Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy: Shooter may have tried to purchase gun unsuccessfully
As the family of slain Sandy Hook school psychologist Mary Sherlach mourned her death, Trooper Orlando "Lonny" Mo was the one who brought back her car and personal belongings.
Photographer: Screengrab from ABC news video
Posted: 12/15/2012
(CNN) -- Investigators believe that Adam Lanza, the Connecticut school massacre shooter, attempted to buy a gun at Dick's Sporting Goods in Danbury on Tuesday -- but was unsuccessful, a law enforcement source said.
Employees at the store -- about 12 miles from Sandy Hook Elementary -- have been interviewed and have searched the store's surveillance cameras for evidence that Adam Lanza had been there.
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