'Hero' principal lunged at Newtown gunman
The principal who died in the rampage at a US school was killed while lunging at the gunman, town officials said.
Dawn Hochsprung was gunned down in yesterday’s massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.
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SUBSCRIBEThe principal who died in the rampage at a US school was killed while lunging at the gunman, town officials said.
Dawn Hochsprung was gunned down in yesterday’s massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.
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