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79-644: Accell sells about 1.1 million bicycles a year, mainly in the American and European markets. In 2017, Accell lost the contract to sell bicycles through the outdoor chain Dick's Sporting Goods . This resulted in a yearly net loss of nearly $ 6 million. In August 2019, Accell sold Diamondback , Redline , and IZIP Electric Bikes to Regent, LP . Regent and Accell also announced that they will partner for two years to distribute Raleigh, Haibike, and Ghost, which Accell continues to own. In January 2022, Accell Group agreed to

158-415: A .45 Henry rifle, a .30 Enfield rifle, and a .22 Marlin rifle. These were legally owned by Lanza's mother. According to Time , authorities also found a photograph of Lanza holding a gun to his head at his home following his death. According to The New York Times , law enforcement officials commented that Lanza would spend most of his time in his basement doing solitary activities. According to

237-461: A National Rifle Association certificate. The NRA denied that Adam Lanza or Nancy Lanza were members, and reporters noted that the NRA site provides training certificate completion templates for courses offered by NRA Certified Instructors. A gun safe was found in a bedroom and investigators found more than 1,400 rounds of ammunition and other firearms. At home, Lanza had access to three more firearms:

316-565: A "score sheet". On March 18, 2013, Lt. Paul Vance of the Connecticut State Police responded that the information from this meeting was "law enforcement sensitive information" and considered the release to be a leak. The March 28 documents also provided details on items found at Lanza's home, including three samurai swords , a newspaper article about the Northern Illinois University shooting , and

395-400: A bathroom and barricaded the door, telling them to be completely quiet to remain safe. It is believed that Lanza bypassed her classroom, which was the first classroom on the left side of the hallway. Following a lockdown drill weeks earlier, Roig had failed to remove a piece of black construction paper covering the small window in her classroom door. Lanza may have assumed that Roig's classroom

474-505: A bathroom, when Lanza forced his way into the classroom. Rousseau, Rachel D'Avino (a behavioral therapist who had been employed for a week at the school to work with a special needs student), and fifteen students in Rousseau's class were killed. Fourteen of the children were dead at the scene; one injured child was taken to a hospital for treatment but was later pronounced dead. Most of the teachers and students were found crowded together in

553-460: A black 2010 Honda Civic . On March 28, 2013, court documents released from the investigation showed that the shooting had occurred in the space of less than five minutes with 156 shots fired. This comprised 154 shots from the rifle and two shots from the 10mm pistol. Lanza fired one shot from the Glock in the hallway and killed himself with another shot from the pistol to the head. Shortly after

632-448: A bullet that ricocheted. Lanza never entered her classroom. After killing Hochsprung and Sherlach, Lanza entered the main office but apparently did not see the people hiding there, and returned to the hallway. School nurse Sarah (Sally) Cox, 60, hid under a desk in her office. She later described seeing the door opening and Lanza's boots and legs facing her desk from approximately twenty feet (six meters) away. He remained standing for

711-566: A change in his relationship with Mrs. Lanza, his only caretaker and connection; worsening OCD; depression and anxiety; profound and possibly worsening anorexia; and an increasing obsession with mass murder occurring in the total absence of any engagement with the outside world. Adam increasingly lived in an alternate universe in which ruminations about mass shootings were his central preoccupation". The authors also noted that despite multiple developmental and mental health problems, Lanza had not received adequate mental health treatment. They wrote: "It

790-577: A classmate at St. Rose of Lima, he entered "late in the school year", and he left in June 2005. At age 14, he went to Newtown High School , where he was named to the honor roll in 2007. Students and teachers who knew him in high school described Lanza as "intelligent but nervous and fidgety". He avoided attracting attention and was uncomfortable socializing. He is not known to have had any close friends in school. Schoolwork often triggered his underlying sense of hopelessness and by 2008, when he turned 16, he

869-610: A combination of tutoring, independent learning and college classes. Lanza was born and partially raised in Kingston, New Hampshire , about 7 miles (10 km) southwest of Exeter , 30 miles (50 km) east of Manchester , and 50 miles (80 km) north of Boston . While living in New Hampshire at the time, Lanza exhibited developmental challenges before the age of three. These included communication and sensory difficulties, socialization delays, and repetitive behaviors. He

