NEWTOWN, Conn. - December 14, 2012 (WPVI) -- Authorities tell ABC News that the gunman in the Newtown, Connecticut school shooting is 24-year-old Ryan Lanza of New Jersey.
Lanza's mother was among the dead at the school. She is believed to be a teacher there.
Authorities also told ABC News that a dead body was found at Lanza's home.
Lanza himself is also dead.
According to his Facebook page, Lanza lives in Hoboken, New Jersey and is from Newtown, Connecticut.
27 people, including 18 children, were killed in the shooting Friday morning at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
The official said that a gun used in the attacks is a .223-caliber rifle.
美國的瘋子太多了,又有槍,動不動就亂殺無辜。今年都發生好幾起了。今天這次最為慘烈:康州一所小學27人死,其中18名兒童!馬上就要過聖誕新年了,太可憐了。。。