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Sunset Junction Memorial to Children Killed at Sandy Hook Elementary Is a Mystery

Neighbors say the memorial popped up Friday night, and soon after was featured on television. But no one seems to know exactly how it got there or who is keeping it going.

 

Reader Jennifer Canal uploaded the picture above to our Pics & Clips gallery, with this caption:

I saw this tonight in Silverlake [sic] where Santa Monica Blvd dead ends into Sunset at the Sunset Junction. I thought it was a very touching memorial for the children lost at Sandy Hook.

Jennifer told us in an email that she'd first seen the memorial on television Friday night, just after 20 children and six adults died in a mass shooting in Newtown, CT.

But she had no idea who put it there.

We went over to check it out at  the intersection of Sanborn Avenue, Santa Monica and Sunset boulevards Tuesday.

When we first drove by, just before dusk, there was someone literally standing in the road praying at the shrine.

We decided to ask around at neighboring businesses, hoping to find out more.

Employees at Jiffy Lube, Intelligentsia, Clementime and Cafe Stella could not tell us how the memorial got there.

Several said they'd seen mourners there as recently as Monday night lighting candles.

TELL US: Have you noticed the memorial to the children of Sandy Hook Elementary? Do you know who put it there?

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J, F, May 21, 2013 at 04:48 pm
@A.R. DID YOU GOT ANY OF MY E-MAILS IM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY serv.
J, F, May 21, 2013 at 03:10 pm
yes, a video from the news, from the car wash,, day that appear that night on the news channel.
J, F, May 21, 2013 at 03:04 pm
@A.R. Yes can you help me I was going to down load the video from the news from CH,34 but I can'tRead More don't go thru,, I call them they just send me video, guy,
J, F, May 18, 2013 at 09:06 pm
@A.R. thanks!! no, i call ch,34 they came, and we don't know the total.. but I hope was a good dayRead More for the cause,,, A.R. didn't know of the new page,, looking good, J,F,
Anthea Raymond (Editor) May 18, 2013 at 08:45 pm
Thanks for these great photos from the car wash to help the family of David "Dizzy"Read More Martinez. Looks like a good turnout. Would Gina know how much money they made?