Gunman kills 26 at Conn. school, commits suicide
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Distraught leave the fire station after hearing news of their loved ones from officials December 14, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut. A young gunman slaughtered 20 small children and six teachers on Friday after walking into a school in an idyllic Connecticut town wielding at least two sophisticated firearms. The toll was the second deadliest of the recurrent school shootings in the United States. Connecticut State Police spokesman Lieutenant Paul Vance said 18 children were shot dead inside Sandy Hook Elementary School and that two more died of their wounds in hospital. Six adults at the school were killed, Vance said, before the killer was shot -- either by his own hand or police. US media said the school principal was among those killed. AFP PHOTO / DON EMMERT (Photo credit should read DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)
