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People gather outside St. Mary's of Chardon on Feb. 28 for a candlelight vigil remembering the victims of a school shooting in Chardon, Ohio.

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Students and those in the community embrace one another as they hold a candlelight vigil at St Mary's of the Assumption Church in Chardon, Ohio on Tuesday night.

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Three students was killed and 2 were injured in a shooting Monday morning at an Ohio high school, officials said.

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Hundreds gathered at St. Mary's of Chardon Tuesday night following the deadly school shooting at Chardon High School. 

The death toll rose to three students as the suspect, 17-year-old T.J. Lane, appeared at a preliminary hearing where a prosecutor said Lane had confessed to investigators and that he said he fired at students randomly.

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