Published: 12/15/2012 - Updated: 5 months ago

Vigil held for Conn. shooting victims

A man killed his mother at home and then opened fire Friday inside the elementary school where she taught, massacring 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters cowered in fear to the sound of gunshots echoing through the building and screams coming over the intercom on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012.

Enlarge Thousands of people attend vigil at Saint Rose of Lima church at Saint Rose of Lima church. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enlarge A man hugs his young daughters as they attend a vigil at Saint Rose of Lima church at Saint Rose of Lima church. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mourners gather for a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, at the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn.

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Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy bows his head during a moment of silence during a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, at the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn.

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Mourners gather outside a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, at the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn.

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As hundreds stand outside St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church, which was filled to capacity, a couple embrace during a healing service held in for victims of an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. A gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, killing 26 people, including 20 children. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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Enlarge A woman comforts a young girl during a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mourners gather at a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, at the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn.

Enlarge Mourners gather at a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, at the St. Rose of ... ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enlarge Mourners gather for a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, at the St. Rose of ... ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enlarge Brenda Hernadez of Enfield Conn., comforts her daughter Crystal at a makeshift shrine on the Enfield Town Green, Friday evening.... ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mourners gather inside the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church at a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that left at least 27 people dead, many of them young children, in Newtown, Conn.

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Thousands attend a vigil for the victims of the school shooting at Saint Rose of Lima church, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 in Newtown, Conn. A man killed.

Enlarge Thousands attend a vigil for the victims of the school shooting at Saint Rose of Lima church, Friday, Dec. 14,... ASSOCIATED PRESS

A man hugs his young daughters as they attend a vigil at Saint Rose of Lima church at Saint Rose of Lima church, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 in Newtown, Conn.

Enlarge A man hugs his young daughters as they attend a vigil at Saint Rose of Lima church at Saint Rose ... ASSOCIATED PRESS

Vigil held for Conn. shooting victims

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