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On December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza made his way to Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Minutes prior, Lanza shot his mother four times in the head while she was laying in bed. At 9:35 AM, Lanza began opening fire at Sandy Hook. In the span of less than 5 minutes, Lanza shot and killed 26 people, including 20 children, and injured two others. At 9:40 AM, as Newtown Police arrived, Adam Lanza committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. In 10 minutes, Lanza killed 27 people. To this day, there is no exact motive for the shootings. Adam Lanza suffered from severe anxiety and depression, as well as OCD. He was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome at the age of 13. Lanza had no connection with the outside world. He struggled through school, eventually being home schooled at the age of 16 due to his antisocial personality and severe anxiety. During the investigation, police found that Lanza had a preoccupation with mass shootings to the point where he looked up to mass murderers. Adam Lanza's mental health disorders and interest in murder, as well as his access to at least a dozen fire arms, was the recipe for disaster. That is all that investigators have concluded in regards to motive.