Official Names of Connecticut School Shooting Released

Early Saturday morning–the day after a man opened fire inside the Connecticut elementary school where his mother worked Friday, killing 26 people, including 20 children–more details have been released about this tragic news. The The 20-year-old man’s name is believed to be Adam Lanza. Here’s what has been released about Adam, thus far–Adam attended Newtown High School, and graduated in 2009. News clippings from recent years show him on the honor roll. Joshua Milas, a classmate who was in the technology club with Lanza, said that he was generally a happy person but that he hadn’t seen him in a few years.

“We would hang out, and he was a good kid. He was smart. He was probably one of the smartest kids I know. He was probably a genius.”

Adam’s brother, Ryan, was being questioned, a law enforcement official said. He told authorities that his brother was believed to suffer from a personality disorder. When describing his mother, Ryan stated:

“My brother has always been a nerd. He still wears a pocket protector.”

Saturday afternoon, the official names and ages of those killed were released:

• Charlotte Bacon, 6
• Daniel Barden, 7
• Rachel Davino, 29
• Olivia Engel, 6
• Josephine Gay, 7
• Ana Marquez-Greene, 6
• Dylan Hockley, 6
• Dawn Hochsprung, 47
• Madeleine Hsu, 6
• Catherine Hubbard, 6
• Chase Kowalski, 7
• Jesse Lewis, 6
• James Mattioli, 6
• Grace McDonnell, 7
• Anne Marie Murphy, 52
• Emilie Parker, 6
• Jack Pinto, 6
• Noah Pozner, 6
• Caroline Previdi, 6
• Jessica Rekos, 6
• Avielle Richman, 6
• Lauren Rousseau, 30
• Mary Sherlach, 56
• Victoria Soto,27
• Benjamin Wheeler, 6
• Allison Wyatt, 6

Source: Associated Press, Connecticut State Police