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948-976: A digital golf range. Dick's also launched Public Lands in 2021, a chain of stores that focuses on outdoor recreation including camping, hiking, and biking. In 2021, Dick's opened its first Public Lands store. Public Lands donates 1% of sales to the Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation's Public Lands Fund, which promotes conservation and outdoor activities. In 2022, Dick's Sporting Goods launched DSG Ventures, an investment fund worth $ 50 million. Dick's acquired Galyan's in July 2004. The company agreed to purchase Golf Galaxy for $ 225 million in November 2006. Dick's confirmed plans to close Golf Galaxy's headquarters in Eden Prairie, Minnesota , in mid-2008. Dick's acquired Chick's Sporting Goods in November 2007 for $ 71 million. At

1027-490: A dynamic that is very important for mass shooters as they do not want to be thwarted". Adam Peter Lanza (April 22, 1992 – December 14, 2012) lived with his mother, Nancy Lanza, in Newtown, 5 miles (8 km) from the elementary school. He did not have a criminal record. He had access to guns through his mother, who was described as a "gun enthusiast who owned at least a dozen firearms". She often took her two sons to

1106-419: A few seconds before turning around and leaving. She and the school secretary Barbara Halstead called 9–1–1 and hid in a first-aid supply closet for nearly four hours. Janitor Rick Thorne ran through hallways, alerting classrooms. Lanza entered Room 8, a first-grade classroom where Lauren Rousseau, a substitute teacher, had herded her first-grade students to the back of the room, and was trying to hide them in

1185-598: A glass panel next to the locked front entrance doors of the school. He was wearing black clothing, yellow earplugs, sunglasses, a black hat, and an olive green utility vest. Initial reports that he was wearing body armor were incorrect. Some of those present heard the initial shots on the school intercom system, which was being used for morning announcements. Principal Dawn Hochsprung and school psychologist Mary Sherlach were meeting with other faculty members when they heard, but did not recognize, gunshots. Hochsprung, Sherlach, and lead teacher Natalie Hammond went into

1264-411: A local shooting range, where they learned to shoot. Lanza's father has said that he does not believe Nancy feared Lanza. She did not confide any fear of Lanza to her sister or to her best friend, slept with her bedroom door unlocked, and kept guns in the house. Lanza attended Sandy Hook Elementary School for four and a half years. He began at Newtown Middle School in 2004, but according to his mother

1343-698: A long gun, such as a rifle or shotgun, but too young to own or carry handguns. The guns he used had been purchased legally by his mother. Wounded: Sources: Sometime before 9:30   a.m. EST on December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza shot and killed his mother Nancy Lanza, aged 52, with a .22-caliber Savage Mark II rifle at their Newtown home. Investigators later found her body in her bed, clad in pajamas, with four gunshot wounds to her head. Lanza then drove to Sandy Hook Elementary School in his mother's car. Shortly after 9:35   a.m., armed with his mother's Bushmaster XM15-E2S rifle and ten magazines with 30 rounds each, Lanza shot his way through

1422-695: A mobile scoring app company. In February 2023, Dick's Sporting Goods purchased Moosejaw from Walmart for an undisclosed amount. The company signed a 20-year naming rights agreement for Dick's Sporting Goods Park , a soccer-specific stadium for the Colorado Rapids team in Commerce City, Colorado , in 2006. Dick's has sponsored the Pittsburgh Penguins and the team's home arena, PPG Paints Arena (formerly Consol Energy Center). Sporting events sponsored by Dick's have included

1501-417: A recipe for mass murder." As of November 30, 2012, 456 children were enrolled in kindergarten through fourth grade at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The school's security protocols had recently been upgraded, requiring visitors to be individually admitted after visual and identification review by video monitor. Doors to the school were locked at 9:30   a.m. each day, after morning arrivals. Newtown

1580-563: A youth sports organization to receive a $ 75,000 grant. As of 2023, Dick's Sporting Goods and its foundation has pledged $ 170 million USD for youth sports initiatives. Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting On December 14, 2012, a mass shooting occurred at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut , United States. The perpetrator, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, shot and killed 26 people. 20 of

1659-519: A €1.56 Billion buyout offer led by the US-based firm KKR . This Netherlands -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dick%27s Sporting Goods Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. is an American chain of sporting goods stores founded in 1948 by Richard "Dick" Stack. It is the largest sporting goods retailer in the United States and is listed on

