Police: 20 children among 26 victims of Connecticut school shooting

+Sabrina Cyrus Police: 20 children among 26 victims of Connecticut school shooting The horrific picture of the bloody Connecticut school massacre two days earlier became clearer Sunday, from how a man fired his way into the building to the "assault-type rifle" he used to slay 26 people -- 20 of them children, ages 6 and 7 -- before killing himself. Adam Lanza, 20, has been positively identified as the gunman, Connecticut State Police Lt. J. Paul Vance said Sunday. The police spokesman also revealed that the shooter's mother, Nancy Lanza, is the woman found dead from "multiple gunshot wounds" in the Newtown, Connecticut, home she lived in with her son. While more details have emerged about Friday's massacre in this quiet New England town, authorities still don't have an explanation as to why it happened. "We will and we are searching diligently and nonstop to attempt to answer that," Vance said.