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Mass. leaders send condolences, police crime scene unit

Globe Staff

  December 14, 2012

Governor Deval Patrick said Friday that he had checked in with the office of Governor Dannel P. Malloy of Connecticut after the school massacre in Newtown “to make sure that he knows that we here in Massachusetts, and I personally, am thinking about him, and about all of the victims and their families of what, by all early ­accounts, is a pretty horrific act of violence.”

“If there is law enforcement assistance, investigative assistance, that they need and we can provide, I’m sure we would be eager to do so,” Patrick said.

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In response to the incomprehensible tragedy that took place at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, the Edward M. Kennedy Institute released the following statement:

The unspeakable acts of senseless violence in Newtown, Connecticut are beyond our understanding. Our deepest sympathies go to the many families whose losses cannot be measured. The stories of courage displayed by teachers and staff in order to protect their students remind us of the best of humanity in such dark and terrifying circumstances.

In the months and years ahead we must work to make this a safer world for all our children, and we offer our prayers and support for all those grieving and otherwise in need.

http://emkinstitute.org/updates/entry/reaction-to-the-newtown-shootings