A 20-year-old killer, carrying two handguns, killed 26 individuals, most of whom were children, at a school in Newtown, Connecticut on Friday.
Frank Zeller, left, embraces his son, Joe, 11, at Grace Family Church during a prayer service and a candlelight vigil for the victims of a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Newtown, Connecticut.Karsten Moran
Brenda Hernadez of Enfield Conn., comforts her daughter Crystal at a makeshift shrine on the Enfield Town Green, Friday evening, December 14, 2012, after a candlelight vigil in Enfield, Connecticut.Jim Michaud
A candlelight vigil at the St. Rose of Lima Church for the victims of a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Newtown, Connecticut.Richard Perry
People grieve outside the overflow area of a vigil at the Saint Rose of Lima church in Newtown, Connecticut.SHANNON STAPLETON/Reuters
As hundreds stand outside St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church, which was filled to capacity, a couple embrace during a healing service held in for victims of an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. A gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, killing 26 people, including 20 children.Charles Krupa
Citizens of Newtown gather at Saint Rose of Lima church to hold a vigil for the 26 victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting in Sandy Hook, ConnecticutNeville Elder/The Globe and Mail
Next to his wife wife Fabiola Cordova, left, Chris Homan of Bethesda, Md., holds his son Leo, 2, on his shoulders while attending a candlelight vigil in front of the White House in Washington after a school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Ct..Jacquelyn Martin/The Associated Press
Farah Sheikh of New York, takes part in a candlelight vigil in Times Square, for the victims of the Sandy Hook School shooting.CARLO ALLEGRI/Reuters
Citizens of Newtown gather at Saint Rose of Lima church to hold a vigil for the 26 victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting in Sandy Hook, Connecticut.Neville Elder
Anthony Baracey holds flowers honoring victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary school killing before a vigil at the Saint Rose of Lima church in Newtown, Connecticut.SHANNON STAPLETON/Reuters
People stand with candles outside the overflow area of a vigil at the Saint Rose of Lima church in Newtown, Connecticut.SHANNON STAPLETON/Reuters