Remains of US school gunman claimed for burial

Last Updated: Monday, December 31, 2012, 19:21

The body of the man who killed 26 people in the second largest school shooting in US history has been claimed for burial.

Human remains found in home of US firefighters’ shooter

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 26, 2012, 13:32

Spengler, a convicted felon, was armed with three different weapons, including a Bushmaster rifle, and immediately started firing upon the first responders, police said.

Man who shot firefighters in US planned more massacres

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 26, 2012, 12:18

The New York man who killed two volunteer firefighters and wounded two before taking his own life left behind a note suggesting he planned more deaths, police said Tuesday.

Comfort dogs help ease pain of mourning community in Newtown

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 19:56

Residents in Newtown, Connecticut, devastated by last week`s school massacre, have received cuddly comfort that only a four-legged friend can give.

Another Connecticut school shut down due to suspicious person

Last Updated: Monday, December 17, 2012, 22:23

Educational institutions in another Connecticut town have been locked down after police received information Monday about a "suspicious" person who could possibly be armed.

US school gunman was ‘obsessed’ with violent video games

Last Updated: Monday, December 17, 2012, 16:52

Adam Lanza, the gunman who massacred nearly 20 kids in a shooting spree in a Connecticut school, was mentally ill, aggressive and had an unhealthy obsession for violent computer games.

Shaken US town turns to prayers, churches to fight grief

Last Updated: Monday, December 17, 2012, 16:22

The people of Newtown were still struggling to come to terms with the Friday incident in which 27 people, most of them kids as young as five or seven years old, were shot dead.

US gunman had enough bullets to kill every student

Last Updated: Monday, December 17, 2012, 12:25

Adam Lanza, the gunman in the Connecticut school shooting spree was carrying hundreds of rounds of ammunition to kill just about every student in the school.

US man with 47 guns arrested after school threat

Last Updated: Monday, December 17, 2012, 10:09

Authorities say an Indiana man who had 47 guns and ammunition in his home has been arrested after allegedly threatening to kill people at an elementary school near his home.