U.S. authorities on Saturday released names of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, and a medical examiner said the victims were all shot up close more than once by a rifle。

　　Family members of students of the Sandy Hook Elementary School get updated information from the police after the fatal school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, the United States, Dec. 14, 2012. [Xinhua] 

　　The list showed all six adults killed at the school were women. Of the 20 children who were shot to death, eight were boys and 12 were girls. All the children were ages 6 or 7.

　　"I believe they're all first graders," Connecticut Chief Medical Examiner Wayne Carver told reporters about the victims in a nationally televised press conference。

　　"All of wounds that I know of were caused by the long weapon," Carver said, referring to a rifle found at the scene. Police found at least three weapons at the scene, one rifle and two pistols。

　　Carver said the deaths are classified as homicides, and " everybody was hit more than once." He said the scene was the worst he has seen in his career。

　　Carver also confirmed the shooter, Adam Lanza, killed his mother, Nancy Lanza, who was first reported to have been a teacher at the school, but later proved to have no such connection to Sandy Hook Elementary。

　　Adam Lanza was believed to have forced his way into the school on Friday morning, and started a shooting rampage, killing 20 children and six adults. He later killed himself. His mother was found dead at her home not far from the school. The motives behind the killings remain unclear at the moment。

　　美国康涅狄格州警方15日公布了该州桑迪胡克小学枪击案遇难者名单。尸体检查结果显示，所有受害者都死于枪伤，全都身中数枪。

　　当天公布的遇难者名单显示，遇难者中的6名成人全部是女性，20名儿童中包括8名男童和12名女童，年龄为6岁至7岁。康涅狄格州首席验尸官韦恩·卡弗说，验尸结果显示，几乎所有遇难者身上的枪伤都由同一长枪造成，所有人都身中数枪，其中一人身中11枪。

　　卡弗说，他们已经确认枪案凶手亚当·兰扎枪杀了自己的母亲南希·兰扎。先前有报道称南希·兰扎是桑迪胡克小学教师，但警方调查发现她不是学校员工，兰扎一家与桑迪胡克小学的关联眼下尚不清楚。

　　根据美国媒体和警方公布的信息，20岁的亚当·兰扎全副武装，于14日早晨闯入桑迪胡克小学，开枪打死20名儿童和6名成人后饮弹自尽。他母亲的尸体随后也在其位于学校附近的住所被发现。警方目前尚未查清枪击案动机。