Memorializing the bedrooms of children killed in school shootings
The 60 Minutes segment explores how families of children killed in school shootings preserve the empty bedrooms as memorials. Veteran CBS correspondent Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp have spent eight years documenting these rooms with the consent of grieving parents. The piece highlights the Scruggs family’s experience after the 2023 Covenant School shooting in Nashville, where Hallie's unchanged room serves as a tangible reminder of her life.
- ▪Since the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting, more than 170 children have been killed in U.S. school shootings, leaving families with empty bedrooms that become memorial spaces.
- ▪Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp have spent eight years photographing these rooms after obtaining permission from the families of the victims.
- ▪Hallie's bedroom in Nashville remains as it was on the day of the 2023 Covenant School shooting, and her parents describe the room as both a reminder of her presence and a relic of her absence.
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| Publication time | Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:00:15 -0400 |
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60 Minutes - Newsmakers Memorializing the bedrooms of children killed in school shootings: "She was real. She was here." .chip { background-image: url('/fly/bundles/cbsnewscore/images/chip-bgd/chip-bgd-60-minutes.jpg'); } By Anderson Cooper, Katie Brennan Updated on: June 14, 2026 / 7:00 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google This is an updated version of a story first published on Nov. 23, 2025. The original video can be viewed here. Since the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, 14 years ago, more than 170 children have been killed in school shootings across the U.S. They've left behind devastated families, and friends, and empty bedrooms they once filled with life.
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