Neighbors and Classmates Say Crazed School Killer Adam Lanza Was Troubled & Shy … Older Brother Ryan Said Adam was Autistic … Deeply Disturbed

As everyone breaks down the mindset of school shooter Adam Lanza, could he have just been pure EVIL?

So what is the personality make up of a 20 year old that would wake up one day, kill his mother and then head off to an elementary school and murder in cold blood 20 children from the ages of 5 to 10 and six adults? It is being reported in the NY Post that Adam Lanza, the individual responsible for the mass murder yesterday in Newtown, CT at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, was a troubled and shy individual. Many people, whether they be neighbors or classmates, noticed that Adam had issues, was socially awkward and was struggling to be social. Adam’s brother, Ryan, who was first inaccurately said to be the shooter, told investigators that his brother was autistic.

Shooter Adam Lanza, 2005 photo

Crazed kid-killer Adam Lanza was a troubled “genius” who was painfully awkward and shy.

“I know he had issues,” said Beth Israel, whose daughter, Alex, went to school with Lanza. “He was a really troubled kid. I think he had learning disabilities.”

Adam’s brother told investigators that the gunman was autistic, sources said. Israel described him to The Post as a sort of autistic savant, saying he was “very smart, but he had issues. He was a real genius.

“He was just a weird kid. He was a very quiet kid, a shy kid, maybe socially awkward,” Israel added.

Adam Lanza used multiple guns during the mass murder in Newtown , CT. Police found guns inside and outside of the school. The guns were registered to his mother, who Adam had killed earlier in the morning before he went on the school shooting rampage. Sadly, I have to ask the question how a child with such mental issues had any access to such guns?

Investigators said three guns were found – a Glock and a Sig Sauer, both pistols, inside the school, and a .223-caliber rifle in the back of a car.

A law enforcement official says that the weapons were registered to Lanza’s mother.

The official says that a fourth weapon was found outside the school and that investigators have been going to shooting ranges and gun stores to see if Lanza had frequented them.

But the question is, who does socially awkward, a learning disability or autistic savant turn into a cold blooded killer capable of such a heinous crime and the unspeakable act of killing young children? Such actions require such a black heart and soul that it is incomprehensible for any of us to understand. So, was he just pure evil without a soul?

UPDATE I: If Adam Lanza was such a “deeply disturbed kid,” had major issues, was “subject to outbursts” and was a  was a “ticking time bomb”... then some one needs to explain to me how he had any access and even knew that his mother was in the possession of registered guns? As stated at The Dana Show, this is not a problem of gun control, its one of mental illness. Lanza, like many other mass shooters  were disturbed young men that no law could deter from their intended destruction. Why were the warning signs ignored?

He was dark and disturbed, a deeply troubled boy from a wealthy family who unnerved his neighbors and classmates.

Mass murderer Adam Lanza, 20, was a ticking time bomb, people who knew him told the Daily News.

“This was a deeply disturbed kid,” a family insider told the Daily News. “He certainly had major issues. He was subject to outbursts from what I recall.”

Lanza, who friends and officials said suffered from Asperger’s syndrome or a personality disorder, had a tortured mind.

UPDATE II: It is now being confirmed that Nancy Lanza, the murdered mother of shooter Adam Lanza, was not affiliated with Sandy Hook Elementary School.  Sorry, but this is not a gun control issue as Adam Lanza did not purchase these guns, they were registered to his mother. However, I will say that this is more of an issue of dealing with mental illness in individuals and those who own guns to keep them away from the criminally insane of those who like to go to elementary schools and shoot children.

Nightmare in Newtown, CT: 27 People Killed, 20 Children Murdered (VIDEO)

The small, sleepy town of Newtown, CT awoke today to the most unspeakable terror imaginable. Police, FBI and federal authorities showed up to a most grisly and horrific murder scenes.  Newtown is 45 miles southwest of Hartford. God bless the families and these precious children.

State police said this is one of the worst shootings emergency officials have seen in a long time.

“It’s a tragic, tragic scene,” said state police Lt. Paul Vance about the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Interview with one of the children at the scene

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OH DEAR GOD … Massacre in Newtown, CT … Shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School … 27 Dead, 20 Children Murdered … Shooter, Teachers son Adam Lanza Kills Himself

TONIGHT, ALL OF AMERICA CRIES … IT DOES NOT GET ANY WORSE THAN THIS.

A parents worst nightmare …

Mass shooting murder leaves 27 dead, including 20 children between the ages of 5 and 10 years old.  Words cannot even begin to describe the heinous and evil act that took place today at the Sandy Hook Elementary school in the small town of Newtown, Connecticut. 20 year old Adam Lanza, the son of one of the teachers at the elementary school, barged into the  Sandy Hook Elementary school and opened fire doing the unthinkable, killing 20 children. However, not before first going to the principles office and murdering four woman, including  . In all, six adults were murdered.

The first word of the horrifying Newtown school shooting went out over the town’s police radio at 9:36 this morning. Two minutes later, a dispatcher reported the gunshots had stopped.

Then the police on the scene, with his voice trembling with emotion says, “I’ve got bodies here. Need ambulances.”

Adam Lanza, 20, shot his mother Nancy Lanza dead at their family home before driving to the school and targeting her kindergarten class at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., sources said. Sources also told The Post that Lanza’s mother was a teacher at the school and he “had a dispute with her.”

Lanza was found dead inside the school from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, an official told the AP.

CBS News is reporting that the gunman, now identified as 20-year-old Adam Lanza, was the son of Nancy Lanza, a female teacher at the school. Nancy Lanza was later found at her home dead. Oh dear God, this shooter first killed his mother and then drove to the school in his mothers car and killed her class. Words cannot even describe this. Scared Monkeys covers crime, but this is a crime so heinous as we have ever seen.

CBS News is reporting that at least 27 people are dead, including 20 students, after a mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. The gunman is among the dead.

CBS News reports the gunman, now identified as 20-year-old Adam Lanza, was the son of Nancy Lanza, a female teacher at the school. She was found dead at her Newtown home. A law enforcement officer originally told CBS News that Nancy Lanza was among the dead at the school.

28 Dead, Including 20 Children, After Shooting Rampage At Sandy Hook School In Newtown.

From the AP, 18 children died at the scene and 2 later died from their wounds at local hospitals.

The Associated Press quoted an official as saying the suspected gunman drove to the school in his mother’s car. Another law enforcement source earlier told CBS News that a Sig Sauer, a Glock 9 and a Bushmaster rifle were found at the scene. Preliminary information showed that Lanza purchased the weapons legally.

“The shooter is deceased inside the building,” State Police Lt. Paul Vance said during a press conference on Friday afternoon, adding that the scene had been secured.

Vance said that 18 children were pronounced dead at the scene and two more children died at the hospital. Six adults also were killed. The school’s principal, Dawn Hochsprung, was among the dead.

Say a prayer for today’s victims, their families and their friends and loved ones. Please say a special prayer for the innocent 20 children who were senselessly murdered. May they rest in eternal peace.

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