Shooters Known To Adam Lanza?

I know that he was obsessed with mass shootings and all, but can someone list any proof that he had known about a particular perpetrator? While yes it is probably likely he researched A LOT of mass shooters, like hundreds! just not mentioned by him on threads or anything like that,so he probably went deep and like, went back to shooting incidents in 1800s- early 1900s and stuff but you get what im saying.

If you are looking for information about shooters that he specifically referenced, you can check out this thread.
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I would start with the posts that he made on the Columbine forum, his Wikipedia edits and the evidence that was located in his home. Most of this information is linked directly in the thread.

This is another thread linked in there which has some Tumblr posts that he made. He referenced many shooters on Tumblr.
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Various shooters that he discussed have previously been mentioned in many threads on this forum.

I will give you a few off the top of my head to start your list but you should definitely update the thread when you go through and find the other stray references.

Robert Hawkins - Adam referred to him as one of his favorite mass shooters, posted photos and information on the anniversary of his shooting and wrote several posts about how it annoyed him that people believed that the song "Pumped Up Kicks" was about him.

Richard Farley - Adam called him the ultimate stalker and posted about his shooting on the forum. The movie about his shooting was Adam's "favorite movie of any genre."

Steven Kazmierczak - Adam had an article about the NIU shooting saved in his home and mentioned him once on the forum.

Kimveer Gill - Adam named one of his Tumblr accounts after Gill (queerforkimveer), mentioned him several times on the forum and edited his Wikipedia page.

Tim Kretschmer - Adam named a Tumblr account after him (gayfortimk), where he also made a post wishing Tim a happy 21st birthday. His online friend also mentioned Tim as a shooter that Adam had taken an interest in.

Charles Carl Roberts - Adam never mentioned him anywhere but the only known book that he owned about a mass shooting was about Roberts' shooting at an Amish schoolhouse.

George Sodini - Adam updated the Wikipedia article about him, where he mentioned visiting Sodini's personal webpage in the days after the shooting and he also mentioned him on the forum once or twice.

Seung-Hui Cho - Adam made several Tumblr posts (including a Dailymotion compilation) where he referenced Cho, mentioned the shooting on the forum and once expressed a lack of interest in shootings compared to the "enthusiasm" he'd had when Virginia Tech happened.

Thomas Hamilton - Adam mentioned Hamilton a couple of times on the forum and once posted a link to the Dunblane "11k."

Anders Breivik - Adam mentioned him on the forum a couple of times and said that he had read Breivik's manifesto, which was almost "motivational," as if it were part of a "particularly macabre self-improvement book."

And some more random references that I can think of, some mentioned more than others:
Patrick Purdy
Larry Gene Ashbrook
Gang Lu
Wayne Lo
Jiverly Wong
Jim Huberty
Michael Ryan
Eric and Dylan

James Hubery*

TheOne99 wrote:

James Hubery*

Edit: Also, just for reference, here is a quote from Adam about a thread called "Hunting Humans," which was about a hunting accident where a man accidentally killed his own son and immediately killed himself upon realizing what he'd done:
Whenever I see the title of this topic, I think it's about Jim Huberty

SHIT! ok *James Huberty*

TheOne99 wrote:

SHIT! ok *James Huberty*

FYI, Jim is an American nickname for James, as is Jimmy.

For example, see this text from James Holmes to a girl that he was hitting on:
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Adam also mentioned Jimmy James Holmes in an e-mail to his internet friend, by the way. He said that he couldn't relate to the Holmies and didn't understand why they were treating him like a "poor misunderstood puppy who needs help" when someone like Jared Loughner probably fit that definition more accurately.

Thomas Mcllvane
Asa Coon
Gerardo Regalado
George Hennard
Charles Whitman
Denis Yevsyukov
David Gray
Wellington Oliveria
T.J Lane
Robert Benjamin Smith
Barry Loukatis
Kip Kinkel
Wesley Hidgon
Lamar Moore
Lubomir Harman
Zane Floyd
Sebastian Bosse
Alvaro Castillio
Robert Steinhauser
Dimitris Patmanidis

Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden
Michael Carneal

All of them lol.
He had a spreadsheet of all mass murder dating back too the 1800s.
I think anyways i cant remember how far back it went, but im sure it was the 1800s.

No way did Adam know about Derrick Bird.

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No way did Adam know about Derrick Bird.

There is actually proof that he did know about him. He was the first person to respond to a thread about the Cumbria shootings, saying:
I'm surprised that there haven't been any changes to gun control considering that there were after Michael Ryan and Thomas Hamilton.

I think it's safe to say that Adam knew about every shooting that is listed on Wikipedia (or at least those that were listed on Wikipedia before 2013) and probably others as well.

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No way did Adam know about Derrick Bird.

There is actually proof that he did know about him. He was the first person to respond to a thread about the Cumbria shootings, saying:
I'm surprised that there haven't been any changes to gun control considering that there were after Michael Ryan and Thomas Hamilton.

