State Police: All 26 Newtown victims shot with assault rifle

Connecticut Post ^ | January 24, 2013 | Neil Vigdor

[Uncle Chip]

Lt. J. Paul Vance, the face of an ongoing Connecticut State Police investigation into worst grade-school shooting in U.S. history, Thursday debunked media and Internet reports that Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza killed his victims with handguns and not the Bushmaster XM-15 E2S rifle that is now the focus of a proposed federal assault-weapons ban.

All 26 of Lanza's victims were shot with the .223-caliber semi-automatic rifle, said Vance, who bristled at claims to the contrary during an interview with Hearst Connecticut Newspapers.

"It's all these conspiracy theorists that are trying to mucky up the waters," said Vance, the longtime state police spokesman. Multiple Second Amendment and gun owner websites have attempted to cast doubts on whether the Bushmaster XM-15, a type of AR-15 rifle that is currently legal, was used in the Dec. 14 carnage done by Lanza.

Some have cited a Dec. 15 "Today" show video clip from the day after the shooting, in which NBC News Justice Department correspondent Pete Williams said that four handguns were recovered inside Sandy Hook Elementary School and that the Bushmaster rifle was found in the trunk of a car owned by Lanza's slain mother, Nancy Lanza.

"There's no doubt that the rifle was used solely to kill 26 people in that school," Vance said.

Twenty children ages 7 and under and six female educators were killed when Lanza forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School and sprayed the occupants with bullets before turning a gun on himself.

Vance said he made it abundantly clear during his media briefings since the tragedy that Lanza carried out the shooting with the Bushmaster.

"I personally articulated that probably a dozen times in Newtown," Vance said.

[Delta Dawn]

‘to quote Hillary, “what difference does that make?”’

In channeling Hillary, does it really matter what the weapon was that killed all of those people?

[mnehring]

What is difficult about matching casings to magazines if they were all shot with the same rifle?

Hollowpoint bullets would have shattered if they hit the walls or floors so it would actually be rather difficult to account for every fragment to ensure that another weapon wasn't used. Investigators like these don't like any questions. The ones I know are very OCD.

[ncpatriot]

Ground Zero Clyde Lewis was talking about this last night on his show. Had the audio clips to prove how many times the authorities have changed their minds.

[Uncle Chip]

He used about 10 different magazines. Apparently they are trying to trace them back to which magazine each came from. No wonder this investigation is taking so long.

[Girlene]

Has it been confirmed that he shot himself (vs. police)?

[procrustes]

“Might as well have just said it was Ancient Aliens.”

Sometimes I wish they would just hurry up and activate those FEMA camps!

[Uncle Chip]

Please post it then.

He’s wrong —

[Uncle Chip]

That was confirmed at the December 15th state of Connecticut news conference.

He shot himself with one of the handguns he had.

Police fired no shots that morning.

[justice14]

I am convinced that they could show the absolutely horrific photos from the scene and some of you people would still not believe. “No dead person lays like that! Fake!”. You people are sick and are giving conservatives a bad rep. Just like the 9/11 truther idiots who just hated Bush and wanted to pin it on him.

[mnehring]

crazy isn’t it?

[Boogieman]

It’s not just “popping up” now. The local cops have been saying this ever since they made their first statement about the weapons used, and have said the same thing ever since.

[Mastador1]

well you kind of left out single shot bolt action and breach break weapons. But overall agree with your statement.

[backwoods-engineer]

He used about 10 different magazines. Apparently they are trying to trace them back to which magazine each came from. No wonder this investigation is taking so long.

That is utter nonsense. Have you ever actually SHOT an AR-15?

[ncpatriot]

http://www.groundzeromedia.org/listen-to-ground-zero/

[Girlene]

Thank you.

[mnehring]

Is that link supposed to be a joke? That is about one of the most wacked out conspiracy sites I’ve seen. They have everything from polar vortex shift, to reptilian aliens, to 9/11 trutherism, to Jewish banking conspiracies.

I see little hope for our side if we are now relying on stuff like that for news.

[SandRat]

Still have not seen a Ballistics report or an autopsy report matching the rounds to the weapons found in the school or which caliber round killed the innocent, just a lot of talk.

[csmusaret]

And if had had only 5 round magazines he stil would have killed 26 people. Remember, when seconds count the police are only minutes away. In this case, eleven minutes.

[loboinok]

Thanks but my comment refers to ‘casings’ not the bullets that were fired from them.

[deport]

For what it's worth......

Connecticut State Police Statement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 18, 2013

 

** UPDATE **

 

STATE POLICE IDENTIFY WEAPONS USED IN SANDY HOOK INVESTIGATION;

INVESTIGATION CONTINUES

 

   In previous press conferences, the Connecticut State Police clearly identified all of the weapons seized from the crime scene at Sandy Hook Elementary School. 

   To eliminate any confusion or misinformation, we will again describe and identify the weapons seized at the school crime scene.

 

Seized inside the school:

#1. Bushmaster .223 caliber-- model XM15-E2S rifle with high capacity 30 round magazine

 

#2. Glock 10 mm handgun

 

#3. Sig-Sauer P226   9mm handgun

 

Seized from suspect’s car in parking lot:

#4. Izhmash Canta-12   12 gauge Shotgun    (seized from car in parking lot)

 

This case remains under investigation.

Lt. J. Paul Vance

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