Report: CT Gunman’s Mother Planned To Have Him Committed, May Have Caused Him To Snap

The gunman who opened fire in Sandy Hook Elementary School “may have snapped because his mother was planning to commit him to a psychiatric facility,” according to Fox News. The report cites a “lifelong” resident of the area who is familiar with gunman Adam Lanza‘s family.

Joshua Flashman, 25, told Fox News that Lanza believed his mother loved the school “more than she loved him.”

Flashman, a U.S. Marine, is the son of a pastor at an area church where many of the victims’ families worship.

“From what I’ve been told, Adam was aware of her petitioning the court for conservatorship and (her) plans to have him committed,” Flashman told FoxNews.com. “Adam was apparently very upset about this. He thought she just wanted to send him away. From what I understand, he was really, really angry. I think this could have been it, what set him off.”

According to Fox News, a senior law enforcement official “confirmed that Lanza’s anger at his mother over plans for ‘his future mental health treatment’ is being looked at as a possible motive for the deadly shooting.”

Previously, officials had noted they’d found no connection between Lanza and the school.

(h/t Fox News)

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