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1738-565: Is currently the executive chairman. Lauren Hobart is president and chief executive officer of the company and Navdeep Gupta is chief financial officer, as of 2024 . Hobart succeeded Edward W. Stack as CEO on February 1, 2021, becoming the company's first female CEO. Richard "Dick" Stack started the company as a fishing tackle store in Binghamton, New York , in 1948. He began with a $ 300 loan from his grandmother. Edward W. Stack and his siblings purchased Dick's from their father in

1817-624: Is fair to surmise that, had Lanza's mental illness been adequately treated in the last years of his life, one predisposing factor to the tragedy of Sandy Hook might have been mitigated". The report also tentatively disagreed with the conclusions of the State Attorney about why Lanza targeted Sandy Hook. They noted that "According to the FBI, shooters are likely to target places or people that are familiar to them   ... The elementary school may have been targeted because he could overpower people,

1896-534: Is in Fairfield County, Connecticut , about 17 miles (30 km) from New Haven, 30 miles (50 km) from Hartford, and 60 miles (100 km) from New York City. Violent crime had been rare in the town of 28,000 residents; there was only one homicide in the town in the ten years before the school shooting. Under the Connecticut gun laws at the time, the 20-year-old Lanza was old enough to carry

1975-633: Is no clear indication why he did so, or why he targeted Sandy Hook elementary school." On the question of Lanza's state of mind, the report noted "significant mental health issues that affected his ability to live a normal life and to interact with others, even those to whom he should have been close   ... What contribution this made to the shootings, if any, is unknown as those mental health professionals who saw him did not see anything that would have predicted his future behavior." The report found no evidence that Lanza had taken drugs or medication that would have affected his behavior, and observed, "'Why did

2054-770: The Fortune 500 . Dick's is the largest sporting goods retail company in the United States, with over 800 stores as of 2023. The public company is based in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania , and is physically located in Findlay Township, Pennsylvania , outside Pittsburgh , and has approximately 53,000 employees as of August 2023. The company's subsidiaries include Golf Galaxy, Public Lands, and House of Sport. In 2017, there were 690 Dick's stores and close to 100 Golf Galaxy locations. The company acquired Affinity Sports, Blue Sombrero, and GameChanger. Edward W. Stack

2133-568: The Dick's Sporting Goods Open and the Pittsburgh Marathon . Dick's began sponsoring ESPN 's college football kickoff week in 2009. In 2015, the company sponsored Olympic and Paralympic athletes and hopefuls and became the "official sporting goods retailer" for Team USA for the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics . Dick's and Team USA established the Ambassador Program and Contender's Program in partnership with

2212-542: The Glock 20SF in classroom 10. Lanza's body was found wearing a pale green pocket vest over a black polo shirt over a black T-shirt, along with black sneakers, black fingerless gloves, black socks, and a black canvas belt. Other objects found in the vicinity of Lanza included a black Boonie hat and thin frame sunglasses. The Glock was found, apparently jammed, near Lanza, and the rifle was found several feet away from him. A 9mm SIG Sauer P226 , which had not been fired during

2291-894: The Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in February 2018, Dick's stopped selling assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and increased the minimum age for purchasing guns to 21. Dick's-branded stores had suspended assault-style weapon sales following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012, but the guns were still available for purchase at Field & Stream locations. Dick's has never carried bump stocks . The company currently operates five distribution centers. The most recent, in Conklin in Southern Tier , New York opened in January 2018, and

2370-507: The United States Olympic Committee , employing Olympians and prospective Olympic athletes. Dick's employed approximately 200 Team USA athletes competing in 35 different Olympic and Paralympic sports as of March–July 2016. The athletes worked in 89 stores in 32 states. Dick's partnered with Carrie Underwood in 2015 to launch Calia, a fitness lifestyle line. In 2017, Dick's entered a multiyear partnership with

2449-725: The United States Youth Soccer Association to provide team management technology and sponsor the US Youth Soccer National Championships . Since September 2021, Dick's has been in a multiyear agreement to be the official retail partner of the WNBA . In 2021, Dick's collaborated with Nike and DeVonta Smith . In 2023, the company worked with the Boston Athletic Association , making Dick's

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2528-689: The Washington, D.C. metro area. The shops closed in 2017. The company launched Dick's Team Sports HQ in early 2016, offering youth sports teams websites, uniforms, and sponsorship options. Dick's opened its first Field & Stream store in Cranberry Township, a suburb of Pittsburgh, in 2013. Thirty-five Field & Stream stores were open across the country as of 2018. In 2023, Dick's shuttered its Field & Stream brand by converting its remaining Field & Stream stores to its House of Sport concept or large format DICK'S stores. After

