Police Find "Good Evidence" on Motive for Connecticut School Massacre

Briefing reporters in Newtown, Connecticut, State Police Lieutenant Paul Vance said police have uncovered "very good" evidence that should help determine why a gunman forced his way into an elementary school and killed 20 children in one of the worst shooting rampages in US history.

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5 months ago

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Paul Vance

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United States of America, Connecticut, Newtown

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ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION STORY: Connecticut police have uncovered "very good" evidence that should help determine why a gunman forced his way into an elementary school and killed 20 children in one of the worst shooting rampages in U.S. history, an official said on Saturday (December 15). Law enforcement authorities have turn up "some very good evidence in this investigation that our investigators will be able to use in, hopefully, painting the complete picture as to how, and more importantly why, this occurred," Connecticut State Police Lieutenant Paul Vance said at a news conference. Police also confirmed in a statement that the woman found killed at second crime scene in Connecticut was a relative of the shooter. Crime-scene investigators worked through the night and moved the bodies to the state medical examiner's office for autopsies, a police statement said. Victims' names had yet to be released.