Adam Lanza

On December 14, 2012, 6-year-old Jesse Lewis was heading off for a normal day of school. His mother, Scarlett Lewis, sent him off with no inkling that it would be the last time she’d ever see her son alive. Jesse, along with 25 others, were killed that day during a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary […]

Alex Jones, alt-right political guru at the roots of several unfounded conspiracy theories, is having a hard time. The InfoWars creator, known for his subversion of mainstream narrative by embracing ridiculously far-fetched conjectures about the “deep-state,” has been slapped by several lawsuits in the past few months — two of the most prominent ones being […]

The company that manufactured the weapon used by Adam Lanza to kill 26 people, including 20 first graders, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut in December 2012 has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Remington Outdoor Company, which is owned by Cerberus Capital Management, filed Sunday in U. S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. The […]

Unsealed FBI documents from the tragic Sandy Hook massacre have been released and the results are both surprising and disturbing. As many will recall, 20-year-old Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School on a cold December morning in 2012 and fired shots at a class full of students. According to CNN, Lanza’s horrific actions […]

Len Pozner has taken a stand against Sandy Hook deniers — “hoaxers” as he’s wont to call them — who claim that the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14, 2012, never occurred. The father of 6-year-old Noah Pozner, one of 20 children killed during the shooting, he has become […]

Sandy Hook conspiracy theorists are accused of using social media to target, harass, and threaten family members of victims of the horrifying mass shooting. Cosmopolitan reports that a sister of one of those victims is an apparent target of so-called “truthers” who believe the entire incident was a hoax perpetrated by the government. It’s been […]

An after-school supervisor in Long Island, New York, says she was fired after answering a question from a student under her care about the Sandy Hook massacre. Former NYPD officer Gigi Kearns said she was fired from supervising after-school activities for answering a question about one of the deadliest massacres in American history, the Sandy […]

The house of Adam Lanza, the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooter, served as a constant reminder of tragedy for locals, prompting the city to finally demolish the structure. The city managed to tear down the home in just two hours and now plans on letting nature do the rest. They also made sure no one […]

Former U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who was nearly killed from a gunshot wound sustained during an attack in 2011, returned to Capitol Hill this week in order to talk to lawmakers about expanding background checks for gun purchases. And while opposition to expansion of background checks for gun purchases from the National Rifle Association (NRA) […]

The home of Sandy Hook Elementary School Killer Adam Lanza is to be torn down and destroyed. Officials in Newtown, Connecticut, have voted to tear down the home where Lanza lived before he carried out the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Lanza killed his mother in the house, before going on to murder […]

Ever since the Sandy Hook shooting, Adam Lanza’s home has been a scary reminder of the events that took place in Newtown, Connecticut. Now the town is determined to do something about this “constant reminder of the evil that resided there.” In a related report by the Inquisitr, a cousin of the Duck Dynasty family […]

Newtown families are suing Bushmaster in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting second anniversary. Bushmaster is the gunmaker that manufactured the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle used by Adam Lanza in the Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting. Adam Lanza took the lives of 20 children and six adults during the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting. None of […]

On December 9, 2012 the Sandy Hook Elementary school principal, Dawn Hochsprung, said goodbye to her daughter. Neither one of them could have imagined it would be the last time they would see each other. Erica Lafferty wrote a touching piece published by the Huffington Post in which she details the last time she saw […]

Almost two years after the Sandy Hook shootings, the house that gunman Adam Lanza lived in with his mother is now owned by the town of Newtown, Connecticut. Lanza, who committed suicide at the school after killing 20 children and six adults, killed his mother in the house that has been vacant since the tragedy […]

Zach Dasher, the Duck Dynasty relative and Louisiana congressional candidate, has lashed back at media reports that he blames the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre on atheists. Dasher told the online publication The Blaze that those media reports were “dishonest.” “It was a soundbite put in a way to give the impression that I was […]

Students at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Monroe, Connecticut were ordered by the police to evacuate due to a bomb threat. After the massacre that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary in December 2012, officials are not going to take any threat lightly. Sun Times reports that the threatening phone call was made to the […]

Remember in elementary school, when your teacher punished the entire class because of one kid who wouldn’t behave? Well, yesterday a federal judge ruled that the government of Maryland can punish all of the law-abiding gun owners in the state due to the actions of a few crazed individuals. U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake […]

