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<p>In this photo provided by the Newtown Bee, Connecticut State Police lead children from the school. Twenty-seven people, including 20 children and the shooter, were killed in the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history.</p>

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Massacre claims 26 lives at grade school
December 14, 2012 6:30 p.m.

Massacre claims 26 lives at grade school

Man kills 28 — including 20 children

NEWTOWN, Conn. — A man killed his mother at their home and then opened fire Friday inside an elementary school, massacring 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters cowered in fear to the sound of gunshots reverberating through the building and screams echoing over the intercom.