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03-28-2013, 04:05 PM
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The young man who killed 27 people in a massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, owned an arsenal of weapons and ammunition, court papers show.
Hundreds of rounds of ammunition and certificates from the National Rifle Association were among the items found in a search of Adam Lanza's home.
Details of the searches were publicised after a court seal lapsed on Wednesday.
The 20-year-old first shot his mother, before killing 26 people at Sandy Hook elementary school in December.
The mass shooting - which ended when Lanza shot himself - shocked the United States and revived debate over how to curb gun violence.
Bayonet and swords
In a statement accompanying the release of the search warrants, state prosecutor Stephen Sedensky said the gunman had managed to shoot all his victims and kill himself within five minutes of making his way into the school.
The 20 children and six staff members were all killed with a Bushmaster .223-calibre rifle, and the gun Lanza turned on himself was a Glock 10mm handgun, Mr Sedensky said.
The gunman had another loaded handgun with him in the school and three 30-round magazines for the rifle.
One more weapon, a 12-gauge shotgun with 70 rounds, was also found in the car Lanza drove to the school.
Meanwhile, in the gunman's home a bayonet, a gun safe in Lanza's bedroom and several swords were discovered by investigators, search warrants revealed.
The documents showed the gunman's mother, Nancy Lanza, had written a cheque for her son to buy a weapon and placed it in a holiday card.
Books about autism and Asberger's syndrome, as well as a smashed computer hard drive and gaming console were among the other items they found.
Some details such as the name of a witness, telephone numbers and serial numbers were redacted from the cache of documents.
The papers were made public at the request of Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy, who expressed concern about information that had been leaked to the press.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21969906
The young man who killed 27 people in a massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, owned an arsenal of weapons and ammunition, court papers show.
Hundreds of rounds of ammunition and certificates from the National Rifle Association were among the items found in a search of Adam Lanza's home.
Details of the searches were publicised after a court seal lapsed on Wednesday.
The 20-year-old first shot his mother, before killing 26 people at Sandy Hook elementary school in December.
The mass shooting - which ended when Lanza shot himself - shocked the United States and revived debate over how to curb gun violence.
Bayonet and swords
In a statement accompanying the release of the search warrants, state prosecutor Stephen Sedensky said the gunman had managed to shoot all his victims and kill himself within five minutes of making his way into the school.
The 20 children and six staff members were all killed with a Bushmaster .223-calibre rifle, and the gun Lanza turned on himself was a Glock 10mm handgun, Mr Sedensky said.
The gunman had another loaded handgun with him in the school and three 30-round magazines for the rifle.
One more weapon, a 12-gauge shotgun with 70 rounds, was also found in the car Lanza drove to the school.
Meanwhile, in the gunman's home a bayonet, a gun safe in Lanza's bedroom and several swords were discovered by investigators, search warrants revealed.
The documents showed the gunman's mother, Nancy Lanza, had written a cheque for her son to buy a weapon and placed it in a holiday card.
Books about autism and Asberger's syndrome, as well as a smashed computer hard drive and gaming console were among the other items they found.
Some details such as the name of a witness, telephone numbers and serial numbers were redacted from the cache of documents.
The papers were made public at the request of Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy, who expressed concern about information that had been leaked to the press.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21969906