New York Daily News No end to sorrow in Newtown Revisiting Newtown, 5 years after tragic school shooting 2017-12-10 - 8-page special section inside Wooden crosses and a Star of David (below) were erected in memory of 20 children and six adults who lost their lives in a senseless mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012.