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20 children among 26 victims of Connecticut school shooting

Witness: 3 went into hall, 1 came back

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
NEW: Suspect's mother appeared to be the primary target, source says
NEW: Mother was a teacher at the elementary school
School principal, psychologist among the dead, witness says
The suspect is also dead, police say

Newtown, Connecticut (CNN) -- In one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history, a gunman opened fire Friday in a Connecticut elementary school, killing 26 people -- 20 of them children, police said.

The suspected gunman, who was not identified by police, also was killed.

The mass shootings occurred in one section of Sandy Hook Elementary School and spanned two rooms, said Lt. Paul Vance of the Connecticut State Police.

The mother of the suspected shooter, who was a teacher at the school, appeared to be the primary target, a federal law enforcement source said. The mother was among those killed.

Also among the dead were the school's principal and psychologist, according to a parent who was at the school when the incident happened.

Separately, another adult was found dead in a second location in Newtown, Vance said. A senior law enforcement official familiar with the investigation told CNN the suspect's brother was found dead at a residence.

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Police recovered three weapons from the scene: a semi-automatic .223 Bushmaster, a Glock and a Sig Sauer, a source with knowledge of the investigation said. It's unclear whether police killed the suspect.

Police were questioning another man but are not calling him a suspect, a source with knowledge of the investigation told CNN.

President Barack Obama addressed the shooting in an emotional statement Friday afternoon, saying, "Our hearts our broken today." Obama, a father to two girls, wiped away tears as he noted the nation has "endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years."

Despite the danger being past, federal officers in tactical gear were on the scene Friday afternoon, coordinating with state and local authorities. At least four ambulances remained at the school.

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Hospital officials in neighboring Danbury said they were treating three people wounded in the shooting. Mayor Mark Boughton said the victims were in "very serious" condition.

Police and teachers rushed students from the building as police swarmed the area shortly after the first calls came in, around 9:40 a.m. ET. Officials moved students to a nearby firehouse, where parents frantically sought information about their children.

Third-grader Alexis Wasik said police and teachers barged into her classroom and told students to hide in the corner.

"Everybody was crying," she said. "And I just heard the police officers yelling."

Aerial images from CNN affiliate News 12 New Jersey showed police officers armed with rifles following a dog into woods near the school.

Other officers, some in tactical gear, stood around the school with guns drawn, CNN affiliate WFSB reported.

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All schools in the city were on lockdown Friday as police assessed the situation, Vance said.

Gov. Dannel Malloy is "horrified" by what happened, a spokesman said. Malloy was meeting with families Friday afternoon, the spokesman said.

Obama ordered flags to half-staff nationwide in tribute to the victims.

If the number of fatalities holds up, the Newtown shooting would be the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, behind only the 2007 shooting at Virginia Tech that left 32 people dead.

In 1999, at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, two students shot 13 people to death before killing themselves.

By Susan Candiotti and Michael Pearson, CNN
December 14, 2012 -- Updated 2118 GMT (0518 HKT)

'Why? Why?': 26 dead in elementary school massacre

By Susan Candiotti and Chelsea J. Carter, CNN

December 15, 2012 -- Updated 1518 GMT (2318 HKT)

Tragedy strikes at elementary school

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

NEW: The victims' bodies have been moved to the medical examiner's office
Twenty children, between ages 5 and 10, are dead, police say
Six educators, including the school's principal and psychologist, are killed, police say
The shooter also is believed to have killed his mother, police say

Newtown, Connecticut (CNN) -- Major crime investigators from the Connecticut state police were combing the entire elementary school Saturday where, a day earlier, a gunman shot dead 20 children and six adults before apparently killing himself.

The bodies of those killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown were transported to the office of the state medical examiner for post-mortem examinations, state police said.

Authorities were expected to announce the identities of the dead as early as Saturday, said Lt. J. Paul Vance, a spokesman for the Connecticut State Police.

Timeline: School violence in U.S.

There were more questions than answers about the possible motive of the shooter, identified by three law enforcement officials as 20-year-old Adam Lanza -- who authorities say appeared to have taken his own life, turning his gun on himself in the school.

Police say Lanza, who grew up in the tight-knit community of 27,000, killed his mother at her Newtown home before going to the school where he primarily targeted two classrooms.

Connecticut State Police Lt. Paul Vance addresses the press on Saturday, December 15. Twenty-seven people, including the shooter, are dead, including 20 children, after a deadly shooting rampage.

Connecticut school shooting

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