Police: 20 children 6 adults killed at school; shooter also dead
Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy has just held a press briefing.
He offers thanks for offers of assistance. He says he spoke with parents of the victims and extends his condolences.
"A number of our citizens, beautiful children, had their life taken away from them," Malloy says.
"The perpetrator of the crime is dead, as is an individual who the perpetrator lived with."
He thanks the president.
State Police spokesman Lt. Paul Vance now speaks.
"I just would like to restate some of the information," he says. He says it's "an active, ongoing investigation," "and there's a lot of things we cannot confirm or discuss."
"Upon realizing the intensity and difficulty of the situation," police called for reinforcements.
There were 18 children that were pronounced dead at the school. Two children were transported and pronounced dead. There were six adults pronounced dead at the school.
In addition the shooter was dead at the school.
That's a total of 26 victims plus the shooter at the school.
Twenty children were killed at the school.
The scene is secure. Police are "working with several agencies to process this scene."
They are working to establish identities.
He said police will be at the scene through the night, through the weekend and beyond.
"There's a great deal of work that needs to be done here at the school."
Vance says there is a second crime scene in Newtown at which "there is an adult deceased."
"The shootings did take place in one section of the school in two rooms," he says.
The next step, he says, is for the medical examiner's office to determine the cause of death and identities of the victims.
He says one person was injured.
Everyone killed was in "that section of the building," he said.
He said police have not yet made positive identifications, although preliminary identifications have been made of the victims.
