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Newtown Ct Shooting

Friday, December 14, 2012

Newtown Shooter and Victims To be ID'ed On Saturday, Police Say

Connecticut state police say an investigation is underway to piece together what motivated the gunman that killed 20 children, six adults and himself Friday morning.

There is a Newtown Patch, where editor Davis Dunavin and other reporters are getting the story right away. Here's their latest. Update 8:08 p.m. Saying officials will identify all victims in the mass killings at a Newtown elementary school — including the shooter, who took his own life — on Sunday, state police called the day’s shocking events “heart-wrenching.” No parents have been given access to the inside of Sandy Hook Elementary School, where the bodies of 18 children, six adults and suspected gunman Adam Lanza remain, Lt. J. Paul Vance of the Connecticut State Police said Friday night at a press conference. Two other children died after they were transported to a nearby hospital. All family members of the deceased have been notified…

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