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This sign from young children in Newtown was left at a huge memorial near Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 20 students and six teachers were killed Dec. 14. A child wrote that he hopes the victims get to play Legos and Xbox. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

For decades, the town hall in Newtown has shown Friday night movies and the site is a popular hangout for teens. The Christmas movie scheduled for Dec. 21-23 was cancelled and grief counseling was available instead. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This was part of a large memorial outside Newton’s Edmond Town Hall. The picture was taken Dec. 20, the same day four of the slain schoolchildren killed and two of their teachers had funerals. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

A neighbor made this sign across from Honan Funeral Home on Newtown’s Main Street. The funeral home held wakes for many of the 20 children killed in the Dec. 14 massacre. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This reader board greets visitors entering Newtown on Main Street. It switches between this message and another: “Thanks to Our Heroes.” This sign is pictured Dec. 20, 2012, the day that four children and two adults killed had funerals in Newtown. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This sign in front of a house on Main Street in Newtown, is one of many memorials in honor of the 26 victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting last Friday. Photo: Carol Kaliff

Memorial for victims from last Friday's shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. on Thursday December 20, 2012. Photo: Christian Abraham

The Newtown General Store, near the funeral home that has had wakes for many of the 20 children killed, has been offering free grief counseling for anyone in the town of roughly 27,000 people. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This T-shirt signed by other Newtown students was at a huge memorial about a quarter mile from for the Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 20 students and six teachers were killed Dec. 14. Hundreds of mourners gathered there for days after the shooting, but access to the school was limited to authorities. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This sign hangs under a railroad overpass on Church Hill Rd. In Newtown Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. There are many signs and memorials in Newtown in honor of the 26 victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on Friday. Photo: Carol Kaliff

Memorial for victims from last Friday's shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. on Thursday December 20, 2012. Photo: Christian Abraham

Student Paula Castaneda signs a memorial poster, during a candlelight vigil held to remember the Newtown massacre victims at Norwalk Community College in Norwalk, Conn. on Tuesday December 18, 2012. Photo: Christian Abraham

Newtown residents who live across from the Botsford Post Office were moved to place this sign of support for the community in front of their home. "Our hearts are broken," it says. "We pray for our neighbors. We love you, we hug you." Photo: Linda Koonz

Shelja Patel, 19, whose family owns Newtown Convenience Store, puts up a sign to accompany the 26 Christmas Trees that the family is displaying near their store - one tree for each victim of the Sandy Hook school shooting, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. Photo: Carol Kaliff

Friends and co-workers hold a sign as the hearse and funeral procession for James Mattioli, 6, who died in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, approaches the St. John's Cemetery Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in Darien, Conn. Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) Photo: Craig Ruttle, AP

A sign of support for teachers near the Sandy Hook Elementary School, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012. Town resident Adam Lanza, 20, is suspected of killing 27 people at the school Friday morning. Photo: Bob Luckey

A roadside memorial along Route 34 for victims from last Friday's shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. on Thursday December 20, 2012. There are 20 little bags that contained candy to represent the students and 6 apples to represent the teachers who died after a gunman opened fire in the school. Photo: Christian Abraham

This card from a child was part of a large memorial outside Newton’s Edmond Town Hall. The picture was taken Dec. 20, the same day four of the slain schoolchildren killed and two of their teachers had funerals. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

This sign is pictured Dec. 20, 2012, the day that four children and two adults killed had funerals in Newtown. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

A sign in the Sandy Hook neighborhood of Newtown, Conn., Dec. 15th, 2012, the day after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school on Friday. Photo: Ned Gerard

Memorial for victims from last Friday's shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. on Thursday December 20, 2012. Photo: Christian Abraham

"God Bless Sandy Hook Elementary" reads a sign near the Sandy Hook Elementary School sign which is on the corner of Riverside Road and Dickinson Drive in Sandy Hook, Conn., Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012.
Photo: Bob Luckey

A memorial for victims from last Friday's shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
Photo: Christian Abraham

These are a few of the signs at a huge memorial about a quarter mile from for the Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 20 students and six teachers were killed Dec. 14. Hundreds of mourners gathered there for days after the shooting, but access to the school was limited to authorities. Photo: Casey McNerthney/Hearst Newspapers

A memorial for victims from last Friday's shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
Photo: Christian Abraham

A memorial for victims from last Friday's shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
Photo: Christian Abraham

A memorial for victims from last Friday's shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Photo: Christian Abraham

A memorial for victims from last Friday's shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Photo: Christian Abraham

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy, right, and First Selectman Patricia Llodra, second from right, lead a moment of silence with other community members as a bell tolls 26 times in front of Edmond Town Hall in Newtown. The moment of silence and bell tolling was held across the state on Friday, December 21, 2012, the one week anniversary of the Sandy Hook shootings. Photo: Joshua Trujillo, Joshua Trujillo/Hearst Newspaper

