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ME: Adam Lanza's rifle rigged to reload quickly; Sandy Hook autopsies 'worst I've seen'

Connecticut State Police say a gunman who massacred

Connecticut State Police say a gunman who massacred 26 children and adults at an elementary school before committing suicide forced his way into the building. (Dec. 15) (December 15, 2012 11:14 AM)

NEWTOWN, Conn. -- The gunman who killed 20 first-graders and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school, shooting many multiple times, used a military-style rifle rigged to quickly reload, the state's chief medical examiner said Saturday.

Dr. H. Wayne Carver II, the medical examiner, said the victims at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown died Friday morning from "a very devastating...

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