Watch Video: Interview- Sandy Hook Elementary Teacher Kaitlin Roig Protected Her Students-Connecticut Shooting Twenty children died today when a heavily armed man invaded a Newtown, Conn., elementary school and sprayed staff and students with bullets. The gunman, identified as Adam Lanza, 20, was found dead in the school. Lt. Paul Vance said 18 children died in Sandy Hook Elementary School and two more died later in a hospital. Six adults also were slain, bringing the total to 26. Among them was the school’s principal, Dawn Hochsprung, multiple sources told ABC News. In addition to the casualties at the school, Lanza’s mother, Nancy Lanza, was killed in her home, federal and state sources told ABC News. According to sources, Lanza shot his mother in the face, then left his house armed with at least two semi-automatic handguns, a Glock and a Sig Sauer, and a semi-automatic rifle. He was also wearing a bulletproof vest. Lanza drove to Sandy Hook Elementary School and continued his rampage, killing 26 people, authorities said. He was found dead at the school. It appeared that he died from what was believed to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The rifle was found in his car.
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