I think it's safe to say that Adam knew about every shooting that is listed on Wikipedia (or at least those that were listed on Wikipedia before 2013) and probably others as well.

Really? That's interesting. Makes me wonder if Derrick Bird was on Adam's Spreadsheet.

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No way did Adam know about Derrick Bird.

There is actually proof that he did know about him. He was the first person to respond to a thread about the Cumbria shootings, saying:
I'm surprised that there haven't been any changes to gun control considering that there were after Michael Ryan and Thomas Hamilton.

I think it's safe to say that Adam knew about every shooting that is listed on Wikipedia (or at least those that were listed on Wikipedia before 2013) and probably others as well.

Really? That's interesting. Makes me wonder if Derrick Bird was on Adam's Spreadsheet.

Adam was pretty thorough with his research. I see no reason why Derrick wouldn't be on there.

God damn, I want to see that spreadsheet so bad.

I wonder what Lanza would have though about Stephen Paddock, Devin Kelly and Nikolas Cruz.

Ziamber II wrote:

I wonder what Lanza would have though about Stephen Paddock, Devin Kelly and Nikolas Cruz.

I imagine Adam would be impressed by Paddock's "mass murder self-actualization". He might take an interest in Kelley due to him killing several children in the attack. Not sure how he'd feel about Cruz.

What did Adam think about E&D?

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I wonder what Lanza would have though on all the ISIS inspired attacks that occured in the years following his rampage.

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I wonder what Lanza would have though on all the ISIS inspired attacks that occured in the years following his rampage.

Hell I'd like to know about his opinion on politically motivated mass murderers in general. I want to hear what he would say about 9/11.

ISIS and 9/11 were religiousley motivated, interesting to know what he would have though of Omar Mateen.

What did Lanza think about Breivik?

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What did Lanza think about Breivik?

Adam called Brevik's attack "an impressive instance of mass murder self-actualization" and an excerpt of Brevik's manifesto had him "on the edge of [his] seat in anticipation.

Lanza might've reacted to Stephen Paddock's shooting by saying how impressed Lanza was with Paddock shooting hundreds with a bump-stock because of how inaccurate the bump-stock makes the rifle. Lanza might've recommended paddock not attach the bump-stock to the rifles for better accuracy.

Did Adam know about Walter Seifert?

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He mentioned both Jared Lee Loughner and James Eagan Holmes in his emails at some point in 2012.

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Robert Poulin - Mentioned as part of a post about the use of the name Robert in pumped up kicks

George Geschwendt - used in a photo comparison to serial killer Gary Ridgeway (green river serial killer) on Tumblr

Leo held - Used in a photo comparison to Thomas Hamilton on Tumblr

I was always surprised he never mentioned dedrick owens (the youngest school shooter ever at the time of Adam living)

He was aware of the 2010-onward string of Chinese elementary school stabbing, but wasn't very interested: "About the Chinese mass stabbers, they blend together in my mind too much for me to say much. Although I guess that should make it even easier to talk about them…"

If I may speculate, these likely included:
Zheng Minsheng
Chen Kangbing
Xu Yuyuan
Wang Yonglai
Wu Huanming
Fang Jiantang
Wang Hongbin

(On an unrelated note, if he checked SCMRPG the day of his attack, he would've read about Min Yongjun's stabbing at Chenpeng Village Primary School only a few hours prior, but he probably didn't.)

He knew about the Collier Township shooting, as well as the Sello mall shooting because he edited the Wikipedia pages of both. He also editing the pages of Richard Farley, Larry Gene Ashbrook, Kip Kinkel and the Luby's Shooting. He also mentioned the Hungerford Massacre in his comment explaining why he edited the Sello mall shooting page.

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He was aware of the 2010-onward string of Chinese elementary school stabbing, but wasn't very interested: "About the Chinese mass stabbers, they blend together in my mind too much for me to say much. Although I guess that should make it even easier to talk about them…"

If I may speculate, these likely included:
Zheng Minsheng
Chen Kangbing
Xu Yuyuan
Wang Yonglai
Wu Huanming
Fang Jiantang
Wang Hongbin

(On an unrelated note, if he checked SCMRPG the day of his attack, he would've read about Min Yongjun's stabbing at Chenpeng Village Primary School only a few hours prior, but he probably didn't.)

So to say, but all the stabbers you mentioned expect Fang Jiantang and Wang Hongbin, are in his spreadsheet, but he probably knew of them.
Also in a side note, despite Martin Peyerl don't being in his spreadsheet, at least the version we have of the spreadsheet, Adam had a bookmark about him.

Here's the names listed in his spreadsheet. Sorry for the terrible formatting, it was thrown together very quickly.
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All of them lol.

He spent from ~2007 to 2012 locked in his room studying mass murder. That's five years or so of obsessive research.
It wouldn't surprise me if most English webpages relevant to mass murder flowed through the internet connection to Yogananda street in that time. Considering he was watching youtube videos on the topic with 50 or so views (maybe less back then,) it's quite possible he was aware in some way of them all.