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Conn. school shooting suspect was son of teacher

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By Pete Yost

Associated Press

Published: Friday, Dec. 14 2012 8:26 p.m. MST

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The suspected of gunning down more than two dozen people Friday in a small town in Connecticut is the son of a teacher at the elementary school where the killings occurred, and his mother is presumed to be among the dead, police said.

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Sandeep Kapur, who lives two doors down from the Lanza family in Newtown, said he did not know them and was unaware of any disturbances at the Lanza house in the three years that he and his family have been in the neighborhood.

He described the area as a subdivision of well-tended, 15-year-old homes on lots of an acre or more, where many people work at companies like General Electric, Pepsi and IBM. Some are doctors, and his next-door neighbor is a bank CEO, said Kapur, a project manager at an information technology firm.

"The neighborhood's great. We have young kids, and they have lots of friends," he said. "If you drive past this neighborhood, it gives you a really warm feeling."

Keyser reported from Chicago.

Associated Press writers Adam Geller in Newtown, Conn.; Dave Collins in Hartford, Conn., and Michael Rubinkam contributed to this report.

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