A woman waits to hear about her sister, a teacher, following the shooting. Sandy Hook is located about 60 miles northeast of New York City. The school has 650 students.
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Connecticut State Police lead children from the school. The adult gunman, named as Adam Lanza, is dead.
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Police patrol the streets outside. One student told an NBC affiliate: “I was in the gym and I heard like seven loud booms, and the gym teachers told us to go in the corner and we huddled. We all heard these booming noises, and we started crying. So the gym teachers told us to go into the office where no one could find us. Then a police officer told us to run outside.”
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A young boy is comforted outside Sandy Hook Elementary School. Eighteen children were killed in the shooting on Friday morning, and total fatalities could be up to 27 people.
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Residents grieve outside the school.
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The alleged gunman, Adam Lanza, 20, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police say.
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A woman carries her daughter. Check here for more breaking updates.
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Residents grieve outside the school.
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A woman talks to a state police officer at the scene.
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Parents arrive at Sandy Hook early Friday morning.
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Family members embrace each other outside Sandy Hook Elementary School after a shooting.
Parents pick up their children outside. CNN's Meredith Artley said she heard "at least 100 rounds" fired.
President Barack Obama wipes his eye as he speaks about the shooting.
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A National Park Service employee lowers flags at the base of the Washington Monument to half staff after President Obama ordered the action.
