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Newtown marks 4th anniversary of Sandy Hook tragedy

Carlee Soto uses a phone to get information about her sister, Victoria Soto, a teacher at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, after gunman Adam Lanza killed 26 people inside the school, including 20 children, Dec. 14, 2012. Victoria Soto, 27, was among those killed. (Jessica Hill/AP)
Parents leave a staging area after being reunited with their children following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, where Adam Lanza fatally shot 27 people, including 20 children, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. (Jessica Hill/AP)
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
December 14, 2016 - 10:17 am
 

NEWTOWN, Conn. — Newtown held a moment of silence and flags were flying at half-staff across Connecticut to mark the fourth anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

It was Dec. 14, 2012, when 20 children and six educators were killed by a troubled 20-year-old gunman who shot his way into the Connecticut schoolhouse. Adam Lanza fatally shot his mother before driving to the school, and then killed himself after the rampage.

The town typically does not hold an official memorial event on the anniversary, but prayer services were planned for Wednesday and a counseling center is open for extended hours.

First Selectman Pat Llodra asked town employees to refrain from doing any work, including answering phones, between 9:30 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. to mark the time when the shootings took place.

 

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