HARTFORD, Conn. — The Connecticut Supreme Court says state police must release disturbing writings and other belongings of the Newtown school shooter to the public because they are not exempt from state open record laws.
The court ruled 5-0 Tuesday in favor of The Hartford Courant and state Freedom of Information Commission, whose order to police to release shooter Adam Lanza's belongings was overturned by a lower court judge. It wasn't immediately clear when the items will be released.
The 20-year-old Lanza fatally shot 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 and killed himself as police arrived.
State police had seized Lanza's belongings from his Newtown home and rejected the Courant's request to view the items, which included a spreadsheet ranking mass murders and violent stories he wrote.