Official: Adam Lanza opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, killing 27
A man killed his mother at their home and then opened fire inside the elementary school where she taught, massacring 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters cowered in fear to the sound of gunshots reverberating through the building. (Dec. 14) (December 14, 2012 10:39 PM)
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NEWTOWN, Conn. -- A gunman dressed in black fatigues opened fire inside two classrooms Friday morning at the rural Connecticut elementary school where his mother worked, killing 20 children and six adults, authorities said.
Children as young as 5 hid in corners and closets, or cowered under their desks, as the 20-year-old killer, armed with at least two handguns, unloaded a barrage of bullets.
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