Cbs news has learned that the gunman, adam lanza, may have been motivated by the massacre in norway back in 2011. Connecticut police say that theory is not accurate. Susan mcginnis is in washington with more on this. Good morning, susan. Reporter annemarie, good morning. Law enforcement sources tell us there is evidence adam lanza was obsessed with anders breivik, the killer in a massacre in norway in 2011 where 77 people died, and they say they know why lanza chose sandy hook elementary. The shooter in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre may have taken his inspiration from a mass murder that took place in norway a year and a half ago. Investigators tell cbs news that 20yearold adam lanza saw himself in direct competition with anders breivik. [ screams ] reporter breivik killed 77 people in july of 2011. Eight died in a bombing near a Government Center in oslo, 16 others were shot at a teen camp on a nearby island. Our sources indicate landers was obsessed with breivik and was tr
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