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Newtown Shooting: Residents Shocked by Mass Killing in 'Adorable Little Town'

The small town of Newtown, Conn., was shocked when a gunman killed 27 people, mostly children, at Sandy Hook Elementary School, a school in the quaint community that parents call "an adorable little town." Newtown's schools went into lockdown this morning as SWAT teams descended on the Sandy Hook Elementary after the shooting was reported to state police at 9:40 a.m. "[We] never would have thought anything like this would happen here. It's a large town but it's got a real small-town, family...Full Story
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