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Sandy Hook boy urged others to run

HARTFORD, Conn. - A 6-year-old boy killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre shouted for his classmates to run while the gunman paused to reload and was shot moments later, the boy's mother said yesterday.

HARTFORD, Conn. - A 6-year-old boy killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre shouted for his classmates to run while the gunman paused to reload and was shot moments later, the boy's mother said yesterday.

The boy, Jesse Lewis, had just seen his teacher shot and urged the others to flee while the gunman, Adam Lanza, put a new clip into his semiautomatic rifle.

"He yelled, 'Run!' Adam reloaded and shot him in the head," said Scarlett Lewis, who learned details of the events inside the classroom from investigators who gathered accounts from children who survived.

"When I heard he used his last few seconds on earth to try to save his friends, I was not surprised," she said. "I am so incredibly proud of him."

Lanza shot his way into the school on Dec. 14 and killed 20 first-grade children and six women in one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history. He also killed his mother earlier in the day and committed suicide as police arrived at the school building.

A report on the Newtown shooting by investigators is due to be released soon. Investigators have not disclosed a possible motive for the massacre.

- Associated Press