Flowers lay next to the name of Charlotte Bacon, carved in the stone of a memorial dedicated to the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, in Newtown, Conn., Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)
APTOPIX Newtown Shooting Memorial
(Newtown, CT) — It was 11 years ago today, that a crazed gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut and murdered 20 children and six adults. Flags will be flown at half staff across Connecticut to honor the all those killed. It is the deadliest mass shooting in Connecticut state history. Nicole Hockley, whose son Dylan was among the 20 children shot dead back in 2012, says the holiday season amplifies her pain every year. She is the co-founder of the gun violence prevention group Sandy Hook Promise. Survivors of gun violence in Connecticut are marking the Sandy Hook anniversary by calling for more federal firearm regulations.
