Crime & Safety

Council Rock Alumni Loses Son in Sandy Hook Shooting

Fran Lobis-Wheeler's son, Benjamin, 6, died in the attack. Lobis-Wheeler is a member of Council Rock's class of 1985.

A Council Rock graduate lost her son in Friday’s school shooting in Connecticut.

According to sources, Fran Lobis-Wheeler’s son, Benjamin, 6, died in the attack. Lobis-Wheeler is a member of Council Rock’s class of 1985.

According to a story from New Haven-based News 8, Lobis-Wheeler and her husband, David, had recently moved to Newtown, CT from New York City. The story says their son Nate, also a student at Sandy Hook, survived the attack.

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A memorial page, Friends of Benjamin Wheeler, has been set up on Facebook. 


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