While emotions run high, it’s hard to imagine what Carver has seen inside Sandy Hook Elementary. The scene was so horrible, in fact, that not even parents have been allowed to view it.
Medical Examiner: Families identified children via pictures. They did not have to view bodies in person #Newtown
— Jo Ling Kent (@jolingkent) December 15, 2012
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