Connecticut school shooting leaves many dead – in pictures

A woman holds a child as people line up to enter the Newtown Methodist Church near the scene of the shooting Photograph: Douglas Healey/Getty Images

Two young children wait outside Sandy Hook elementary school after the shooting Photograph: Michelle McLoughlin/Reuters

State police personnel lead children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in this handout picture from the Newtown Bee Photograph: Shannon Hicks/Newtown Bee/Reuters

President Barack Obama wipes away a tear while delivering remarks on the shooting Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA

A woman speaks with a Connecticut state trooper outside the school Photograph: Michelle McLoughlin/Reuters

Police patrol the streets outside the school after the shooting Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters

A woman waits to hear about her sister, a teacher, following the shooting Photograph: Jessica Hill/AP

Family members embrace each other outside the elementary school Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters

The families of victims grieve near the school Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters

People embrace at a nearby firehouse being used as a staging area for families Photograph: Jessica Hill/AP

A nun consoles woman outside the Sandy Hook elementary school Photograph: Jeff Spooner/EPA

A flag is lowered to half-staff as a school bus passes along Main Street in Newtown Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

School children wait for their parents at the Sandy Hook firehouse Photograph: Frank Becerra Jr./AP

Police cars and other vehicles fill a road near the scene of the mass shooting Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Supporters of gun control legislation hold candles during a rally in front of the White House in Washington on Friday in response to the shooting Photograph: Larry Downing/Reuters