2607-737: The Eastern United States until 2009 and has since expanded across the country. There are more than 800 Dick's stores in 47 states, as of 2023. In 2012, the company opened three True Runner stores targeting runners in Boston , the St. Louis suburb Brentwood , and Pittsburgh's Shadyside neighborhood. The stores closed in early 2017. Dick's launched the women's athleisure , fitness, and lifestyle store Chelsea Collective in 2015, opening two stores in Pittsburgh and Tysons, Virginia , in

2686-461: The Lanza family later said an impostor gave the interview. A large quantity of unused ammunition was recovered inside the school along with three semi-automatic firearms found with Lanza: a .223-caliber Bushmaster XM15-E2S rifle, a 10mm Glock 20SF handgun, and a 9mm SIG Sauer P226 handgun. Outside the school, an Izhmash Saiga-12 shotgun was found in the car Lanza had driven to the school,

2765-556: The United States , including proposals to make the background check system universal, and for new federal and state gun legislation banning the sale and manufacture of certain types of semi-automatic firearms and magazines which can hold more than ten rounds of ammunition. A November 2013 report issued by the Connecticut State Attorney's office stated that Lanza acted alone and planned his actions, but provided no indication of why he did so, or why he targeted

2844-531: The United States, at a bankruptcy auction in October 2016. Dick's bid approximately $ 70 million for all of Golfsmith's intellectual property and inventory. The company planned to retain around 30 of Golfsmith's more than 100 locations and 500 employees. Dick's rebranded 36-38 Golfsmith stores in 16 U.S. states as Golf Galaxy in 2017. This increased the number of Golf Galaxy stores to 98, located in 33 states. In 2016, Dick’s Sporting Goods also acquired GameChanger ,

2923-420: The attack. Janet Robinson, superintendent of Newtown schools, said she had not found any connection between Lanza's mother and the school, in contrast to initial media reports that said Lanza's mother had worked there. Police also investigated whether Lanza was the person who had been in an altercation with four staff members at Sandy Hook School the day before the massacre. It was presumed that he killed two of

3002-509: The auditorium. When several of the children came out of their hiding places and tried to run for safety, Lanza fatally shot them. Soto put herself between her students and the shooter, who then fatally shot her. Anne Marie Murphy, the special education teacher who worked with special-needs students in Soto's classroom, was also shot and killed; she was found covering six-year-old Dylan Hockley, who also died. Soto and four children were found dead in

3081-414: The authorities. The victims' bodies were removed from the school and formally identified during the night after the shooting. A state trooper was assigned to each victim's family to protect their privacy and provide them with information. On December 4, 2013, six 911 calls relating to the shooting were made public. Investigators did not find a suicide note or any messages referring to the planning of

3160-409: The bathroom. A six-year-old girl, the sole survivor, was found by police in the classroom following the shooting. She hid in a corner of the classroom's bathroom during the shooting. Her family's pastor said she survived by playing dead. When she reached her mother, she said, "Mommy, I'm okay, but all my friends are dead." The child described the shooter as "someone who she felt was angry, who she felt

3239-521: The case was closed. The report noted that "[Lanza] had a familiarity with and access to firearms and ammunition and an obsession with mass murders, in particular the April 1999 shootings at Columbine High School in Colorado." The report did not identify a specific motive for the shooting, stating, "The evidence clearly shows that the shooter planned his actions, including the taking of his own life, but there

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3318-435: The children for approximately 40 minutes, at which point law enforcement came to lead them out of the room. When police interviewed survivors, a teacher recalled hearing Lanza curse several times, as well as telling them to, "Look at me!", "Come over here!", and "Look at them!" The police heard the final shot at 9:40:03   a.m. They believed that it was Lanza shooting himself in the lower rear portion of his head with

3397-447: The classroom's teacher, Victoria Leigh Soto , had concealed some of the students in a closet or bathroom, and some of the other students were hiding under desks. Soto was walking back to the classroom door to lock it when Lanza entered the classroom. Lanza walked to the back of the classroom, saw the children under the desks, and shot them. First-grader Jesse Lewis shouted at his classmates to run for safety, and several of them did. Lewis

