Massacre At U.S. Elementary School: 27 Dead Including 20 Children (Updated 19:00 EST)

State police led children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., after a shooting was reported there. Shannon Hicks/The Newtown Bee

'Our Hearts Are Broken': Obama Breaks Down In Tears As He Speaks Of America's Grief After Connecticut Elementary School Massacre Which Left TWENTY SIX Dead Including 20 Children -- Daily Mail

* The shooter - Ryan Lanza, 24 - is confirmed dead and body still inside the school
* His father was found dead at his home in Newtown
* Younger brother arrested and is in custody
* One teacher said masked gunman started firing out shots from principal's office and then his mom's kindergarten classroom shortly after 9.30am
* One student said there were bullets whizzing by him in the hallway
* At least 100 rounds are believed to have been fired
* Female principal and school psychologist believed to have been targeted
* Moved to tears, President Obama says 'our hearts are broken today'
* Flags on Capitol Hill to be flown at half mast

President Obama openly wept today as he spoke of the mindless shooting of 26 people, including 20 children, at Sandy Hook Elementary school this morning saying, 'Our hearts are broken today'.

In an extraordinary show of emotion at a White House press conference, Obama said: 'I know there's not a parent in America who doesn't feel the same overwhelming grief that I do.'

The President addressed a stunned nation five hours after Ryan Lanza, 24, the son of a teacher, brought terror to the Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school.

Seldom has a head of state expressed greater public emotion in modern times. Obama struggled for words, pausing several times as he wiped away tears saying, 'This evening, Michelle and I will...hug our children a little tighter, and we'll tell them that we love them.'

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