• Josephine Gay turned 7 three days before she was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Photo: Contributed

    Josephine Gay turned 7 three days before she was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

    Josephine Gay turned 7 three days before she was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

    Photo: Contributed
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Josephine Gay turned 7 three days before she was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Josephine Gay turned 7 three days before she was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Photo: Contributed

Josephine Gay turned 7 on Tuesday, three days before the shootings.

She loved the color purple, according to the Wall Street Journal.

A neighbor recalled the family as "very welcoming."