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State medical examiner H Wayne wholesale mlb jerseysCarver II revealed that each of the 20 youngsters and six adults mown down by crazed between three and 11 times.
He said the children were all first-graders – aged six or seven and mainly girls. Most were shot with a rifle, only two at close range. “Everyone was hit more than once,” he said.
His voice cracking with emotion, mlb baseball jerseysthe case-hardened medic added: “Their injuries were devastating... probably the worst I have seen, or the worst I know any of my colleagues have ever seen.”
Many police and emergency workers were visibly shaken by the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut.
One distraught hospital nursewww.mlbnfljerseyssupply.com who did not want to be named said: “It was like a war zone. The hospital was full of police and snipers at first because they thought there might be another shooter.
“Doctors were fighting to save several children and many of the staff were in tears. Some only realised later that they were related to those who died.”
Last night it was revealed that a number of the tiny victims were blasted by a semi-automatic rifle that fired rounds so large they are normally reserved for combat.
Lanza, 20 – who is at the school the previous day – launched his murderous rampage on Friday after shooting his mother Nancy four times in the head.
She was found in bed, still wearing her pyjamas, at her home a few miles away.
After smashing through the school’s glass security doors and leaving a trail of death in a killing spree that lasted only minutes, Lanza killed himself with a single bullet to the head from a 10 mm gun. The bullet was recovered from a classroom wall.
Three unnamed survivors were treated in nearby Danbury hospital and are now being given trauma counselling.
President Barack Obama was due to visit the Newtown area to meet families and speak at a memorial vigil.
He landed in Connecticut around 10.30pm UK time.
After the attack, he urged “meaningful action” against gun crime in the US.
Earlier police told how children who survived the horror may never have to return to the school. Some officials believe it is likely to be closed indefinitely.
Already the 436 pupils have been offered places at other local schools. But police spokesman Lt George Sinko said: “The most important thing is that these children need to be kept together, they need each other.”