Newtown, Conn., memorial vigil Pictures Newtown, Conn., memorial vigil A young child points at candles as people pay their respects at a makeshift shrine to the victims of a elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, December 16, 2012. A young gunman slaughtered 20 small children and six teachers on December 14, 2012, after walking into a school in an idyllic Connecticut town wielding sophisticated firearms.