Multiple deaths at Connecticut school shooting -reports

Local media reported multiple people are dead after a shooting at a Connecticut elementary school.

The Hartford Courant said a gunman opened fire at a school in the town of Newtown - Friday morning.

The adult shooter reportedly died - and two handguns were found at the scene.

Police and emergency vehicles surrounded Sandy Hook Elementary School - as parents rushed to the area.

The school serves children in kindergarten through the fourth grade - children roughly five to ten years old.