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Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

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People at the Blue Colony diner in Newtown observe a moment of silence Friday for the victims of the Sandy Hook school massacre.

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Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy listens to the ringing of a bell 26 times while standing with others on the steps of Edmond Town Hall during a moment of silence for the children and adults killed a week ago at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, in Newtown, Connecticut.

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A woman listens to the ringing of a bell 26 times during a moment of silence for the children and adults killed a week ago at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

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Agnes Scott College staff member Kate Schrum writes on a beam after the campus bell was rung 27 times marking one week since the Newtown, Connecticut mass shooting.

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Members of the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire and Rescue department hug after a moment of silence in Sandy Hook village on December 21, 2012.

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Joe Saleem, right, of Mooresville, North Carolina, listens to the ringing of a bell while standing with others near the steps of Edmond Town Hall during a moment of silence for the children and adults killed a week ago at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown.

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Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York comforts a mourner after a funeral for Sandy Hook Elementary School teacher Anne Marie Murphy.

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Gilles Rousseau, father of Lauren Rousseau, holds a picture of his daughter after a memorial service for her.

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A police officer salutes the family of six-year-old Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim Catherine Hubbard during her funeral.

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People wearing Boy Scouts of America uniforms salute while standing outside of Trinity Episcopal Church during funeral services for Sandy Hook Elemenatry School shooting victim Benjamin Andrew Wheeler.

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With a U.S. flag waving at half-staff people congregate in front of Trinity Episcopal Church, right, during funeral services for Benjamin Andrew Wheeler.

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Siblings of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim Victoria Soto weep as they depart from the Lordship Community Church following her funeral in Stratford, Connecticut.

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A family awaits the beginning of funeral services for slain teacher Victoria Soto.

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Area firefighters visit a memorial to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims outside the school's entrance before the funeral procession for 7-year-old Daniel Gerard Barden,.

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Firefighters attend the funeral for Daniel Barden, 7, a victim of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, at St. Rose of Lima Church in Newtown, Connecticut.

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A casket with the body of James Mattioli is carried out of St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church after a funeral Mass in Newtown, Connecticut. Mattioli, age 6, is one of the victims from last Friday's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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A mourner outside of St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church where a Mass was held for 6-year-old James Mattioli.

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A Police motorcycle escort leads the funeral procession of 6-year-old James Mattioli.

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Susan Sheperd wipes a tear as she stands with friends and co-workers as the funeral procession for James Mattioli, 6, who died in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, approaches the St. John's Cemetery.

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Boys enter the funeral for 6-year-old Jack Pinto one of the 20 students killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting.

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A man comforts a boy before the funeral for 6-year-old Jack Pinto one of the 20 students killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting.

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A boy waits to enter Honan Funeral Home, where the family of six-year-old Jack Pinto was holding his funeral service.

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A mourner is comforted by a police officer as she arrives at a funeral service for 6-year-old Noah Pozner.

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Mourners hug each other before a funeral service for 6-year-old Noah Pozner.

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A mourner arrives at the funeral service for 6-year-old Noah Pozner.

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A condolence sign sits in downtown Sandy Hook, Conn. the day after a mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.

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A man prays while visiting a memorial to the victims of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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A woman lights candles while visiting a memorial to the victims of the recent shooting in Sandy Hook Village in Newtown, Connecticut.

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Grace McDonnell, 7, one of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

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Jessica Rekos 6, was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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Daniel Barden, 7, was among the students killed with a Bushmaster rifle at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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President Barack Obama speaks during a memorial service for the victims and relatives of the Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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President Barack Obama bows his head at a memorial service for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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Surjit Kaur Gill, of Worcester, Mass., joins a group of Sikhs from around the Northeastern U.S., in a moment of prayer at an interfaith memorial service for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, in Newtown, Conn.

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Members of the Sikh community hold a candlelight vigil outside Newtown High School before an interfaith vigil with President Barack Obama, in Newtown, Conn.

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Kate Suba, left, Jaden Albrecht, center, and Simran Chand pay their respects at one of the makeshift memorials in honor of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

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A New England Patriots fan shows support for the 26 victims of the mass shooting that took place at Sandy Hook elementary school before the game against the San Francisco 49ers in Foxboro, Massachusetts.

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New York Giants quarterback ELi Manning and the rest of the Giants wear the inicials of Sandy Hook Elementary School on the back of their helmets to remember the fallen from this past weeks tragety.

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Victoria Soto, a Sandy Hook teacher who died while trying to shield her students from gunfire.

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Lauren Rousseau, another teacher who died in the tragic shooting.

