On Dec. 14, 2012, a 20-year-old gunman identified as Adam Lanza forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where he killed 20 children and six adults with a high-power rifle before taking his own life. The investigation found Lanza had also killed his mother shortly before the shooting at the school.
Connecticut state police Lt. Paul Vance says that staff and students at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown are among the victims of a school shooting. Vance also says the shooter was dead in the school.
December 14, 2012
By The Associated Press