Names of victims in US school shooting rampage are released

NEWTOWN, Conn. – Authorities have released the names of the 26 people gunned down in a rampage at a U.S. school.

Of the 20 children who were shot to death, eight were boys and 12 were girls. All the children were ages 6 or 7.

All six adults killed at the school were women.

Investigators are trying to learn more about 20-year-old gunman Adam Lanza, who killed himself after the massacre.

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