Connecticut shooting

Utica, NY (WIBX) - Utica Mayor Rob Palmieri has ordered all municipal flags in the city to be flown at half-staff out of respect and sympathy for the victims and families of Newtown, Connecticut. The Mayor went on to say that during this season of peace we can pray that those suffering will be consoled knowing that others mourn with them...

Authorities have released the names of the victims of Friday's mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in which Adam Lanza, 20, reportedly killed 27 people, as well as himself. Lanza's rampage began when he shot and killed his mother, Nancy, at her home before he drove to Sandy Hook Elementary School and killed six adults and 20 children before taking his own life.

Across the nation, we try to make sense of the horrific elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut today.  Newtown is just a few miles from the New York state line along Interstate 84.  New Yorkers respond to today's event:

Newtown, CT WIBX) - We are now receiving reports that perhaps as many as 27 people have been shot at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.