Names to be released in CT shooting

Ryan Lanza being taken away for questioning

Authorities are expected to release the names of the victims in the Newtown school shooting at a news conference this morning.

Three names are known for certain:

• Dawn Hochsprung, principal of Sandy Hook Elementary School
• Vicki Soto, a teacher at Sandy Hook
• Nancy Lanza, mother of the gunman

• Vicki Soto, 27, one of the adult victims, loved being a teacher, her cousin, Jim Wiltsie, told ABC News Friday.

"The family was informed that she was trying to shield, get her children into a closet and protect them from harm, and by doing that put herself between the gunman and the children," Wiltsie said. "And that's when she was tragically shot and killed.

Guns used by Adam Lanza

One entire classroom was unaccounted for when the shooting ended.