Cars stop on Main Street in Newtown during a statewide moment of silence. A bell tolled 26 times in front of Edmond Town Hall. The moment of silence and bell tolling was held across the state on Friday, December 21, 2012, the one week anniversary of the Sandy Hook shootings. Photo: Joshua Trujillo, Joshua Trujillo/Hearst Newspaper

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy, center, Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman, to the right, and First Selectman Patricia Llodra, to the left, lead a moment of silence as a bell tolls 26 times in front of Edmond Town Hall in Newtown. The moment of silence and bell tolling was held across the state on Friday, December 21, 2012, the one week anniversary of the Sandy Hook shootings. Photo: Joshua Trujillo, Joshua Trujillo/Hearst Newspaper

People, including Joe Saleem, center, observe a moment of silence led by Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy, Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman and First Selectman Patricia Llodra in front of Edmond Town Hall in Newtown. The moment of silence and bell tolling was held across the state on Friday, December 21, 2012, the one week anniversary of the Sandy Hook shootings. Saleem said he lived in Newtown for 54 years but moved to North Carolina. But after the violence that took 28 people, Saleem returned to his hometown. "I've had three sleepless nights," he said.

Photo: Joshua Trujillo, Joshua Trujillo/Hearst Newspaper

Sarah Baroody holds her daughter Sophia's hand and cries while observing a moment of silence as bells rang 26 times in Newtown, Conn., Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. The chiming of bells reverberated throughout Newtown, commemorating one week since the crackle of gunfire in a schoolhouse killed 20 children and six adults in a massacre that has shaken the community and the nation. Photo: AP

A man kneels in front of a makeshift memorial during a moment of silence at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. The chiming of bells reverberated throughout Newtown, commemorating one week since the crackle of gunfire in a schoolhouse killed 20 children and six adults in a massacre that has shaken the community and the nation Photo: AP

Joe Saleem of North Carolina tries to keep a memorial to the Newtown shooting victims dry under plastic on a rainy day in Newtown, Conn., Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. The chiming of bells reverberated throughout Newtown, commemorating one week since the crackle of gunfire in a schoolhouse killed 20 children and six adults in a massacre that has shaken the community and the nation. Photo: AP

Fire rescue officials pause for a moment of silence at a makeshift memorial near the main road that leads into Sandy Hook Elementary School during a memorial at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. The chiming of bells reverberated throughout Newtown, commemorating one week since the crackle of gunfire in a schoolhouse killed 20 children and six adults in a massacre that has shaken the community and the nation. Photo: AP

Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy stands with other officials to observe a moment of silence while bells ring 26 times in Newtown, Conn., Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. The chiming of bells reverberated throughout Newtown, commemorating one week since the crackle of gunfire in a schoolhouse killed 20 children and six adults in a massacre that has shaken the community and the nation. Photo: AP

Members of the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire and Rescue department hug after a moment of silence in Sandy Hook village on December 21, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut. People around the United States joined in a moment of silence at 9:30 am to mark the one week anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, while bells also rang 26 times to honor the victims of alleged gunman Adam Lanza, not including his mother Nancy Lanza who was killed at their family home.

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A woman wipes the face of a man after a moment of silence in Sandy Hook village December 21, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut. People around the United States joined in a moment of silence at 9:30 ET am to mark the one week anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings while bells also rang 26 times to honor the victims of alleged gunman Adam Lanza, not including his mother Nancy Lanza who was killed at their family home. Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI, AFP/Getty Images

A man kneels at a picket fence with the names of shooting victims during a moment of silence in Sandy Hook village and December 21, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut. People around the United States joined in a moment of silence at 9:30 am to mark the one week anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, while bells also rang 26 times to honor the victims of alleged gunman Adam Lanza, not including his mother Nancy Lanza who was killed at their family home. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI

Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI, AFP/Getty Images

Connecticut State Police block the road to Sandy Hook Elementary School during a moment of silence in Sandy Hook village on December 21, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut. People around the United States joined in a moment of silence at 9:30 am to mark the one week anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, while bells also rang 26 times to honor the victims of alleged gunman Adam Lanza, not including his mother Nancy Lanza who was killed at their family home. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI, AFP/Getty Images

Members of the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire and Rescue department stand during moment of silence in Sandy Hook village December 21, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut. People around the United States joined in a moment of silence at 9:30 am ET to mark the one week anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings while bells also rang 26 times to honor the victims of alleged gunman Adam Lanza, not including his mother Nancy Lanza who was killed at their family home. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI, AFP/Getty Images

Members of the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire and Rescue department stand during a moment of silence in Sandy Hook village December 21, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut. People around the United States joined in a moment of silence at 9:30 am ET to mark the one week anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings while bells also rang 26 times to honor the victims of alleged gunman Adam Lanza, not including his mother Nancy Lanza who was killed at their family home. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI, AFP/Getty Images