Police say that 20-year-old Adam Lanza forced his way into Sandy Hook elementary school around 9:30 a.m. on Friday, December 14.
He opened fire on two classrooms, killing twenty-six people, most of them children. The town of Newtown, along with the world, is shocked.
These pictures capture the panic that ensued, as well as images of a town coping together as a community through the tragic event.
