Report: CT Shooting Suspect Had Personality Disorder And Autism; Girlfriend Missing

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Report: CT Shooting Suspect Had Personality Disorder And Autism; Girlfriend Missing

by Noah Rothman at Mediaite

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/connecticut-shooter-allegedly-developmentally-disabled-girlfriend-missing-according-to-report/

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New details are emerging relating to the identity of Adam Lanza, the suspected killer of scores of children and adults alike at a Western Connecticut elementary school on Friday. According to reports broadcast on Fox News Channel, Lanza may have been developmentally disabled and no one has been able to locate his girlfriend.

Fox News Channel’s Trace Gallagher reports that Lanza may have suffered from developmental disabilities prior to this explosively violent incident.

He also reported that the weapons used in the assault, two semi-automatic pistols and a rifle – which was left in the vehicle outside the school – may have been registerd to Lanza’s mother. Lanza shot and killed his mother in her house in Connecticut before mounting the attack on the school.

Officials told the Associated Press, on the condition of anonymity, confirmed that both Lanza’s girlfriend and another friend are missing. The AP also reports that Adam Lanza may have been carrying his older brother Ryan Lanza’s identification when he stormed the Connecticut elementary school – leading several media outlets and the police to identify Ryan as the shooting suspect.

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[kestrel91316]

1. WTF? Now autism is a "personality disorder"??

Personality disorders are basically character defects and not actual diseases. Last I heard, autism was an actual disease, in this case developmental.

I seriously doubt the person who pulled this off was autistic. Perhaps Asperger's.

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2. No, autism & a personality disorder.

[Historic NY]

3. That means nothing - knowing right from wrong is the test.

It appears he reasoned his plan and carried it out.

[Tx4obama]

4. Update: Girlfriend and friend have been found and spoken with.

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One of the officials said earlier Friday that a girlfriend of one of the Lanza brothers and another friend were missing in New Jersey. Subsequently, the third official said police had talked with the girlfriend. One of the friends had to be reached in California, so it took some time.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ap-source-20-year-old-suspect-had-ties-school