3476-452: The classroom. The final report into the shooting concluded that the sequence of events in Rooms 8 and 10 was "indeterminate". A Hartford Courant report said that six of the children who escaped did so when Lanza stopped shooting, either because his weapon jammed or he erred in reloading it. Earlier reports said that, as Lanza entered her classroom, Soto told him that the children were in

3555-563: The classroom. Soto was near the north wall of the room with a set of keys nearby. One child was taken to the hospital, but was pronounced dead. Six surviving children from the class and a school bus driver took refuge at a nearby home. According to the official report released by the state's attorney, nine children ran from Soto's classroom, and police found two hiding in a class bathroom. Five of Soto's students were killed. First-grade teacher Kaitlin Roig, 29 years old, hid fifteen students in

3634-620: The damaged drive had proven unsuccessful. Police believe that Lanza extensively researched earlier mass shootings, as they had found that Lanza had videos relating to the Columbine High School massacre and other shootings downloaded onto another hard drive, along with two videos of suicide by gunshot. Details of the investigation were reported by law enforcement officials at a meeting of the International Association of Police Chiefs and Colonels held during

3713-467: The early 1980s, when the company had two locations in Upstate New York . Stack established a board of directors, opened additional stores, and relocated the company's headquarters to Pittsburgh in 1994. He became chairman and chief executive officer following his father's retirement in 1984, and led the company during its initial public offering in 2002. Dick's operated primarily throughout

3792-437: The first call. Connecticut State Police (CSP) were dispatched at 9:37   a.m. Newtown police arrived at the school street at 9:39   a.m., approximately three-and-a-half minutes after the 911 call, and Connecticut State Police arrived at the school street at 9:46   a.m. Newtown police first entered the school at 9:45   a.m., approximately nine minutes after the first 911 call and approximately ten minutes after

3871-405: The four staff members involved in the altercation (the principal and the psychologist) and wounded the third (the lead teacher) in the attack; the fourth staff member was not at the school that day. The state police said they did not know of any reports about any altercations at the school. Police sources initially reported that Lanza's brother Ryan Lanza, then aged 24, was the perpetrator. This

3950-408: The hall to determine the source of the sounds and encountered Lanza. A faculty member who was at the meeting said that the three women called out "Shooter, stay put!", which alerted their colleagues of the danger and saved their lives. An aide heard gunshots. A teacher hiding in the math lab heard school janitor Rick Thorne yell, "Put the gun down!" Lanza killed both Hochsprung and Sherlach. Hammond

4029-468: The hallway to the office to deliver the morning attendance sheet as the shooting began. Teacher Abbey Clements pulled both children into her classroom, where they hid. Laura Feinstein, a reading specialist at the school, gathered two students from outside her classroom and hid with them under desks after they heard gunshots. Feinstein called the school office and tried to call 911, but could not connect due to lack of reception on her cell phone. She hid with

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4108-428: The incident, was found on Lanza. Authorities determined that Lanza reloaded frequently during the shootings, sometimes firing only 15 rounds from a 30-round magazine. He shot all but two of his victims multiple times. Most of the shooting took place in two first-grade classrooms near the entrance of the school. The students among the victims totaled eight boys and twelve girls, all either six or seven years old, and

4187-399: The intercom while he, his classmates, and his teacher took refuge in a closet in the gymnasium. Diane Day, a school therapist who had been at the faculty meeting with Hochsprung, was heard screaming followed by more gunshots. A second teacher, who was a substitute kindergarten teacher, was wounded in the attack. While she was closing a door further down the hallway, she was hit in the foot with

4266-517: The official sponsor of all of the association's events, including the 2023 Boston Marathon and associated events. They also became the official sporting-goods retailer of the NCAA . That same year, Dick's subsidiary GameChanger signed a deal with Major League Baseball to promote youth sports. In 2014, the Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation committed up to $ 2 million annually to fund youth sports via its Sports Matter program. The Sports Matter program

4345-406: The same officials, it also appeared that Lanza "may have taken target practice in the basement". The Hartford Courant reported that Lanza had edited Misplaced Pages articles related to mass shootings with the username Kaynbred. The final report of the State Attorney summarizing the investigation into the shooting was published on November 25, 2013. It concluded that Adam Lanza had acted alone, and that

4424-640: The school. A report issued by the Office of the Child Advocate in November 2014 said that Lanza had Asperger's syndrome and, as a teenager, suffered from depression , anxiety , and obsessive-compulsive disorder , but concluded that these factors "neither caused nor led to his murderous acts". The report went on to say, "his severe and deteriorating internalized mental health problems   [...] combined with an atypical preoccupation with violence   [...] (and) access to deadly weapons   [...] proved

