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Newtown school shooting

Updated 1714 GMT (0114 HKT) December 11, 2014
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Children in Newtown, Connecticut, return to school on December 18, 2012, four days after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. John Moore/Getty Images
Connecticut State Police officers search outside St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Connecticut, on Tuesday, December 16, after a threat prompted authorities to evacuate the building. Investigators found nothing to substantiate the reported threat, a police official said, declining to provide additional details. The church held Sunday services following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Connecticut State Police officers walk out of St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church after the Newtown church received a threat December 16. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Firefighters attach black bunting to a fire truck as a memorial at the fire station down the street from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on Saturday, December 15. JUSTIN LANE/epa/LANDOV
Connecticut Chief Medical Examiner H. Wayne Carver II talks to the media about the elementary school shooting during a press conference at Treadwell Memorial Park on December 15. Jared Wickerham/Getty Images
Zulma Sein is hugged by a family member outside of the entrance to the Sandy Hook School on Saturday. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Police officers keep guard at the entrance to the street leading to the Sandy Hook Elementary School on Saturday, December 15. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Connecticut State Police Lt. Paul Vance addresses the press on December 15. EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images
Police officers stand at the entrance to the street leading to the Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 15. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Corinne McLaughlin, a student at the University of Hartford, bows her head during a candlelight vigil at Hartford, Connecticut's Bushnell Park on Friday, December 14, honoring the students and teachers who died at Sandy Hook Elementary School in nearby Newtown earlier in the day. Michael McAndrews/Hartford Courant/MCT/Getty Images
Distraught people leave the fire station after hearing news of their loved ones from officials on Friday. DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images
Emergency workers stand in front of the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
A child and her mother leave a staging area outside Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14. James Keivom/NY Daily News via Getty Images
Members of the media converge on December 14 in front of an apartment at 1313 Grand Street in Hoboken, New Jersey. The apartment is believed to be connected to the Connecticut elementary school shooting. Michael Nagle/Getty Images
Faisal Ali, right, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, joins other people outside the White House on December 14 to participate in a candlelight vigil to remember the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Connecticut State Police spokesman Lt. J. Paul Vance, center, briefs the media on the elementary school shootings during a press conference at Treadwell Memorial Park on December 14 in Newtown. Jared Wickerham/Getty Images
People weep and embrace near Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday, December 14. adrees latif/reuters/landov
A woman leans on a man as she weeps near Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14. LUCAS JACKSON/reuters/LANDOV
President Barack Obama wipes a tear as he speaks about the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School during a press briefing at the White House on December 14. YURI GRIPAS/reuters/LANDOV
A woman weeps near the site of a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14. ADREES LATIF/Reuters/Landov
A woman weeps near Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14. ADREES LATIF/Reuters/Landov
People comfort each other near Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14. ADREES LATIF/reuters/LANDOV
A man takes in the scene near Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14. ADREES LATIF/reuters/LANDOV
A young girl is given a blanket after being evacuated from Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14. MICHELLE MCLOUGHLIN/reuters/LANDOV
State police personnel lead children from the school. Shannon Hicks/The Newtown Bee
Children wait outside Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, after the shooting. MICHELLE MCLOUGHLIN/retuers/LANDOV
A boy weeps at Reed Intermediate School after getting news of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14. LUCAS JACKSON/reuters/LANDOV
FBI SWAT team members walk along Dickinson Drive near Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14. Cloe Poisson/Hartford Courant/MCT/LANDOV
An aerial view of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14. Michael McAndrews/Hartford Courant/MCT/landov
Connecticut State Troopers arrive on the scene outside Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14. JEFF SPOONER/epa/LANDOV
A Connecticut State Police officer runs with a shotgun at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown on December 14. SHANNON HICKS/NEWTOWN BEE/landov
Police patrol the streets around Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14. ADREES LATIF/reuters/LANDOV
People try to deal with the shock of the attack outside Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14. MICHELLE MCLOUGHLIN/reuters/LANDOV
Connecticut State Police secure the scene of the shooting on December 14. Douglas Healey/Getty Images
People embrace outside Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14. MICHELLE MCLOUGHLIN/reuters/LANDOV
A man escorts his son away from Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14. EPA/JEFF SPOONER /LANDOV
People take in the news outside Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14. MICHELLE MCLOUGHLIN/reuters/LANDOV
People line up to enter Newtown Methodist Church near the the scene of the shooting on December 14. Douglas Healey/Getty Images
A woman speaks with a Connecticut state trooper outside Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14. MICHELLE MCLOUGHLIN/reuters/LANDOV
The streets around Sandy Hook Elementary are packed with first responders and other vehicles. MICHELLE MCLOUGHLIN/reuters/LANDOV
A view of the scene at Sandy Hook Elementary School after the shooting. WTNH
A young boy is comforted outside Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14. MICHELLE MCLOUGHLIN/reuters/LANDOV
People embrace each other on December 14. ADREES LATIF/reuters/LANDOV