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Sarah "Sally" Cox, the Sandy Hook Elementary School nurse who hid under her desk during the shooting.

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Nancy Lanza, the mother of shooter Adam Lanza, who killed her before going to Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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Balloons and flowers adorn the sign for Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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Volunteer firefighters carry flowers past their firetruck before placing them at a makeshift memorial near the Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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People gather at a makeshift memorial outside a firehouse that was used as a staging area for families following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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Gary Seri, general manager at the Stone River Grille, hangs a message written on a table cloth in honor of the teachers who died when a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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A sign for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is seen on a telephone pole in Newtown, Conn.

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Two women hug outside of Saint Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Newtown, Connecticut during a prayer service and vigil in response to the Sandy Hook school shooting.

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People mourn the victims of the Newtown shooting at a candlelight vigil.

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A message is seen on a candle outside the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church the day after a tragic shooting in Newtown, Conn.

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A woman comforts her daughter at a makeshift shrine after a candlelight vigil in Enfield, Conn.

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

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Another photo of mourners inside the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church the night of the Sandy Hook school shooting

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A woman prays during the Sandy Hook vigil service.

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Neil Heslin with his son Jesse Lewis, who was one of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy. MORE ABOUT THE CHILD VICTIMS

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Sandy Hook Elementary School principal Dawn Hochsprung

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Ana Grace Marquez, the niece of the mayor of Maunabo, Puerto Rico, and one of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

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Newtown school shooter Adam Lanza

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Distraught relatives leave a fire station after hearing news of their loved ones following the Newtown, Connecticut school shooting.

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People mourn the victims of the Newtown, Connecticut shooting outside the Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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Alissa and Robbie Parker, parents of 6-year-old Emilie Parker who died in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, leave the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire House in tears.

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A police officer leads two women and a child from Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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State police personnel lead children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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Young children wait outside Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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A young boy is comforted outside Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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A woman and a young girl walk away from Sandy Hook Elementary School following a shooting inside the school in Newtown, Connecticut.

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Relatives react outside Sandy Hook Elementary School following a shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

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Relatives react outside Sandy Hook Elementary School following a shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

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A couple embrace each other near Sandy Hook Elementary School, were a gunman opened fire on school children and staff in Newtown, Connecticut.

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Parents pick up their children after a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

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Parents pick up their children after a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

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Relatives react outside Sandy Hook Elementary School following a shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

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A woman holds a child as people line up to enter the Newtown Methodist Church near the the scene of the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

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A parent and child leave the scene of the Sandy Hook Elementary School following a shooting inside the school in Newtown, Connecticut.

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A woman carries her daughter following a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

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A mother runs with her children as police above canvass homes in the area following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

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Parents pick up their children after a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

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A woman waits to hear about her sister, a teacher, following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

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A woman speaks with a Connecticut State Trooper outside Sandy Hook Elementary School after a shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

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A young girl is given a blanket after being evacuated from Sandy Hook Elementary School following a shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

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The flag in the center of Newtown, Connecticut around sunset is at half-mast to honor the victims of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, during a press briefing at the White House.

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President Barack Obama wipes his eye as he talks about the Connecticut elementary school shooting in the White House briefing room in Washington.

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Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, right, talks with officials at a staging area following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

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A mother hugs her daughter following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

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Police patrol the streets outside Sandy Hook Elementary School after a shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

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Police tape off an area around a car after a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

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A Connecticut State Police officer runs with a shotgun at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, following a school shooting.

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Parents pick-up children outside Sandy Hook Elementary School after a shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

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Family members embrace each other outside Sandy Hook Elementary School after a shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

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A mother hugs her daughter following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

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Parents talk to a man outside Sandy Hook Elementary School after a shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

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Law enforcement canvass the area following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

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Law enforcement canvass the area following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

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Law enforcement canvass the area following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

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A police officer keeps guard from a hill top over looking Sandy Hook Elementary School after a shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

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A woman waits to hear about her sister, a teacher, following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

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A young girl cires following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

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Parents leave a staging area after being reunited with their children following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

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A child reacts to police and fireman staged nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School were a gunman opened fire on school children and staff in Newtown, Connecticut.

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People leave the scene outside the Sandy Hook Elementary School following a shooting inside the school in Newtown, Connecticut.

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Parents leave a staging area after being reunited with their children following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

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View of Sandy Hook Elementary School courtyard from Principal Dawn Hochsprung's Twitter page.

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Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown CT. from Principal Dawn Hochsprung's Twitter page.

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This satellite image provided by Google shows the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.