Pause in Sandy Hook gunfire gave some children a chance to escape
(MCT) — NEWTOWN, Conn. — As many as a half-dozen first-graders may have survived Adam Lanza’s shooting spree at Sandy Hook Elementary School because he stopped firing briefly, perhaps either to reload his rifle or because it jammed, according to law enforcement officials familiar with the events.
A source said the Bushmaster rifle that Lanza used in the shooting is at the State Police forensic laboratory undergoing several tests, including tests to determine whether it was jammed.
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