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Vigil to be held uptown for Conn. school shooting victims

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department's homicide support group will hold a candlelight vigil Monday for the shooting victims at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

Officers are asking the public to join as the students and teachers are honored.

The vigil will start at 6 p.m. on the front steps of the CMPD law enforcement center on East Trade Street in uptown.