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Eleven days before Christmas, a nightmare. \u00a0From Associated Press:\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

A gunman opened fire inside a Connecticut elementary school Friday in a shooting that left 27 people dead, including 18 children, an official said.<\/p>\n

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was still under way.<\/p>\n

The shooting appeared to be the nation\u2019s second-deadliest school shooting, exceeded only by the\u00a0Virginia Tech<\/a>\u00a0massacre in 2007.<\/p>\n

Parents flooded to\u00a0Sandy Hook Elementary School<\/a>, about 60 miles northeast of New York City, looking for their children in the wake of the shooting. Students were told to close their eyes by police as they were led from the building.<\/p>\n

A photo taken by The Newtown Bee newspaper showed a group of young students \u2014 some crying, others looking visibly frightened \u2014 being escorted by adults through a parking lot in a line, hands on each other\u2019s shoulders.<\/p>\n

Students and staff were among the victims, state police Lt.\u00a0Paul Vance<\/a>\u00a0said a brief news conference. He also said the gunman was dead inside the school, but he refused to say how people were killed.<\/p>\n

Another official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation was still under way, said the gunman apparently had two guns.<\/p>\n

A law enforcement official in Washington said the attacker was a 20-year-old man with ties to the school and that one of the guns was a .223-caliber rifle. The official also said that police were searching a location in New Jersey in connection with the shootings. That official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the source was not authorized to speak on the record about the developing criminal investigation.<\/p>\n

Stephen Delgiadice<\/a>\u00a0said his 8-year-old daughter heard two big bangs and teachers told her to get in a corner. His daughter was fine.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s alarming, especially in Newtown, Connecticut, which we always thought was the safest place in America,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read more.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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