New York, Connecticut Shooters Used Same Type Of Weapon

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The shooter of four New York firefighters over the weekend reportedly used the same type of semiautomatic weapon employed in the Newtown, Conn. elementary school shooting spree, the AP reports:

Police in Webster, N.Y., recovered a .223-caliber semiautomatic Bushmaster rifle – the same caliber and make used to kill 26 people at a Connecticut elementary school.

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