Final Sandy Hook Report Paints A Disturbing Early Picture Of Adam Lanza
The final report from authorities on the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre paints a disturbing picture of Adam Lanza, the 20-year-old shooter who killed 27 people and himself in one of the worst school shootings in American history.
Newly released documents from the state of Connecticut reveal a number of items authorities seized from the home of Adam Lanza and his mother, Nancy.
They include pictures of him as a child, sitting in front of a rack of guns; various other knives, swords, and firearms; articles about other school shootings and mass murders; and a now-chilling birthday card from his father.
For all of the information contained in the report - hundreds of photographs and hundreds of hours of video - authorities did not establish a broader motive for the shooting. The case is now closed.
Lanza had drawers - and parts of closets - full of ammunition:
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State police found one of numerous target boards in Lanza's closet:
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Authorities also found swords in the Lanza home:
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A clipping of a news story on an April 8, 1891, school shooting at St. Mary's Parochial School in Newburgh, N.Y.
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The book "Amish Grace," about the 2006 Nickel Mines, Penn., school shooting and how the Amish community demonstrated forgiveness in its aftermath:
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A clipping of a Feb. 18, 2008, New York Times story on the role of campus newspapers in university shootings. The story specifically focused on how The Northern Star, Northern Illinois' campus paper, covered the aftermath of a shooting that killed five students that month:
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A book, "Train Your Brain To Get Happy":
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A disturbing drawing that shows a person being forced to come out of a building with his or her hands up. "You are not a teacher no more!" the caption reads:
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More knives:
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A birthday card from Adam Lanza's father that promises either a hiking or shooting trip:
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Finally, a picture of a young Adam Lanza, about half the age as his eventual victims in Sandy Hook, clutching a gun to his mouth in front of a gun rack:
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