Today I woke up and, like most people I know went straight to Facebook to see how everyone I know was doing. While I was yawning and skimming over the content, I saw a picture that I read, then verified via other online sources to be an undoctored and legitimate piece. Before I go on, […]

Just a few days before Christmas in 2012, Adam Lanza went on a killing spree at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. He shot and killed 20 6-to-7 year-old children and 6 educators. Before driving to the school premises, Adam killed his 52-year-old mother, Nancy, in their home using a Bushmaster rifle. When […]

Adam Lanza’s father has finally broken his silence. Peter Lanza managed to avoid the public spotlight for more than a year. However, he is now ready to talk about his son and the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. On December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza shot and killed his mother. He then proceeded to the Newtown, […]

Newtown gun control laws created after the Sandy Hook shooting are being ignored by the vast majority of the American citizens living in the area. In a related report by The Inquisitr, when the Sandy Hook anniversary came the town celebrated life by asking people to commit random acts of kindness. Although Adam Lanza’s motive […]

Adam Lanza’s hard drive depicted a variety of strange things, from a video showing children being shot to materials supporting pedophile rights (as in, not child pornography). As previously reported by The Inquisitr, Adam Lanza’s radio station call occurred a year before the Newtown shooting and was just plain creepy. Even after all this time […]

Adam Lanza reportedly called a University of Oregon radio station one year before he opened fire inside Sandy Hook Elementary School. Although the caller disguises his voice and claims his name is “Greg,” those who knew Lanza said it is definitely him. Throughout the call, “Greg” discusses a tragic incident involving a chimpanzee named Travis. […]

Nancy Lanza wanted to test her son Adam’s ability to live on his own and manage his Asperger’s Syndrome, so the Connecticut mother turned control of the house to her 20-year-old son while she went out of town for a day. Within 24 hours of her return, Adam would snap, shooting his mother to death […]

The final Newtown shooting report, released on Friday, gave even more details of Adam Lanza’s killing spree in 2012 at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. The shooting resulted in the tragic deaths of 20 first grade students, six staff, his mother, Nancy Lanza – who did voluntary work at the school – and […]

A Newtown shooting report has revealed an Adam Lanza baby photo in which the future Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter poses with a handgun and draped in ammunition. The photo was part of a release of thousands of pieces of information shedding light on the life of the gunman and details of the Newtown school […]

The Sandy Hook anniversary is remembering the victims in Newtown with the tolling of a town bell. As previously reported by The Inquisitr, Sandy Hook Elementary is to be torn down. Several weeks ago, in November, the final Sandy Hook shooting report was released by the State Attorney’s office. Unfortunately, Adam Lanza’s motive remains a […]

Adam Lanza liked to spend his free time editing Wikipedia articles about mass killings, using the online identity Kaynbred to add intricate details about the guns used. Information about Lanza’s online alias and his internet habits came to light this week, revealing an obsession with guns and mass murders. Lanza spent hours on gun forums, […]

The state of Connecticut has fired an employee who allegedly allowed her husband to check out Adam Lanza’s body before the autopsy took place. Jean Henry, a technician in the Medical Examiner’s office, had been on a four-month paid leave while an investigation into the December 16 incident was underway. She is now contesting the […]

The NRA denied Adam Lanza or mother Nancy Lanza has a connection with the organization after it was revealed this week that an initial search of the Lanza home uncovered documents suggesting the Lanzas were affiliated with the National Rifle Association. The NRA has responded to the new reports on Adam Lanza, the Lanza home […]

The first detailed account of the Newtown shootings is beginning to emerge in a case marked by caution, reticence and horror, and prosecutors have revealed some key information about the devastating school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary that left 20 small children and six adults dead in its wake. A tightly sealed investigation and little […]

Peter Lanza, whose son Adam Lanza killed 20 first-graders at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December, met with the family of one of those young victims this week. The hour-long meeting was said to be an effort for the family to find closure in the tragedy. “I felt strongly that I needed to tell him […]

Adam Lanza spent years planning the Sandy Hook massacre, according to recently released evidence. Police officers reportedly found a 7-foot-long and 4-foot-wide spreadsheet filled with murder details from previous mass shootings. One Connecticut law enforcement officer said Adam Lanza’s spreadsheet murder chart read like a doctoral thesis. The quality level of the research into shooting […]

Raising Adam Lanza airs tonight on PBS — and for the first time, Sandy Hook Elementary’s mysterious gunman will be in the spotlight. In Sandy Hook’s horrific wake, Raising Adam Lanza will be the first in-depth look into the young man behind the deaths of 27 people, 26 at the Newtown primary school and 20 […]

