Gov. Daniels: Flags to be at half staff in wake of Conn. school shooting

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WANE) - Governor Mitch Daniels has announced that all flags in Indiana be lowered to half staff on Friday until sunset on Tuesday, December 18.

Daniels' statement is in accordance with a statement from President Barack Obama.

The President issued this statement Friday afternoon:

As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on December 14, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, December 18, 2012. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same length of time at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.