Article updated: 12/15/2012 10:26 AM

Man kills 26 at Connecticut school, including 20 kids

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In this photo provided by the Newtown Bee, Connecticut State Police lead children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., following a reported shooting there Friday, Dec. 14, 2012.

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A man killed his mother at home and then opened fire Friday inside the elementary school where she taught, massacring 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters cowered in fear to the sound of gunshots echoing through the building and screams coming over the intercom. "Our hearts are broken today," a tearful President Barack Obama said.

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