AP Photos: Connecticut Shooting - ABC News The massacre of 26 children and adults at a Connecticut elementary school elicited horror and soul-searching around the world even as it raised more basic questions about why the 20-year-old gunman was driven to such a crime and how he chose his victims. Police have shed no light on any motive, and investigators were trying to learn more about the suspect Adam Lanza. 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. Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Andrew Gombert, Pool) Close Here are some images from the town that was the scene of the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history.