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    <p>NEWTOWN, CT &#8211; DECEMBER 14: Mourners gather inside the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church at a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook School shooting December 14, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut. Twenty-seven people are dead, including 20 children, after a gunman identified as Adam Lanza in news reports opened fire in the school. Lanza also reportedly died at the scene. (Photo by Andrew Gombert-Pool/Getty Images)</p>

    NEWTOWN, CT – DECEMBER 14: Mourners gather inside the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church at a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook School shooting December 14, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut. Twenty-seven people are dead, including 20 children, after a gunman identified as Adam Lanza in news reports opened fire in the school. Lanza also reportedly died at the scene. (Photo by Andrew Gombert-Pool/Getty Images)

    A mourner arrives at the funeral service for 6-year-old Noah Pozner on Dec. 17 in Fairfield, Conn. (Jason DeCrow/AP)
    A girl looks on as mourners wait to enter Honan Funeral Home before the funeral for 6-year-old Jack Pinto on Dec.17 in Newtown, Conn. (Mario Tama/Getty)

    Studens embrace while wearing Newtown school shirts outside the funeral for six-year-old Jack Pinto on Dec. 17 in Newtown, Conn. (Charles Krupa/AP)
    Mourners inside the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church at a vigil service on Dec. 14 in Newtown, Conn. (Andrew Gombert-Pool/Getty)
    Barbara Wells of Shelton, Conn., holds her daughter Olivia, three, as she pays her respects on Dec. 17, at one of the makeshift memorials in Newtown, Conn. (Mary Altaffer/AP)
    At a vigil on Dec. 15 in Stratford, Conn. (Jared Wickerham/Getty)
    Mourners gather inside the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church at a vigil service for victims, on Dec. 14 in Newtown, Conn. (Andrew Gombert/Getty)
    A police officer wipes her eys as she removes flowers from a busy intersection on Dec. 16 in Newtown, Conn. (Don Emmert/AFP/Getty)
    Residents look on during an interfaith vigil at Newtown High School on Dec. 16. (Evan Vucci/AP)
    Mourners gather inside the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church at a vigil service on Dec. 14 in Newtown, Conn. (Andrew Gombert-Pool/Getty)
    Residents greet each other before the start of an interfaith vigil at Newtown High School on Dec. 16. (Evan Vucci/AP)
    Gene Rosen took in six students who were sitting at the end of his driveway after escaping Sandy Hook Elementary School. Rosen ran upstairs and grabbed an armful of stuffed animals he kept there. He gave those to the children, along with some fruit juice and sat with them as two of the students described seeing their teacher being shot. (Mary Altaffer/AP)
    A man walks with flowers in Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn. on Dec. 17. (Julio Cortez/AP)
    A U.S. flag flies at half staff outside the Newtown High School on Dec. 19. (David Goldman/AP)

     

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