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  • News Grace McDonnell photo from McDonnell family handout

    Sandy Hook shooting victims – who they were

    Here are details about the people whose lives were cut short when a gunman opened fire inside a Connecticut elementary school.

  • News (CNN/Pool)

    Newtown begins to say goodbye

    At a time when Newtown should be reveling in holiday cheer, the grief-stricken community will begin the grim task of lowering 20 little coffins into the ground.

  • News Sandy Hook Elementary School photo from Newton Patch

    Teachers, students share what happened inside Sandy Hook school

    Teachers and students tell what they heard and did when a gunman attacked people inside their Connecticut elementary school.

  • News Principal Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung was one of those killed at Sandy Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut (Photo: Newtown Patch)

    Slain Connecticut principal remembered as energetic, positive, passionate

    “Even little kids know when someone cares about them, and that was her,” a friend said.

  • News Newtown Elementary School Shooting - photo from CTNow

    Evidence gathered in wake of school shooting

    Investigators combed the entire elementary school the day after a gunman shot dead 20 children and six adults before apparently killing himself.

  • News cover image for Sandy Hook mourning page on Facebook

    Facebook page started to leave condolences for school shooting victims

    A Facebook page dedicated to mourning the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims was started hours after the shooting.

  • News Students evacuate at Sandy Hook Elementary - photo tweeted by the Newton Bee

    Parents, children tell what they saw and heard at school shooting scene

    Witnesses, students and parents told frightening stories Friday about a school shooting that police say left six adults, 20 children and the gunman dead.

  • News President Obama speaks about 
Sandy Hill School shooting 12-14-12.

    Wiping away tears, President Obama mourns victims of school shooting

    Wiping away tears and choking up, President Barack Obama mourned the “beautiful little kids” slain Friday in a school shooting massacre.

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    Children among those killed in Connecticut school shooting

    A law enforcement source said at least ten of the people killed at a shooting in a Connecticut elementary school were children.