Day 2 images from Newtown, Conn. tragedy
Molly Delaney, left, holds her 11-year-old daughter, Milly Delaney, during a service in honor of the victims who died a day earlier when a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., as people gathered at St. John's Episcopal Church , Saturday. The massacre of 26 children and adults at Sandy Hook Elementary school elicited horror and soul-searching around the world even as it raised more basic questions about why the gunman, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, would have been driven to such a crime and how he chose his victims.
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Shop owner Tamara Doherty, paces outside her store just down the road from Sandy Hook Elementary School, Saturday.
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A U.S. flag is covered with numbers representing the people that died when a gunman opened fired at Sandy Hook Elementary School during a shooting rampage a day earlier.
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A U.S. flag, second from left, flies at half-staff honoring the victims that died a day earlier when a gunman opened fire at an elementary school, Saturday in Newtown, Conn.
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An American flag flies at half-staff as dawn breaks, Saturday.
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Elizabeth Bogdanoff, left, kisses her daughter Julia, 13, both of Newtown, Conn., during a prayer service at St John's Episcopal Church, Saturday.
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Assocaited Pressolunteer firefighters place flowers at a makeshift memorial at a sign for the Sandy Hook Elementary school, Saturday.
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A couple of volunteer firefighters carry flowers past their fire truck they will place at a makeshift memorial at a sign for the Sandy Hook Elementary school, Saturday.
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Mourners places flowers and a teddy bear at a makeshift memorial at a sign for the Sandy Hook school, Saturday.
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Gary Seri, general manager at the Stone River Grille, hangs a message written on a table cloth in honor of the teachers who died along with students a day earlier when a gunman open fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Saturday. Seri, who put up red balloons that were not used when a sweet 16 party was canceled the night before in light of the massacre, said the teachers were scheduled to have their holiday party at his restaurant.
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Mourners pay their respects at a memorial for shooting victims near Sandy Hook Elementary School, Saturday.
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Brothers Thomas, 13, left, and Steven Leuci, 9, pay their respects at a memorial for shooting victims near Sandy Hook Elementary School, Saturday.
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Firefighters pay their respects at a memorial for shooting victims near Sandy Hook Elementary School, Saturday.
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Mourners pay their respects at a memorial for shooting victims near Sandy Hook Elementary School, Saturday, Dec. 15.
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Tail lights streak past a sign asking for prayer on Main Street heading into the village of Newtown, Conn., at dusk Saturday.
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A Newtown, Conn., resident, who declined to give her name, sits at an intersection holding a sign.
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Suada Likovic, 24, from left, Chelsea Crain, 23, Kristin Hoyt, 18, Jeffrey Hoyt, 16, and Linda Hoyt, all of Danbury, Conn., tie balloons to an overpass up the road from the Sandy Hook Elementary School, Saturday.
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a message honors the victims that died a day earlier when a gunman opened fire at an elementary hang from a bridge near Hawley Pond, Saturday.
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Flowers honoring the victims that died a day earlier when a gunman opened fire at an elementary school lay on a bridge near Hawley Pond, Saturday.
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A banner hangs from an overpass Saturday, offering support.
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People collect items used to hang a message written on fabric at a home a day after a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Saturday.
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Catherine Purcell, of Mansfield, Mass., grieves during a service in honor of the victims who died a day earlier when a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., as people gathered at St. John's Episcopal Church , Saturday.
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Crayons sit on a table outside of a barbershop a day after a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Saturday.
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A child looks on as people read from prayer books during a service in honor of the victims who died a day earlier when a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., as people gathered at St. John's Episcopal Church , Saturday.
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A man prays during a service in honor of the victims who died a day earlier when a gunman open fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., as people gathered at St. John's Episcopal Church , Saturday, Dec. 15.
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A man weeps while praying in front of a memorial for shooting victims outside Saint Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church, Saturday.
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Isabella Jimenez, 12, weeps while talking to reporters about the shooting rampage from a day earlier when a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Saturday.
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Gary Seri, general manager at the Stone River Grille, prepares to hang a message written on a table cloth in honor of the teachers who died along with students a day earlier when a gunman open fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Saturday.
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A U.S. flag flys at half-staff on Main Street in downtown Newtown, Conn., as the sun rises the morning after a gunman opened fire inside a nearby elementary school, Saturday.
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Bunting hangs on the Sandy Hook fire house as a Connecticut State Trooper stands guard outside, Saturday, Dec. 15.
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Tracy Tarantino places a candle on a makeshift memorial near the elementary school where a day earlier a gunman opened fire, Saturday.
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Katy Caulfield, left, and her mother, Irene Caufield, hold candles to place at a makeshift memorial near the elementary school where a day earlier a gunman opened fire, Saturday.
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Johnny Nhatavong, center, of New Haven, Conn., embraces his wife, Melennie Rizek, right, and their 11-month-old son Kenzo Jung while stopping at a makeshift memorial near the place where a day earlier a gunman opened fire inside of an elementary school, Saturday, Dec. 15.
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