The American flag flies at half staff over the White House after President Barack Obama spoke about a Connecticut school shooting in Washington
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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, Conn., about 60 miles (96 kilometers) northeast of New York City
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A woman holds a child as people line up to enter the Newtown Methodist Church near the scene of an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.
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The superintendent's office said the district had locked down schools in Newtown, about 60 miles northeast of New York City. Schools in neighboring towns also were locked down as a precaution.
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Students - some crying, others looking visibly frightened were escorted by adults through a parking lot in a line, hands on each other's shoulders.
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The White House said Barack Obama was notified of the shooting and his spokesman Jay Carney said the president had "enormous sympathy for families that are affected."
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The official said that a gun used in the attacks is a .223-caliber rifle. The New Jersey state police are searching for a location in that state in connection with the shootings.
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Andrea Rynn, a spokeswoman at the hospital, said it had three patients from the school but she did not have information on the extent or nature of their injuries.
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