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| Newtown shooting: coroner due to cast light on death of gunman and mother | Newtown shooting: coroner due to cast light on death of gunman and mother |
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| The coroner assigned to the Sandy Hook elementary school tragedy is preparing to release the results of autopsies conducted on the gunman and his mother, as the bodies of the 20 children who were killed have begun to be turned over to parents. | The coroner assigned to the Sandy Hook elementary school tragedy is preparing to release the results of autopsies conducted on the gunman and his mother, as the bodies of the 20 children who were killed have begun to be turned over to parents. |
| The coroner's report is expected to cast new light on how the gunman, understood to be Adam Lanza, and his mother Nancy died, following reports that he killed her before driving her car to the school. The autopsy report should also allow the official identification of the gunman, police having held back so far from a formal announcement as they wait for the coroner to complete his work. | The coroner's report is expected to cast new light on how the gunman, understood to be Adam Lanza, and his mother Nancy died, following reports that he killed her before driving her car to the school. The autopsy report should also allow the official identification of the gunman, police having held back so far from a formal announcement as they wait for the coroner to complete his work. |
| The precise nature of what happened in Sandy Hook school on Friday morning remains sketchy and clouded by a slew of inaccurate information. Police officials have remaining tight-lipped in public on what they have uncovered in round-the-clock investigations at the school and at Nancy Lanza's home nearby. | The precise nature of what happened in Sandy Hook school on Friday morning remains sketchy and clouded by a slew of inaccurate information. Police officials have remaining tight-lipped in public on what they have uncovered in round-the-clock investigations at the school and at Nancy Lanza's home nearby. |
| The uncertainty is also partly because of what appears to be conscious misinformation being put out on social media sites. At a Sunday morning briefing to media in Sandy Hook, Lieutenant Paul Vance, Connecticut police spokesman, said the force was in discussion with federal authorities over aggressively tracking down and prosecuting anyone who commits violations in this way. | The uncertainty is also partly because of what appears to be conscious misinformation being put out on social media sites. At a Sunday morning briefing to media in Sandy Hook, Lieutenant Paul Vance, Connecticut police spokesman, said the force was in discussion with federal authorities over aggressively tracking down and prosecuting anyone who commits violations in this way. |
| Vance said there had been cases of people posing on Facebook as the shooter, of misinformation being circulated on websites and of threatening behaviour. "These issues are crimes and they will be investigated stateside and federally, and prosecutions will take place when people are identified," he said. | Vance said there had been cases of people posing on Facebook as the shooter, of misinformation being circulated on websites and of threatening behaviour. "These issues are crimes and they will be investigated stateside and federally, and prosecutions will take place when people are identified," he said. |
| A dramatic illustration of the insidious actions of hoaxers was provided on Sunday morning at the St Rose of Lima church, where local people had gathered to mourn the dead. Worshippers hurriedly left the building after someone phoned in a threat, though police later said nothing dangerous had been found. | A dramatic illustration of the insidious actions of hoaxers was provided on Sunday morning at the St Rose of Lima church, where local people had gathered to mourn the dead. Worshippers hurriedly left the building after someone phoned in a threat, though police later said nothing dangerous had been found. |
| The threat interrupted a busy mass, sent worshippers rushing from the church and touched off a large police response two days after the worst massacre of school-age children in US history. Anna Wood of Oxford, Connecticut, one of the worshippers who left the church, said that halfway through the noon service the priest stopped and said: "Please, everybody leave. There is a threat." | The threat interrupted a busy mass, sent worshippers rushing from the church and touched off a large police response two days after the worst massacre of school-age children in US history. Anna Wood of Oxford, Connecticut, one of the worshippers who left the church, said that halfway through the noon service the priest stopped and said: "Please, everybody leave. There is a threat." |
| The police forensic investigation has almost been completed on the outside of the school, and vehicles parked there are being released to their owners. But the search inside the school is likely to take several more days, police have indicated. | The police forensic investigation has almost been completed on the outside of the school, and vehicles parked there are being released to their owners. But the search inside the school is likely to take several more days, police have indicated. |
| Investigators are also continuing to look into the guns that were used at the school. Vance said that four guns that the gunman had on his possession at the time of the killings were being traced back to their origins. It has been reported that the guns belonged to Nancy Lanza, though that has not been confirmed publicly by police. | Investigators are also continuing to look into the guns that were used at the school. Vance said that four guns that the gunman had on his possession at the time of the killings were being traced back to their origins. It has been reported that the guns belonged to Nancy Lanza, though that has not been confirmed publicly by police. |
| The immediate futures of the almost 700 students at Sandy Hook school, who range in age from five to 10, is in doubt. The school is likely to remain closed for weeks if not months, and there is debate about whether it should ever reopen. | The immediate futures of the almost 700 students at Sandy Hook school, who range in age from five to 10, is in doubt. The school is likely to remain closed for weeks if not months, and there is debate about whether it should ever reopen. |
| Lieutenant George Sinko of Connecticut police said that "at this time I would find it very difficult" to return children to the building, but added that the matter was "being looked into". He said: "We want to keep these kids together – they need the support of each other." | Lieutenant George Sinko of Connecticut police said that "at this time I would find it very difficult" to return children to the building, but added that the matter was "being looked into". He said: "We want to keep these kids together – they need the support of each other." |
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