Live blog: Shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

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A law enforcement official identified the gunman as 20-year-old Adam Lanza.
The updates below were compiled from multiple news organizations.
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BREAKING: Initial reports say many children at the school were shot, perhaps at least 20, two officials tell NBCNews' @PeteWilliamsNBCby NBC News via twitter 12/14/2012 5:46:41 PM -
.@CBSNews' Bob Orr: this is a very fluid situation. At least 27 people are dead in CT school shooting, 14 children http://cbsn.ws/cPMwJ7by CBS News via twitter 12/14/2012 5:46:49 PM -

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BREAKING: Official with knowledge of Conn. school shooting: 27 dead, including 18 childrenby The Associated Press via twitter 12/14/2012 5:53:49 PM -
One entire classrom is unaccounted for outside the school, sources said. #newtown http://cour.at/WbToeGby Hartford Courant via twitter 12/14/2012 5:55:26 PM -
If the figures being reported by multiple outlets are accurate then the death toll from the Sandy Hook shooting will dwarf Columbine.by fieldproducer via twitter 12/14/2012 6:00:54 PM -
.@JohnMillerCBS reports that authorities are “not locked in on the idea that this is the act of one single shooter.”by CBS News via twitter 12/14/2012 6:02:08 PM -

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The latest from the Hartford Courant: "Sources told The Courant that there are at least 20 shooting victims. Many of the shootings took place in a kindergarten classroom, sources said." -


RT @AnthonyOnFOX: State police swat vehicle enters school driveway. #schoolshooting pbs.twimg.com/media/A-GFIeLCAAEAVKN.jpg
by Hartford Courant via twitter 12/14/2012 6:19:17 PM -

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BREAKING: Second person in custody for possible connection to school shooting at #Newtown, CT school - @PeteWilliamsNBCby NBC News via twitter 12/14/2012 6:25:46 PM -
We are still live, catch it online: http://bit.ly/HtXpXJ press conference coming up soon #newtownby Hartford Courant via twitter 12/14/2012 6:26:42 PM -

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RT @StephenBus: 9-year-old: "We were told to hold each others' hands and to close our eyes. We opened our eyes when we were outside."by Hartford Courant via twitter 12/14/2012 6:31:12 PM -

AP source: 20-year-old suspect had ties to school
From the AP: A law enforcement official says the attacker in the Connecticut school shootings is a 20-year-old man with ties to the school.
The official said that a gun used in the attacks is a .223-caliber rifle. The official also said that New Jersey state police are searching a location in that state in connection with the shootings, said by an official in Connecticut to have left 27 dead, including 18 children.
The official in Washington spoke on the condition of anonymity because the source was not authorized to speak on the record about the developing criminal investigation. -
The Conn. school shooting suspect is a 20-year-old man with ties to the school, a law enforcement official says: http://apne.ws/UMbiSb -ECby The Associated Press via twitter edited by Adrienne Lavidor-Berman 12/14/2012 6:38:11 PM -
press conference on shooting at #newtown Sandy Hook Elementary live NOW http://bit.ly/HtXpXJby Hartford Courant via twitter 12/14/2012 6:41:43 PM -
Watch presser live on your phone http://bit.ly/pa5466 #newtownby Hartford Courant via twitter 12/14/2012 6:42:18 PM -

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State police: Shooter is dead, scene is secure #newtownby Hartford Courant via twitter 12/14/2012 6:44:55 PM -

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Latest off the wire: 20 year old gunman had ties with the school -

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RT @StephenBus: Wrenching scene in #newtown. Parents are sequestered in the fire department near the school. Report 27 dead, 18 kids htt ...by Hartford Courant via twitter 12/14/2012 6:53:59 PM -

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Another CNN reporter interviewed a second-grade teacher who said she was in a meeting with others when they heard a "pop pop pop" in the hallway; three people left the room to investigate, but only one returned because the other two were shot. There must have been "at least" 100 rounds, the witness said. The vice principal who went into the hallway was shot in the foot and came crawling back into the room. -

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CNN quotes teacher-witness as saying she was in a meeting to discuss one of her second-grade students when the shooting started. After the shooting stopped, those at the meeting were led out of the building, and passed by bodies lying in pools of blood. -

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CNN interviewed the parent of an 8-year-old student at the school. She said she got a call from a teacher who had taken her daughter into a bathroom and locked the door; she said the teacher told her daughter that the gunshot sounds were somebody hammering. Eventually police knocked on the door and escorted them out; she said her daughter did see blood and broken glass. -

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RT @jennydwilson: Neighbor says when it happened he was fairly close to school, heard and saw helicopters but wasn't sure what was going ...by Hartford Courant via twitter 12/14/2012 7:07:34 PM -
CNN update: The death toll is rising, number of fatalities is close to 30, of which about 18-20 are children. Police are using a warrant to search the home of the suspected shooter. They are citing a source identifying the shooter; Boston.com will wait for a second confirmation of the name before using it. -
BREAKING: Second person in custody for possible connection to school shooting at #Newtown, CT school - @PeteWilliamsNBCby NBC News via twitter 12/14/2012 7:13:19 PM -

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