Adam Lanza
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| Adam Lanza | |
|---|---|
| Born | Adam Peter Lanza April 22, 1992 Exeter, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| 💀Died | December 14, 2012 (aged 20) Newtown, Connecticut, U.S.December 14, 2012 (aged 20) |
| Other names | The Sandy Hook shooter |
| 💼 Occupation | |
Adam Peter Lanza was an American spree killer, mass murderer, and school shooter who perpetrated the December 14, 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, which left 28 people dead (including Lanza himself) and two injured.
Background[edit]
Adam Lanza was born April 22, 1992, to Peter and Nancy Lanza. His mother would often take him and his brother shooting, having never suspected Adam of being dangerous. Adam attended the school he would later end up shooting, but suffered extreme anxiety problems starting in middle school (something which is believed to have been a possible motive). One time his anxiety got so bad he had to be taken to the ER of the Danbury hospital. He was moved to St Rose of Lima in 2005, but only stayed there for eight weeks. He later attended Newton High School by the time he was in his early teens. He was described there as "intelligent, but nervous and fidgety", and earned a place in the honor roll in 2007. The anxiety only grew worse and worse until he only went to school sometimes, and was ultimately homeschooled by his mother. Despite this, he managed to earn a GED and even attended some classes at the Western Connecticut State University. He was later diagnosed with Sensory-Integration Disorder, Asperger Syndrome, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
The shooting[edit]
Presumably snapping from his extreme anxiety and mental disorders, Adam Lanza took one of his mother's rifles and shot her four times in the head, killing her. He then stole her car and used it to drive to the school. Arriving there, he broke his way through a glass panel next to a locked front entrance door to the school and killed two teachers. He entered the main office, but didn't discover the teachers hiding there. He then went to a 1st Grade classroom and massacred seventeen people there (fifteen of which were children). He went to another classroom there, and reports of what happened from there are conflicting and various. What is known is that as responding Police arrived, Lanza entered Classroom #10, and shot himself in the lower rear portion of his head with the Glock, ending the ten-minute massacre.
Aftermath[edit]
After Police arrived the school was locked down and survivors were evacuated. Police began looking into a possible motive for the shooting, but none was ever fully established. It is highly believed that Lanza's extreme anxiety and various mental disorders may have led to a psychotic break, which led to his massacre and ultimate suicide. The school was closed down as a crime scene and was demolished in 2016.
Modus Operandi[edit]
Lanza shot all his victims with a Bushmaster XM15-E2S and a Glock 20SF he stole from his mother. He reloaded frequently even before the clip was empty. He usually shot his victims over five times and one victim, Noah Pozner, was shot eleven times. During the shooting he wore black clothing, yellow earplugs, sunglasses, an olive green utility vest, and was carrying magazines for the rifle.
Lanza was also found to have been in possession of a 9mm SIG Sauer P226 and a Saiga-12 shotgun, but apparently never used either in the massacre.
Notes[edit]
- It was later discovered that Lanza may have been a pedophilia because of emails that he sent to a friend that talked about how pedophilia isn't wrong.
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