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A shooting at a Connecticut elementary school Friday left the gunman dead and 27 people dead, including 18 children. A law enforcement official says the attacker in the shootings is a 20-year-old man with ties to the school.

Published: December 14, 2012

Parents leave a staging area after being reunited with their children following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., about 60 miles northeast of New York City, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012.

Jessica Hill/AP Photo

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