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Emergency vehicles line the road at a firehouse staging area for family at the entrance to Sandy Hook School, the site of a school shooting in Newtown, Conn., Friday, Dec. 14, 2012.
A man opened fire Friday inside two classrooms at the school where his mother worked as a teacher's aide, killing 26 people, including 20 children. The killer, armed with two handguns, committed suicide at the school and his mother was found dead at their home, bringing the death toll to 28, authorities said. A law enforcement official identified the gunman as 20-year-old Adam Lanza.
(AP Photo / Jessica Hill)
