Funeral Services For Victims Of Connecticut Shootings A portrait of Benjamin Andrew Wheeler, one of the students killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, stands outside Trinity Episcopal Church before his funeral services, Dec. 20, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. Wheeler, 6, died when Adam Lanza forced his way into the school on Dec. 14 and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself.