Woman speaking with state police at the scene
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A law enforcement official tells the Associated Press that the shooter has been identified as 20-year-old Adam Lanza, the son of a teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School, which is a K-4 school.
A second law enforcement official says the man's mother, Nancy Lanza, was a kindergarten teacher and is presumed dead.
Although Lanza wasn't named during a Friday afternoon press conference, Connecticut State Police spokesman Lt. Paul Vance told reporters, "The shooter is deceased inside the building."
Vance put the death toll at 28 total: 20 children, six adults, the gunman and a deceased adult at a secondary location.
There are reports that the deceased adult at a secondary location was a family member found in the Lanza family home in Newtown. No further details are available.
According to reports, the alleged shooter, armed with three weapons and wearing a bullet-proof vest, entered the grade school Friday morning. He reportedly began shooting in the principal's office, then went to the kindergarten class, where he opened fire.
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