Adam Lanza was motivated in his shooting spree of Sandy Hook Elementary School by violent video games and an admiration of Norway spree shooter Anders Behring Breivik, law enforcement officials said. Lanza killed six adults and 20 children at the Connecticut elementary school in the days before Christmas break, but he may have aimed to […]

“The problem is not gun laws; the problem is a lack of civility.” Those were the words spoken today by Mark Mattioli, when he testified at a hearing of the Gun Violence Task Force in Hartford, Connecticut. Mr. Mattioli struggled at times to maintain his composure as he spoke about the loss of his six-year-old […]

Sandy Hook Elementary School students will return to the school for the first time since the shooting on Thursday. The children will be learning in a new building with classroom recreated to resemble their old environment. Chalk Hill Middle School, located about six miles away in Monroe, will be the students’ new home. The Newtown […]

The Journal News hired armed security guards to protect its offices after publishing the names of gun owners. As previously reported by The Inquisitr, the newspaper listed the names of gun permit holders on December 23. The controversial article reportedly prompted angry phones calls and emails to The Journal News headquarters. The New York City […]

Adam Lanza’s remains were claimed for burial yesterday, and at the time, the person who stepped forward to claim them remained anonymous. The question of the fate of Adam Lanza’s remains is one that few considered in the immediate horror following the Sandy Hook shooting, and Americans following the horrifying developments in Newtown, Connecticut, were […]

A 17-year old high school student has been suspended for writing a poem about her take on why Adam Lanza shot dead 27 people, 20 of them children, at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. “I understand the killings in Connecticut. I know why he pulled the trigger,” wrote Courtni Webb, referring to […]

Adam Lanza’s body has been claimed for burial after an anonymous person stepped forward to bury the 20-year-old who two weeks ago killed 26 people in a shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School. There are not many details about who claimed Lanza’s body or where his burial site will be. His father, Peter Lanza, […]

Will studying Adam Lanza’s DNA help prevent future tragedies? That may be Connecticut Medical Examiner H. Wayne Carver’s motive after requesting that the University of Connecticut study Adam Lanza’s DNA. While the exact details of the research project remain hush-hush, experts believe that Lanza’s DNA will be studied in order to detect genetic mutations or […]

COMMENTARY | Michael Moore has a Christmas greeting for America. Entitled “Celebrating the Prince of Peace in the Land of Guns,”the Oscar winning activist posted his letter on Twitter today. It begins: “After watching the deranged, delusional National Rifle Association press conference on Friday, it was clear that the Mayan prophecy had come true. Except […]

Britain’s Archbishop of Canterbury has come out in favor of stricter gun controls in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. Following the tragedy that saw 27 innocents slain at the hands of 20-year-old Adam Lanza, conversation about gun control has drawn comment from public figures on both sides of the Atlantic. The […]

The Huffington Post recently featured an article titled “I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother” by a woman named Liza Long. In it, she details the often-terrifying experience of raising a young, emotionally troubled son, drawing parallels between her boy and the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter Adam Lanza, and calling for a greater focus on the […]

There are no words to explain the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut. When Adam Lanza took the lives of 20 young children and six heroic teachers at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, he also struck a blow to the heart of our nation. December 14, 2012 will always be remembered as one of the darkest days […]

Commentary | The recent NRA statement suggested that we arm the teachers. The NRA hopes to jumpstart that movement with a “model school shield program” where 11,000 volunteer instructors will help out. The media has already begun to sound off on this idea and we look at some of the alternative methods suggested for protecting […]

At 9:30 am in villages, towns, and cities across the great land of America, church bells rang 26 times to pay tribute to the six teachers and 20 small children who were gunned down last week at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Connecticut by a disturbed young man named Adam Lanza. Some churches […]

NRA membership rolls are rising rapidly at a record-setting pace, increasing by 8,000 new NRA members per day since the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting. According to Fox News, both the number of individual contributions to the NRA and their average amount have risen significantly in the period following the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut. Unlike […]

Newtown resident Natalie Barden, 10, has already faced more in her short life than many of us could imagine — burying little brother Daniel Barden yesterday, one of the 20 victims of a horrific school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary. Natalie Barden’s little brother wanted to be a firefighter, and, in Daniel’s honor, scores of […]