Connecticut school shooting
According to officials 27 people are dead, including 18 children at the elementary school.
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The American flag flies at half staff over the White House after President Barack Obama spoke about a Connecticut school shooting in Washington Image courtesy: Luke Sharrett/The New York Times -
A mother runs with her children as police above canvass homes in the area following a shooting Image courtesy: AP -
Parents leave a staging area after being reunited with their children following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School Image courtesy: AP -
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 Image courtesy: AP -
Law enforcement canvass the area following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School Image courtesy: AP -
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. Image courtesy: AFP -
Connecticut State Police walk near the scene of an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Image courtesy: AFP -
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. Image courtesy: AP -
Students - some crying, others looking visibly frightened were escorted by adults through a parking lot in a line, hands on each other's shoulders. Image courtesy: ABC News -
Parents pick-up their children after a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School Image courtesy: Reuters -
Police patrol the streets outside the School Image courtesy: Reuters -
Relatives react outside Sandy Hook Elementary School following the shooting. Image courtesy: Reuters -
A boy weeps as he is told what happened after being picked up at Reed Intermediate School following the shooting. Image courtesy: Reuters -
A couple embrace each other near Sandy Hook Elementary School, were a gunman opened fire on school children and staff. Image courtesy: Reuters -
The shooter had ties with the school and was killed in the school. Image courtesy: ABC News -
State police said Newtown police called them around 9:40 a.m. A SWAT team was among the throngs of police to respond. Image courtesy: @ljanyNT -
The shooter was killed and apparently had two guns Image courtesy: @RT_America -
A dispatcher at the Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps said a teacher had been shot in the foot and taken to Danbury Hospital Image courtesy: ABC News -
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." Image courtesy: ABC News -
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. Image courtesy: ABC News -
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. Image courtesy: ABC News -
State Police are on scene following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School Image courtesy: AP
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