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- NAME: Adam Lanza
- OCCUPATION: Murderer
- BIRTH DATE: April 22, 1992
- DEATH DATE: December 14, 2012
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Exeter, New Hampshire
- PLACE OF DEATH: Newtown, Connecticut
- Full Name: Adam Peter Lanza
- AKA: Adam Lanza
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Adam Lanza shot and killed 20 first-graders and six adults at Sandy Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14, 2012, before shooting himself.
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Synopsis
Born on April 22, 1992, Adam Lanza is believed to have shot his mother, Nancy Lanza, in the head at her home in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14, 2012, before traveling to the nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School, where he shot and killed 20 students between the ages of 5 and 10, and six adult workers. According to police reports, Lanza then turned the gun on himself, fatally shooting himself in the head.
Background
Adam Peter Lanza was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, on April 22, 1992, to Nancy and Peter Lanza, who had married nearly a decade earlier, on June 6, 1981. Adam had one brother, Ryan Lanza, who was six years his senior. Nancy Lanza, a longtime gun ethusiast, reportedly filed for divorce from her husband in December 2008. Thereafter, Peter Lanza reportedly relocated to Stamford, Connecticut, and agreed to pay an annual alimony of $240,000 with periodic increases. Adam Lanza, 16 years old at the time of his parents' divorce, was described early on by classmates as "fidgety" and "deeply troubled." According to some of his friends and family members, he also suffered from Asperger's syndrome.
Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting
Adam Lanza is believed to have shot his mother, Nancy Lanza, in the head at her home in Newtown, Connecticut, around 9 a.m. on December 14, 2012, before taking her car and driving approximately five miles to the Sandy Hook Elementary School, where he shot and killed 20 students between the ages of 5 and 10, as well as six adult workers. According to reports, most of the shooting occurred in two of the school's first-grade classrooms; 14 students in one classroom, and six in the other, were murdered. Only two of the victims who were shot by Lanza—both teachers—survived the attack.
According to police, after firing between 50 to 100 shots, Lanza then turned the gun on himself, fatally shooting himself in the head as responders began arriving on scene, around 9:50 a.m.
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