School gunman ‘was planning wider massacre’

The gunman in the Connecticut shooting rampage shot his mother four times in the head before going to the school and gunning down 26, authorities said yesterday as details emerged suggesting that Adam Lanza had planned an even more gruesome massacre.

Lanza blasted his way into the school and used a high-powered rifle to kill 20 children and six adults, including the principal who tried to stop him.

The bloodshed might even have been worse, said Gov Dannel Malloy. Lanza shot himself when he heard police coming. Authorities said they found multiple 30-round magazines and hundreds of bullets at the school, enough ammunition on Lanza to carry out significantly more carnage.