A Troubling Look Inside Mind of Troubled Newtown Shooter

A new trove of more than 1,000 pages of documents left behind by the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter is shedding light on the worldview of a young man who committed mass murder at an elementary school, six years ago this week.

The Hartford Courant sued the Connecticut State Police for Adam Lanza's writings, records, and computer files shortly after the incident that left 20 children, six school staff members, his mother and himself. After five years, the state Supreme Court ruled in their favor, and this week the paper published a deep look at the documents for the first time.

Reporter Josh Kovner, who wrote about the documents with reporter Dave Altimari, told Jami Floyd on All Things Considered said the newspaper gave careful consideration about publishing excerpts from them.

"I understand the feeling of the parents of the children. It's very difficult to see the shooter be the center of these articles," he said. "But it is with an aim toward putting a road map out there that fosters recognition of these signs and symptoms."

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