Authorities reach "startling" conclusion: No known Newtown motive

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No motive determined in Newtown shooting, report says​

The prosecutor who led the investigation into the Newtown school shooting said it did not determine a motive for the attack that killed 20 children and six women.

State's Attorney Stephen Sedensky III said there is also no clear indication why he chose Sandy Hook Elementary School as the target for his rampage other than the fact that it was close to his home.

He said the gunman, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, had significant mental health issues that affected his ability to live a normal life and interact with others but did not affect his mental state for the crimes. Lanza was obsessed with the 1999 Columbine High School attack, according to a summary report by Sedensky that was released Monday.

What did they expect to find? That he had a vendetta against small children? That he was getting even with his mother for maltreatment as a child? Or assuaging anger stemming from ill treatment by a bad teacher?

Mentally ill individuals have no contact with reality. They don't think like "normal" people do. We can seek answers to "why" questions in incidents like Newtown for the rest of time, but if the key factor is a mentally unbalanced person, that seeking will most likely be frustrated. He did it because he was mentally ill, and that is all we can ever know for sure.