Adam Lanza was the perpetrator of the December 14, 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in which he killed 26 people and injured at least 11more. After killing students and administrators, he commited suicide. His brother, Ryan Lanza was taken into custody for questioning. Lanza's mother, Nancy Lanza, was shot by Lanza at his house in Newtown, CT. The school's prinicipal, Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung and the school's psychologist, Mary Sherlach were also killed. 20 children were murdered in the shooting. A 7 foot spreadsheet was found in his home detailing virtually every single mass murder and attempted mass murder in history. Lanza hoped to outdo everyone on this list, particularly Anders Behring Breivik.
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List of Victims
Teachers
- Rachel Davino
- Dawn Hochsprung
- Anne Marie Murphy
- Lauren Rousseau
- Mary Sherlach
- Victoria Soto
Students
- Charlotte Bacon
- Daniel Barden
- Rachel Davino
- Olivia Engel
- Josephine Gay
- Ana M. Marquez-Greene
- Dylan Hockley
- Madeline F. Hsu
- Catherine V. Hubbard
- Chase Kowolski
- Jesse Lewis
- James Mattioli
- Grace McDonnell
- Emilie Parker
- Jack Pinto
- Noah Pozner
- Caroline Previdi
- Jessica Rekos
- Avielle Richman
- Benjamin Wheeler
- Allison N. Wyatt