Mourning in Conn. after school shooting

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Mourning in Conn. after school shooting

A day after a gunman killed 26 people, including 20 students, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. people in the town and across the world mourned the tragedy.

Robbie Parker, the father of six-year-old Emilie who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, fights back tears as he speaks during a news conference, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, in Newtown, Conn.

Rhonda Eleish, right, embraces her daughter Kari Ergmann, 6, both of Bridgewater, Conn., next to a candlelight vigil outside the Edmond Town Hall, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, in Newtown, Conn.

Kathy Murdy, left, and her husband Rich Murdy react as they look at the list of victims of the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting.

Two people embrace following a service at the Congregation Adath Israel in Newtown, Conn., Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012. Rabbi Shaul Praver said a six-year-old boy from the congregation was a school shooting victim and that he would be buried on Sunday.

Friends and families visit a small memorial set up near Sandy Hook Elementary School on Saturday, December 15, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut, a day after a shooting where 26 people died.

A U.S. flag is covered with numbers representing the people that died when a gunman opened fired at Sandy Hook Elementary School during a shooting rampage a day earlier, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, in Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn.

A U.S. flag flys at half-staff as vehicles drive on Main Street in downtown Newtown, Conn., as the sun rises the morning after a gunman opened fire inside a nearby elementary school, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012.

People visit a small memorial set up near Sandy Hook Elementary School on Saturday, December 15, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut, a day after a shooting rampage at the school where 26 people died.

Tatiana Cook walks with her seven-year-old son, Stephen, a second grader at Sandy Hook Elementary School, who survived the shooting rampage in Newtown, Connecticut.

People visit a small memorial set up near Sandy Hook Elementary School on Saturday, December 15, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut, a day after a shooting where 26 people died.

A sign in support of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, is shown on Saturday, December 15, 2012, a day after a shooting where 26 people died.

People hug near the entrance leading to Sandy Hook Elementary School on Saturday, December 15, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut, a day after a shooting rampage at the school where 26 people died.

A sign speaks to the grief felt by residents from Newtown, Connecticut, on Saturday, December 15, 2012, a day after a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School where 26 people died.

Suada Likovic, 24, from left, Chelsea Crain, 23, Kristin Hoyt, 18, Jeffrey Hoyt, 16, and Linda Hoyt, all of Danbury, Conn., tie balloons to an overpass up the road from the Sandy Hook Elementary School, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, in Newtown, Conn.

Molly Delaney, left, holds her 11-year-old daughter, Milly Delaney, during a service in honor of the victims who died a day earlier when a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

Lt. J. Paul Vance of the Connecticut State Police is surrounded by reporters as he hands out the list of victims of the shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012 in Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn.

Pastor Gabrielle Beam, right, consoles Mary Fellows, left, of Newtown, Conn., during a prayer service at St John's Episcopal Church, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, in Newtown, Conn.

Relatives of victims of violent crimes stand near crosses in honor of the school shooting victims in Newtown, Conn., at the Copacabana Beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012.

Volunteer firefighters carry flowers past their firetruck before placing them at a makeshift memorial near the Sandy Hook Elementary school Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012 in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn.

Gary Seri, general manager at the Stone River Grille, hangs a message written on a table cloth in honor of the teachers who died along with students a day earlier when a gunman open fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn. Seri, who put up red balloons that were not used when a sweet 16 party was canceled the night before in light of the massacre, said the teachers were scheduled to have their holiday party at his restaurant.

Sandy Hook firefighters hang bunting on their firetruck, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012 in Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn.

A man weeps while praying in front of a memorial for shooting victims outside Saint Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012 in Newtown, Conn.

A Newtown, Conn., resident, who declined to give her name, sits at an intersection holding a sign for passing motorists up the road from the Sandy Hook Elementary School, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, in Newtown, Conn.

Candles are lit at a memorial near Sandy Hook Elementary School on Saturday, December 15, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut, a day after a shooting rampage at the school.

Mourners gather for a candlelight vigil outside the Edmond Town Hall, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, in Newtown, Conn.

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Robbie Parker, the father of six-year-old Emilie who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, fights back tears as he speaks during a news conference, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, in Newtown, Conn.

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