Ryan Lanza Facebook friends began posting screenshots of his account confirming that he wasn't the killer at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut that left 28 people dead, including 20 children. Media outlets were first reporting that it was Ryan Lanza, 24, that was the killer at the school who killed his mother, Nancy Lanza, a teacher at the school and others.
"F*** you CNN it wasn't me," Ryan Lanza wrote on Facebook. He also posted: "I'm on the bus home now it wasn't me" and "IT WASN'T ME I WAS AT WORK IT WASN'T ME."
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Police officials confirm the suspect is Adam Lanza, 20, the son of a teacher at the school where the shootings occurred, a law enforcement official said Friday.
After his killing rampage, authorities added, Adam Lanza turned the gun to himself and pulled the trigger.
The shooting appeared to be the nation's second-deadliest school shooting, exceeded only by the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007, which left 32 people and the gunman dead.
The Connecticut Post reports police are also questioning a handcuffed man in connection with the shooting. Witnesses told the newspaper he was led out of the woods by officers.
Shortly after 9:40 a.m., authorities reported that a shooter was in the main office of the school. A person in one room had "numerous gunshot wounds," police told the Hartford Courant.
A dispatcher at the Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps said a teacher was shot in the foot and taken to the Danbury Hospital. Local news outlets also reported that the principal was among those shot.
Lisa Procaccini told Fox News that her daughter was sitting in a classroom when she and others heard gun shots.
"She was in a small class -- a reading group and they started hearing bangs," Procaccini said. "Her teacher, and I'm grateful for this, rushed kids into the bathroom and locked the door. They told kids it was hammering and tried to keep them calm."
"Children were crying," Procaccini said. "She did tell me about a little boy that was in a police officer's arms, bleeding. I don't know if she gets it."
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said two firearms were recovered from the scene.