4503-426: The school. They swept the school for other shooters at least four times. At approximately 10:00   a.m., Danbury Hospital sent extra medical personnel in expectation of having to treat numerous victims. Three wounded patients were evacuated to the hospital, where two children were later declared dead. The other was an unidentified adult. The New York City medical examiner dispatched a portable morgue to assist

4582-723: The shooter murder twenty-seven people, including twenty children?' Unfortunately, that question may never be answered conclusively, despite the collection of extensive background information on the shooter through a multitude of interviews and other sources." On December 27, 2013, police released thousands of pages of documents pertaining to the investigation. In accordance with law, the names of victims and witnesses were redacted or withheld. The summary report included information about items found on Lanza's computer equipment, including writings and material about previous mass shootings. A former teacher of Lanza's noted that he exhibited antisocial behavior, rarely interacted with other students, and

4661-411: The shooting started. This was approximately five minutes after the last shot was heard. No shots were fired by the police. The Newtown police and Connecticut State Police mobilized local police dog and police tactical units , a bomb squad , and a state police helicopter. Police locked down the school and began evacuating the survivors room by room, escorting groups of students and adults away from

4740-532: The shooting, police announced that Lanza used the rifle to kill the victims at the school. At a press conference on December 15, Dr. H. Wayne Carver II, the Chief Medical Examiner of Connecticut, was asked about the wounds, and replied "All the ones that I know of at this point were caused by the long weapon." When asked if the children suffered before dying, Carver replied by stating that "If so, not for very long". Carver, whose office autopsied

4819-435: The six adults were all women who worked at the school. Bullets were also found in at least three cars parked outside the school, leading police to believe that he fired at a teacher who was standing near a window. The first call to 911 was around 9:35   a.m. Newtown 911 police dispatch first broadcast that there was a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School (SHES) at 9:36   a.m., about 30 seconds after they received

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4898-551: The time, Chick's operated 15 specialty sporting goods stores in Southern California. Dick's purchased the San Diego–based sports management technology company Affinity Sports for an undisclosed amount in mid-2016. In September, Dick's acquired Sports Authority 's brand name and intellectual property. There were 450 Sports Authority locations at the time. Dick's acquired Golfsmith , the largest golf retailer in

4977-631: The victims and who personally performed seven, said the injuries were "devastating" and that parents identified their children from photographs to spare them the sight. All the child victims were first-graders, and all were killed with the Bushmaster XM15. Carver said the bullets used were "designed in such a fashion the energy is deposited in the tissue so the bullet stays in." Investigators evaluated Lanza's body, looking for evidence of drugs or medication through toxicology tests. Unusually for an investigation of this type, DNA testing of Lanza

5056-546: The victims were children between six and seven years old, and the other six were adult staff members. Earlier that day, before driving to the school, Lanza fatally shot his mother at their Newtown home. As first responders arrived at the school, Lanza killed himself with a gunshot to the head. The incident is the deadliest mass shooting in Connecticut history and the deadliest at an elementary school in U.S. history. The shooting prompted renewed debate about gun control in

5135-530: The week of March 11, 2013. An article published in the New York Daily News on March 17, 2013, provided purported details of this report by an anonymous law enforcement veteran who had attended the meeting. The source stated that the investigation had found that Lanza had created a 7-by-4-foot sized spreadsheet listing around 500 mass murderers and the weapons they used, which was considered to have taken years of work and to have been used by Lanza as

5214-483: Was "sick", "[doesn't] talk to anyone", and that Ryan "didn't know him anymore". Connecticut State Police indicated their concern about misinformation being posted on social media sites and threatened prosecution of anyone involved with such activities. Ryan was also mistakenly reported to have mourned his mother and brother on social media and to have been interviewed by the New York Post . A spokesperson for

5293-431: Was "wracked by anxiety". She told friends that her son started getting upset in middle school because of frequent classroom changes during the day. The movement and noise were too stimulating and made him anxious. At one point, his anxiety was so intense that she took him to the emergency room at Danbury Hospital. Because of the smaller class sizes, his mother moved him to a parochial school, St. Rose of Lima . According to

