This photo uploaded to Twitter by NBC reporter Liz Dahlem shows Connecticut state police arriving at the scene of an elementary school shooting in Newtown.
Connecticut's Sandy Hook elementary school became a central focus on Twitter as users shared responses to the killings of 27 people, at least 18 of them children.
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