The episode , airing four months after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown , Connecticut , was too much for the parents of that town , as noted by '' Los Angeles Times '' contributor Patrick Kevin Day . Andrew Paley , whose children survived the shooting at Sandy Hook , appeared on CNN on April 12 , 2013 to complain that no one from '' Glee '' or its network , Fox , reached out to warn the people of Newtown about the content of the episode . Paley and other parents of Newtown had no problem with the network airing such an episode , but noted : " What 's really upsetting is that no one , none of the producers , reached out to the town of Newtown to let us residents , who are so close to this , know that this episode was airing and that if anybody is a fan of '' Glee '' ... it would have been a shocker to them if they did n't know what the episode was about . " However , residents of Newtown did receive a warning via a Newtown victims ' advocacy group , the Newtown Action Alliance , which got wind of the episode 's content early and sent out a warning email
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Shooting Star (Glee)