Chris Kirsten hugs his 3rd-grade daughter after she finished her day at May Watts Elementrary School in Naperville on Friday, December 14, 2012 after a shooter killed 27 people in Connecticut, including 20 children in a school. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
Danielle Palm checks a friend's FaceBook page, who's child attends the Connecticut elementary school where the shooting occured, hoping to hear good news, while waiting for her 1st-grade son to get out of May Watts Elementrary School in Naperville on Friday, December 14, 2012. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
Jill Brown talks about the Connecticut elementary school shooting while waiting for her 1st-grader to get out of school at May Watts Elementrary School in Naperville on Friday, December 14, 2012. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
Scores of parents greet and hug their kids at May Watts Elementrary School in Naperville on Friday, December 14, 2012, after a shooter killed 27 people in Connecticut, including 20 children in a school. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
Naperville resident Danielle Palm couldn’t keep her eyes off her phone as she waited for her child to be dismissed from school Friday afternoon. “Even though it’s my friend’s co-worker’s niece, it’s still a child,” Palm said. That child, a little girl, is a student …
