In Newtown, Connecticut feds search firing ranges for ties to Sandy Hook Elementary School gunman
Police officers watch over the blocked off section of Yogananda Street on Saturday morning, where the the mother of Adam Lanza, the alleged shooter, was killed at her home on Friday in Newtown, Connecticut. (Photo by Jared …
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Posted: 12/15/2012
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Federal authorities are visiting local gun ranges in Connecticut but have found no evidence that the gunman who opened fire at an elementary school there trained for the attack or was an active member of the recreational gun community.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms spokeswoman Ginger Colbrun said Saturday that investigators have also interviewed Connecticut gun dealers and shoring range employees trying to determine whether there was any training or other behavior that precipitated the attack.
She says investigators have yet to find evidence of that.
Colbrun says the ATF was tracing multiple guns recovered at the home of the gunman's mother.
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