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27 Killed in Connecticut Shooting, Including 20 Children</NYT_HEADLINE>
A gunman killed 26 people, 20 of them children between the ages of 5 and 10, in a shooting on Friday morning at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., about 65 miles northeast of New York City, the authorities said.
The gunman, who was believed to be in his 20s, walked into a classroom at Sandy Hook Elementary School where his mother was a teacher. He shot and killed her and then shot 20 students, most in the same classroom. He also shot five other adults, and then killed himself inside the school.
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?The majority of those who died today were children, beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old,? a visibly distraught President Obama said during a nationally televised address.
After pausing to compose himself for perhaps five long seconds, Mr. Obama said, ?They had their entire lives ahead of them: birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own.'?
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27 Killed in Connecticut Shooting, Including 20 Children</NYT_HEADLINE>
A gunman killed 26 people, 20 of them children between the ages of 5 and 10, in a shooting on Friday morning at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., about 65 miles northeast of New York City, the authorities said.
The gunman, who was believed to be in his 20s, walked into a classroom at Sandy Hook Elementary School where his mother was a teacher. He shot and killed her and then shot 20 students, most in the same classroom. He also shot five other adults, and then killed himself inside the school.
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?The majority of those who died today were children, beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old,? a visibly distraught President Obama said during a nationally televised address.
After pausing to compose himself for perhaps five long seconds, Mr. Obama said, ?They had their entire lives ahead of them: birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own.'?
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