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-Shortly after the shooting, police announced that Lanza used the rifle to kill the victims at the school.<ref name="Newtown Shooter Used a Rifle Popular Among Gunowners">{{cite news |title=Newtown Shooter Used a Rifle Popular Among Gunowners |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/us/lanza-used-a-popular-ar-15-style-rifle-in-newtown.html?pagewanted=all |work=The New York Times |access-date=December 16, 2012 |first=Erica |last=Goode |date=December 16, 2012 |archive-date=December 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121217112805/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/us/lanza-used-a-popular-ar-15-style-rifle-in-newtown.html?pagewanted=all |url-status=live}}</ref> At a press conference on December 15, Dr. H. Wayne Carver II, the Chief Medical Examiner of Connecticut, was asked about the wounds, and replied "All the ones that I know of at this point were caused by the long weapon."<ref name="nytimes1" /><ref name="9JI4o">{{cite news|author=Willingham, A.J.|date=December 15, 2012|title=All wounds caused by 'long weapon'|publisher=Htlntv.com|url=http://www.hlntv.com/video/2012/12/15/shandy-hook-shooting-medical-examiner-information-deaths|url-status=dead|access-date=February 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121217204518/http://www.hlntv.com/video/2012/12/15/shandy-hook-shooting-medical-examiner-information-deaths|archive-date=December 17, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Liveblog" /> When asked if the children suffered before dying, Carver replied by stating that "If so, not for very long".<ref name="aR02V">{{cite web|url=http://newtown.patch.com/articles/police-no-motive-emerging-in-newtown-school-shooting|title=Medical Examiner: Newtown Shooting Victims Suffered 'Devastating Set of Injuries'|work=Newtown.patch.com|date=December 15, 2012|access-date=April 12, 2013|archive-date=March 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324115200/http://newtown.patch.com/articles/police-no-motive-emerging-in-newtown-school-shooting|url-status=live}}</ref> Carver, whose office autopsied the victims and who personally performed seven, said the injuries were "devastating" and that parents identified their children from photographs to spare them the sight. All the child victims were first graders, and all were killed with the Bushmaster XM15. Carver said the bullets used were "designed in such a fashion the energy is deposited in the tissue so the bullet stays in."<ref name="nytimes1" /><ref name="Children in Connecticut rampage were six, seven; shot multiple times" />
+Shortly after the shooting, police announced that Lanza used the rifle to kill the victims at the school.<ref name="Newtown Shooter Used a Rifle Popular Among Gunowners">{{cite news |title=Newtown Shooter Used a Rifle Popular Among Gunowners |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/us/lanza-used-a-popular-ar-15-style-rifle-in-newtown.html?pagewanted=all |work=The New York Times |access-date=December 16, 2012 |first=Erica |last=Goode |date=December 16, 2012 |archive-date=December 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121217112805/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/us/lanza-used-a-popular-ar-15-style-rifle-in-newtown.html?pagewanted=all |url-status=live}}</ref> At a press conference on December 15, Dr. H. Wayne Carver II, the Chief Medical Examiner of Connecticut, was asked about the wounds, and replied "All the ones that I know of at this point were caused by the long weapon."<ref name="nytimes1" /><ref name="Liveblog" /><ref name="9JI4o">{{cite news|author=Willingham, A.J.|date=December 15, 2012|title=All wounds caused by 'long weapon'|publisher=Htlntv.com|url=http://www.hlntv.com/video/2012/12/15/shandy-hook-shooting-medical-examiner-information-deaths|url-status=dead|access-date=February 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121217204518/http://www.hlntv.com/video/2012/12/15/shandy-hook-shooting-medical-examiner-information-deaths|archive-date=December 17, 2012}}</ref> When asked if the children suffered before dying, Carver replied by stating that "If so, not for very long".<ref name="aR02V">{{cite web|url=http://newtown.patch.com/articles/police-no-motive-emerging-in-newtown-school-shooting|title=Medical Examiner: Newtown Shooting Victims Suffered 'Devastating Set of Injuries'|work=Newtown.patch.com|date=December 15, 2012|access-date=April 12, 2013|archive-date=March 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324115200/http://newtown.patch.com/articles/police-no-motive-emerging-in-newtown-school-shooting|url-status=live}}</ref> Carver, whose office autopsied the victims and who personally performed seven, said the injuries were "devastating" and that parents identified their children from photographs to spare them the sight. All the child victims were first graders, and all were killed with the Bushmaster XM15. Carver said the bullets used were "designed in such a fashion the energy is deposited in the tissue so the bullet stays in."<ref name="nytimes1" /><ref name="Children in Connecticut rampage were six, seven; shot multiple times" />
 Investigators evaluated Lanza's body, looking for evidence of drugs or medication through [[toxicology]] tests.<ref name="cnn 20121218 investigation">{{cite news | url = http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/18/us/connecticut-school-shooting/index.html | title = Families hold funerals as school resumes for some Newtown students | publisher = CNN | date = December 18, 2012 | access-date = December 18, 2012 | first1 = Susan | last1 = Candiotti | first2 = Dana | last2 = Ford | archive-date = December 18, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121218100038/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/18/us/connecticut-school-shooting/index.html | url-status = live}}</ref> <!--this statement is not cited...and signs of brain disorders, such as Asperger's syndrome, or mental health conditions, such as [[schizophrenia]].--> Unusually for an investigation of this type, [[DNA testing]] of Lanza was utilized.<ref name="bloomberg dna testing">{{cite news | url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-20/dna-of-newtown-gunman-unlikely-to-yield-clues-of-violence.html | title = DNA of Newtown Gunman Unlikely to Yield Clues of Violence | publisher = [[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]] | date = December 20, 2012 | access-date = December 27, 2012 | first = John | last = Lauerman | archive-date = December 23, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121223062608/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-20/dna-of-newtown-gunman-unlikely-to-yield-clues-of-violence.html | url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="ebXSP">{{cite news|first=Rose|last=Eveleth|title=Adam Lanza's DNA Will Tell Us Nothing|url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/adam-lanzas-dna-will-tell-us-nothing-51471/|access-date=April 19, 2015|work=Smithsonian.com|date=December 31, 2012|archive-date=April 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427143524/http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/adam-lanzas-dna-will-tell-us-nothing-51471/|url-status=live}}</ref> The results of the toxicology report were published in October 2013, and stated that no alcohol or drugs were found in his system.<ref name="hRxOt">{{cite web|last=Altimari|first=Dave|title=Full Report Confirms No Drugs, Alcohol In Lanza's System|url=http://articles.courant.com/2013-10-29/news/hc-sandy-hook-lanza-toxicology-20131029_1_peter-lanza-adam-lanza-toxicology-report|date=October 29, 2013|work=[[Hartford Courant]]|access-date=June 23, 2014|archive-date=July 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709052232/http://articles.courant.com/2013-10-29/news/hc-sandy-hook-lanza-toxicology-20131029_1_peter-lanza-adam-lanza-toxicology-report|url-status=live}}</ref> Lanza's autopsy showed no tumors or gross deformities in his brain.<ref name="DJQaz">{{cite news|title=Adam Lanza, shooter in Sandy Hook Elementary massacre, found to have no brain deformities: medical examiner|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/lanza-brain-appears-normal-conn-doctor-article-1.1238602|access-date=March 14, 2013|newspaper=Daily News|location=New York|date=January 11, 2013|agency=Associated Press|archive-date=February 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224011905/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/lanza-brain-appears-normal-conn-doctor-article-1.1238602|url-status=live}}</ref>