PHOTOS: Newtown reels from Sandy Hook shooting
Stuffed animals decorate Christmas trees donated in memory of those killed at the Sandy Hook School December 16, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut.
Newtown, Connecticut is reeling from Friday's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school, which took the lives of 20 children and seven adults, including the shooter's mother.
The tragedy is the second deadliest school shooting in the United States, and investigators are still trying to find a motive behind gunman Adam Lanza's unspeakable actions.
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