(MCT) — HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy broke down and wiped away tears at a capitol news conference Monday as he recalled informing family members from Sandy Hook Elementary School that their children would not be returning.

Malloy had been meeting with family members at a firehouse near the school when it became clear that a number of them still did not know that their children had died. In all, 20 children and seven adults were shot to death by 20-year-old Adam Lanza on Friday before he killed himself.