5372-451: Was empty because the door was closed and the window was covered. School library staff Yvonne Cech and Maryann Jacob tried to hide 18 children in a part of the library the school used for lockdown in practice drills. When they discovered that one door would not lock, they had the children crawl into a storage room, where Cech barricaded the door with a filing cabinet. Two third-grade students, chosen as classroom helpers, were walking down

5451-580: Was further expanded to fulfill online sales a few months later. In 2019, Dick's launched its private-label clothing line called DSG. The company's other brands include the women's line Calia, and their menswear brand VRST. Dick's opened its first "House of Sport" concept stores in Victor , New York , and Knoxville , Tennessee , in 2021. The stores are larger than Dick's flagship locations, sell higher-end gear and include features such as an outdoor turf field and track, climbing wall, batting cages, and

5530-442: Was hit first in the leg, and then sustained another gunshot wound. She laid still in the hallway and then, not hearing any more noise, crawled back to the conference room and pressed her body against the door to keep it closed. She was later treated at Danbury Hospital . A nine-year-old boy said he heard the shooter say "Put your hands up!" and someone else say "Don't shoot!" He also heard many people yelling and many gunshots over

5609-454: Was initiated in 2014 to provide grants, equipment, and sponsorships to underserved youth sports programs. Since its inception, Sports Matter has pledged more than $ 100 million. In 2023, Dick's Sporting Goods launched the 'Sports Change Lives' campaign to encourage participation in sports. The campaign partnered with Nike, Inc. , to feature athletes such as Mike Trout , A'ja Wilson , and Carmelo Anthony . Participating athletes each nominate

5688-439: Was looking at Lanza when Lanza fatally shot him. Another account, given by a surviving child's father, said that Soto had moved the children to the back of the classroom, and that they were seated on the floor when Lanza entered. According to this account, neither Lanza nor any of the occupants of the classroom spoke. Lanza stared at the people on the floor, pointed the gun at a boy seated there, but did not fire. The boy ran out of

5767-416: Was mad." A girl who was hiding in a bathroom along with two teachers told police that she heard a boy in the classroom screaming, "Help me! I don't want to be here!", to which Lanza responded, "Well, you're here," followed by "hammering" sounds. Lanza also went to Room 10, another first-grade classroom nearby; at this point, there are conflicting reports about the order of events. According to some reports,

5846-569: Was obsessed with writing "about battles, destruction and war." The Report of the Office of the Child Advocate concluded: "There was not one thing that was necessarily the tipping point driving Lanza to commit the Sandy Hook shooting. Rather there was a cascade of events, many self-imposed, that included: loss of school; absence of work; disruption of the relationship with his one friend; virtually no personal contact with family; virtually total and increasing isolation; fear of losing his home and of

5925-436: Was only going to school occasionally. The intense anxiety Lanza experienced at the time suggests his autism might have been exacerbated by the hormonal shifts of adolescence. He was home-schooled to varying degrees by his mother and father throughout his high school years. In 2008 and 2009, he also attended some classes at Western Connecticut State University . He earned a high school diploma from Newtown High School through

6004-453: Was placed on "homebound" status, which is reserved for children who are too disabled, even with supports and accommodations, to attend school. When he was 13, Lanza was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome by a psychiatrist, Paul Fox. When he was 14, his parents took him to Yale University 's Child Study Center , where he was also diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). He frequently washed his hands and changed his socks 20 times

6083-700: Was probably because Adam was carrying Ryan's identification, Ryan told The Jersey Journal . Ryan, who lived in Hoboken, New Jersey , and was at his job in New York City at the time of the shooting, voluntarily submitted to questioning by New Jersey State Police , Connecticut State Police, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation . Police said he was not considered a suspect, and he was not taken into custody. Ryan said he had not been in touch with Adam since 2010; when asked why, Ryan said his brother

6162-496: Was seen by the New Hampshire Birth to Three intervention program and referred to special education preschool services. Once at elementary school, he was diagnosed with a sensory-integration disorder . The sensory-processing disorder does not have official status by the medical community as a formal diagnosis but is a common characteristic of autism. His anxiety affected his ability to attend school and in 8th grade he

6241-435: Was utilized. The results of the toxicology report were published in October 2013, and stated that no alcohol or drugs were found in his system. Lanza's autopsy showed no tumors or gross deformities in his brain. Lanza removed the hard drive from his computer and intentionally damaged it before the shooting, creating a challenge for investigators to recover data . As of the final report's publication, recovering data from

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