Adam Lanza

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Adam Peter Lanza (April 22, 1992 – December 14, 2012) was an American mass murderer who perpetrated the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, one of the deadliest mass shootings and mass murders in American history. On December 14, 2012, he fatally shot his mother, Nancy Lanza, at their home in Newtown, Connecticut, before driving to Sandy Hook Elementary School, where he murdered 20 children aged six and seven, and six adult staff members. He then killed himself as law enforcement arrived at the school. Lanza was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, and grew up in Newtown, Connecticut, where he was raised primarily by his mother following his parents' divorce in 2008. From an early age, he was diagnosed with several neurodevelopmental conditions, including Asperger syndrome, sensory processing disorder, and obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). He was described by those who knew him as highly intelligent but profoundly withdrawn. He struggled throughout his childhood and adolescence with social...

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