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The shooter has been identified as Ryan Lanza from Hoboken, New Jersey. The shooter's mother was a kindergarten teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School and was found shot dead inside the school. & w$ Z! x3 a" b- r1 ^4 C7 c4 V( W. x m, ?: ~
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It's believed that the shooter killed one of his parents in New Jersey before driving to Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. [' L! J/ ]# _8 `1 Z7 L6 e& _4 I ; _4 x; d* Q9 v( j- Y c-----" z6 g1 G+ [! k
; z; m0 J$ B5 n# D$ W: VThe principal of the school, who is thought to be one of the 27 dead has been identified as Dawn Hochsprung. Her last tweet is below:! o" F' @" p1 _7 D; f% v
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