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Names of victims in Conn. school rampage released

Updated: Monday, 17 Dec 2012, 6:23 AM EST
Published : Saturday, 15 Dec 2012, 4:33 PM EST

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Authorities have released the names of the 26 people gunned down in a rampage at a Connecticut elementary school.

All six adults killed at the school were women. Of the 20 children who were shot to death, eight were boys and 12 were girls. All the children were ages 6 or 7.

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

Names and ages of the 26 people gunned down at a Connecticut elementary school Friday in the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history:

  •    Charlotte Bacon, 6
  •    Daniel Barden, 7

  •    Rachel Davino, 29
  •    Olivia Engel, 6

  •    Josephine Gay, 7
  •    Ana Marquez-Greene, 6

  •    Dylan Hockley, 6
  •    Dawn Hochsprung, 47

  •    Madeleine Hsu, 6
  •    Catherine Hubbard, 6

  •    Chase Kowalski, 7
  •    Jesse Lewis, 6

  •    James Mattioli, 6
  •    Grace McDonnell, 7

  •    Anne Marie Murphy, 52
  •    Emilie Parker, 6

  •    Jack Pinto, 6
  •    Noah Pozner, 6

  •    Caroline Previdi, 6
  •    Jessica Rekos, 6

  •    Avielle Richman, 6
  •    Lauren Rousseau, 30

  •    Mary Sherlach, 56
  •    Victoria Soto, 27

  •    Benjamin Wheeler, 6
  •    Allison Wyatt, 6

Source: Connecticut State Police

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