NEWTOWN,Conn. U.S.A. - A heavily armed gunman killed 26 people, including 20 children from 5 to 10
years old, in a rampage at a Connecticut elementary school on Friday, one of
the worst mass shootings in U.S. history.
The gunman - who according to a media report
carried four weapons and wore a bulletproof vest - was dead inside Sandy Hook
Elementary 
School in Newtown, Connecticut, state police Lieutenant Paul Vance
told a news conference.
School in Newtown, Connecticut, state police Lieutenant Paul Vance
told a news conference.
Vance said authorities found 18 children and
seven adults, including the gunman, dead at the school, and two children were
pronounced dead later after being take to a hospital. Another adult was found
dead at a related crime scene in Newtown, he said, bringing the toll to 28.
"Our hearts are broken today,"
President Barack Obama said in an emotional televised address to the nation.
"Evil visited this community
today," Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy told reporters.
Two law enforcement sources briefed on the
investigation confirmed to Reuters the shooter had been identified as Adam
Lanza, 20. Adam's brother Ryan Lanza was "either in custody or being
questioned" at this hour, one of the sources said.
Lanza, 20. Adam's brother Ryan Lanza was "either in custody or being
questioned" at this hour, one of the sources said.
The New York Times reported that the gunman
walked into a classroom where his mother was a teacher, shot his mother and
then 20 students, most in the same classroom, before shooting five other adults
and killing himself. One other person was shot at the school and survived, the
Times said.
source: Reuters...More...
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