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  • Masked Conn. teen killed by dad called a good kid

    JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN, Associated Press

    NEW FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Tyler Giuliano had no trouble with the law. The teenager loved flying small planes as a Civil Air Patrol cadet and seemed happy as he played an online game with friends Wednesday night. But hours later, authorities say, Tyler was outside wearing a black ski mask and wielding a knife when he was shot by his father, who thought he was a prowler. AP Photo/Jessica Hill Students leave New Fairfield High School where in New Fairfield, Conn., Friday. Tyler Giuliano, a student involved in Civil Air P...

  • Home invasion killer sentenced to death

    JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN, Associated Press

    NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A U.S. man was sentenced Friday to die for killing a woman and her two daughters during a night of terror in their suburban home, a crime that halted momentum to abolish the death penalty in the state of Connecticut. Joshua Komisarjevsky, 31, blamed his accomplice for much of the crime but spoke of the devastating consequences of his decisions. He said he has family and supporters who don't want him to die and said being sentenced to death was a "surreal experience." AP Photo/William Petit, File This J...

  • Home invasion killer sentenced to death

    JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN, Associated Press

    NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A U.S. man was sentenced Friday to die for killing a woman and her two daughters during a night of terror in their suburban home, a crime that halted momentum to abolish the death penalty in the state of Connecticut. Joshua Komisarjevsky, 31, blamed his accomplice for much of the crime but spoke of the devastating consequences of his decisions. He said he has family and supporters who don't want him to die and said being sentenced to death was a "surreal experience." AP Photo/William Petit, File This J...

  • Official: 27 dead in Conn. school shooting

    JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN,Associated Press

    NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — A gunman opened fire inside a Connecticut elementary school Friday in a shooting that left 27 people dead, including 18 children, an official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was still under way. The shooting appeared to be the nation's second-deadliest school shooting, exceeded only by the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007. AP Photo/Jessica Hill A woman waits to hear about her sister, a teacher, following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in N...

  • Man kills 26 at Conn. school, including 20 kids

    JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN, Associated Press

    NEWTOWN, Conn. — A man opened fire Friday inside two classrooms at the Connecticut elementary school where his mother worked as a teacher, killing 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters cowered in corners and closets and trembled helplessly to the sound of gunfire reverberating through the building. The killer, armed with two handguns, committed suicide at the school and another person was found dead at a second scene, bringing the toll to 28, authorities said. AP Photo/Jessica Hill A sign for a Healing Prayer s...

  • Gunman killed in Conn. school shooting

    JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN, Associated Press

    NEWTOWN, Conn. — An official with knowledge of the situation says a gunman at the center of a school shooting in Newtown, Conn., has been killed. AP Photo/Newtown Bee, Shannon Hicks In this photo provided by the Newtown Bee, Connecticut State Police lead children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., following a reported shooting there Friday The official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is still under way says the man apparently had two guns. A dispatcher at the Newtown V...

  • Official: 5 unaccounted for after Conn. Blast

    JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN Associated Press Writers MIDDLETOWN, Conn.

    About five people remain unaccounted for after a deadly explosion at an under-construction power plant, and a section of the site was too unstable to search, a fire official said this morning.. Sunday morning's blast at the Kleen Energy Systems plant in Middletown, about 20 miles south of Hartford, killed at least five people and injured a dozen or more others. It happened as workers were clearing gas lines of air. Middletown Deputy Fire Marshal Al Santostefano said officials have verified the whereabouts of 95 percent of...