Connecticut elementary school shootings

27 dead, 20 children, in school shooting

A gunman opened fire this morning at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., killing 26 people, including 20 children, before taking his own life.

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People reacted near Sandy Hook Elementary School, where a gunman killed 26 people, including 20 children.

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A mother hugged her daughter following the shooting.

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Connecticut State Police led children from the school shortly after the shooting.

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President Obama wiped away tears as he spoke of the shootings.

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Schoolchildren waited for their parents at the Sandy Hook firehouse following the shooting.

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Police gathered at the school after the shooting.

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A young boy was comforted outside the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., after a shooting at the school Friday.

A woman waited to hear about her sister, a teacher, following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary school.

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A woman waited to hear about her sister, a teacher, following a shooting at the school.

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Parents and relatives reacted outside the scene of the shooting.

Police search a building after a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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Police searched a building after the shooting.

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Parents picked up their children after the shooting.

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Parents held their children near the scene.

Young children stood outside the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

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Young children stood outside the school.

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A woman spoke with a Connecticut State Trooper.

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Family members embraced each other.

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Police patroled the streets outside Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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