Report: Shooter Had Run-In With School Staff Day Before

NBC says Adam Lanza had altercation prior to massacre
By John Johnson,  Newser Staff
Posted Dec 15, 2012 12:07 PM CST
Report: Shooter Had Run-In With School Staff Day Before
White balloons decorate a sign for the Sandy Hook Elementary School Saturday morning.   (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

NBC News adds one more piece to the puzzle: It reports that Adam Lanza had some kind of altercation with four staffers at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Thursday, the day before the massacre. Three of those staffers were killed, and the fourth was not at school yesterday and is being interviewed by police. It's not known what the dispute was about. NBC also says Lanza tried to buy a rifle at a sporting goods store but was unable to do so because of the state's waiting period. He was still well-armed when he arrived at the school, however, apparently with weapons registered to his mother, reports ABC News. (More Adam Lanza stories.)

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