Newtown school shooting aftermath - live updates It is the day after the school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, when a gunman walked into an elementary school and killed 20 children. Six adults at the school, the gunman and his mother also died. Police are due to hold a news conference in the town soon, and we will be following developments. Here is a summary of where things stand this morning. Vigils were held late into the night in Newtown as bereaved families identified the dead. Hundreds gathered at St Rose of Lima church and at other locations in the town. The principal of Sandy Hook elementary school, Dawn Hochsprung, 47, was one of the the victims. She was decribed by colleagues as a warm and energetic leader of the school. The school psychologist, Mary Sherlach, was another of the confirmed victims. The bodies of the 20 dead schoolchildren remained in Sandy Hook elementary school until late into the night. The grim task of identifying the bodies continued overnight. Police are due to hold a news conference shortly. Lieutenant Paul Vance of the Connecticut state police said official details of the gunman, named locally as Adam Lanza, 20, would be released. "We're going to paint this picture, we're going to answer these questions," he said in a television interview on Saturday morning. President Barack Obama signalled that a national debate about gun control was necessary. In an emotional address from the White House on Friday, he said "meaningful action" would need to be taken in response to the shootings. Newtown vigil after Sandy Hook school shootings.