Connecticut Shooting: Photos

Mary Sherlach, 56, is shown in this undated handout photo provided by her family. Sherlach was one of six adults killed at a Connecticut elementary school.

Lauren Russeau, 30, is shown in this undated handout photo posted on Facebook in her honour. Russeau was one of six adults killed at a Connecticut elementary school.

Victoria Soto, 27, is shown in this undated handout photo posted on Tumblr in her honour. Soto was one of six adults killed at a Connecticut elementary school.

A vigil has been held at a church in Newtown, Connecticut, after dozens of people - mostly children - were killed in a mass shooting.

Farah Sheikh of New York, takes part in a candlelight vigil in Times Square, for the victims of the Sandy Hook School shooting.

US President Barack Obama was visibly upset during a news conference about the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Families leave the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire Department near the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut after dozens of people were shot dead, most of them children.

Police walk through a cordoned off crime scene related to the shootings.

Supporters of gun control legislation hold candles during a rally in front of the White House in Washington after the shootings.

A woman weeps outside a building set up to counsel family members affected by a shooting nearby at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

The families of victims grieve near the school.

A flag flies at half mast as a school bus passes along Main Street in Newtown, Connecticut.

Police patrol the streets outside Sandy Hook Elementary School after a shooting in Newtown, Connecticut in which 27 people have died.

Relatives of victims in the mass shooting react to the news.

Relatives of victims in the mass shooting react to the news.

A teacher leads children across the parking lot to safety.

Two children comfort each other after the shooting.

A mother comforts her children after the shooting.

Family members of comfort each other after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut where 27 people have died.

Family members of comfort each other after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut where 27 people have died.

Parents arrive to pick their children up from the the school.

Parents arrive to pick their children up from the the school.

Police search a building at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Police tape off an area around an empty car.

Police tape off an area around a car after a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

Police and emergency services set up their gear in the parking lot of Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Police tape off an area around an empty car.