Police in Connecticut formally identified on Sunday the shooter who gunned down 20 young children and six adults at a primary school as Adam Lanza, 20, and ruled his death a suicide.
Lieutenant Paul Vance also confirmed that Lanza first shot his mother Nancy dead at their home before setting out on his rampage. He said Lanza shot himself with a handgun and that his primary weapon in the Newtown shooting was a Bushmaster assault rifle with “multiple magazines.”
Police identify US shooter, confirm his suicide
