Vigils for Conn. school shooting victims

Cynthia Alvarez is comforted by her mother Lilia as people gather for a prayer vigil at St. Rose Church following an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, on Dec. 14, 2012. A young gunman slaughtered 20 small children and six teachers on Friday after walking into a school in an idyllic Connecticut town wielding at least two sophisticated firearms.

People gather for a prayer vigil at St. Rose Church following an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, on Dec. 14, 2012. A young gunman slaughtered 20 small children and six teachers on Friday after walking into a school in an idyllic Connecticut town wielding at least two sophisticated firearms.

People leaves candle and flower as they gather for a prayer vigil at St. Rose Church following an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, on Dec. 14, 2012. A young gunman slaughtered 20 small children and six teachers on Friday after walking into a school in an idyllic Connecticut town wielding at least two sophisticated firearms.

People gather for a prayer vigil at St. Rose Church following an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, on Dec. 14, 2012. A young gunman slaughtered 20 small children and six teachers on Friday after walking into a school in an idyllic Connecticut town wielding at least two sophisticated firearms.

Mourners gather at a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, at the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012. A man killed his mother at their home and then opened fire Friday inside the elementary school where she taught, massacring 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters cowered in fear to the sound of gunshots reverberating through the building and screams echoing over the intercom.

Mourners gather inside and outside for a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, at the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012. A man killed his mother at their home and then opened fire Friday inside the elementary school where she taught, massacring 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters cowered in fear to the sound of gunshots reverberating through the building and screams echoing over the intercom.

Mourners gather for a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, at the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012. A man killed his mother at their home and then opened fire Friday inside the elementary school where she taught, massacring 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters cowered in fear to the sound of gunshots reverberating through the building and screams echoing over the intercom.

Men and women hold candles in vigil outside St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church during a healing service held in for victims of an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012. A gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School in the town, killing 26 people, including 20 children.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy, left, speaks to mourners at a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, at the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012. A man killed his mother at their home and then opened fire Friday inside the elementary school where she taught, massacring 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters cowered in fear to the sound of gunshots reverberating through the building and screams echoing over the intercom.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy speaks to mourners at a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, at the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012. A man killed his mother at their home and then opened fire Friday inside the elementary school where she taught, massacring 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters cowered in fear to the sound of gunshots reverberating through the building and screams echoing over the intercom.

A mourner bows her head inside the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church at a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012.

Mourners gather inside the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church at a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that left at least 27 people dead, many of them young children, in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012. Police have identified the gunman as Adam Lanza, whose mother was a teacher at the school.

People gather for a prayer vigil at St. Rose Church following an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, on Dec. 14, 2012. A young gunman slaughtered 20 small children and six teachers on Friday after walking into a school in an idyllic Connecticut town wielding at least two sophisticated firearms.

Brenda Hernadez, of Enfield, Conn., comforts her daughter Crystal at a makeshift shrine on the Enfield Town Green, on Dec. 14, 2012, after a candlelight vigil in Enfield, Conn. The vigil was organized by social media in memory of the school shooting victims in Newtown as residents in Enfield, 70 miles from Newtown, and throughout the state, feel the grief of the mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School Friday morning.

Across the street from the elementary school in Sandy Hook, Conn. neighbors hoisted an American flag and created a make-shift prayer for the deceased inside the school late on Dec. 14, 2012.

Two people embrace following a service at the Congregation Adath Israel in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 15, 2012. Rabbi Shaul Praver said a six-year-old boy from the congregation was a school shooting victim and that he would be laid to rest on Sunday.

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, on Dec. 15, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. 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.

A child looks out of a bus window as it passes by St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, where the funeral of James Mattioli, 6, was taking place Dec. 18, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. — AP Photo/Charles Krupa

Flowers and stuffed animals of a makeshift memorial for school shooting victims encircle the flagpole at the town center in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 15, 2012.

A Newtown, Conn. resident, who declined to give her name, sits at an intersection holding a sign for passing motorists up the road from the Sandy Hook Elementary School, on Dec. 15, 2012, in Newtown, Conn.

Ryan Bartolotta, 17, right, and Ray Massi, 18, light up candles that were put out by rain at a makeshift memorial in the Sandy Hook Village of Newtown, Conn., Dec. 17, 2012, as the town mourns victims killed in a school shooting. — AP Photo/Mary Altaffer

Mourners places flowers and a teddy bear at a makeshift memorial at a sign for the Sandy Hook school, on Dec. 15, 2012 in Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn. 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.

A police roadblock serves as a makeshift memorial at the corner of Riverside and Cherry Streets, on Dec. 15, 2012 in Newtown, Conn. 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.

People gather outside the White House to participate in a candle light vigil to remember the victims at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut on Dec. 14, 2012 in Washington, D.C.

Supporters of gun control gather on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, on Dec. 14, 2012, during a vigil for the victims of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and to call on President Obama to pass strong gun control laws.

A child protects candles from the wind during a vigil outside the White House in Washington, D.C, following the Connecticut elementary school shooting, on Dec. 14, 2012.

People gather outside the White House to participate in a candle light vigil to remember the victims at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut on Dec. 14, 2012 in Washington, D.C.

Alissa Manzoeillo of Washington, lights a candle for Alice Chen of Washington, as they hold signs against gun violence at a vigil by the White House after a school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in Washington, on Dec. 14, 2012.

Lindsay Merikas, 26, of Alexandria, Va., wears a button saying "Stop Gun Violence" as she gathered with other supporters of gun control on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House, in Washington, on Dec. 14, 2012, during a vigil for the victims of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and to call on President Obama to pass strong gun control laws.

Flowers and toys lay near the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia, on Dec. 15, 2012. 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.

The American flag flies at half staff to mourn the victims of the Connecticut school shooting, at the US Embassy in Rome, on Dec. 15, 2012. Police said Saturday they had found "very good evidence" they hoped would answer questions about the motives of the 20-year-old gunman, described as brilliant but remote, who forced his way into a U.S. school and killed 26 children and adults in one of the world's worst mass shootings.

The U.S. flag flies at half staff at the U.S. Embassy in London in reaction to the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, on Dec. 15, 2012.

A man walks past crosses and a U.S. flag at Copacabana Beach, in Rio de Janeiro, that were placed in memory of the school shooting victims in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 15, 2012.