纽顿的枪击事件不但可怕可悯，而且反映了日趋常见的模式 — — 心理学家和精神专家已有深入研究的一种特殊的杀戮式自杀（murder-suicide ） 。
The shooting in Newtown was not only especially horrific and heartbreaking, but is also part of an increasingly common pattern – a specific kind of murder-suicide that has been carefully studied by psychologists and psychiatrists.