Thanks very much, solace.
Here are some relevant bits of the timeline, concerning identification of the dead gunman. (Later updates/corrections subsequently inserted into the real-time narrative are marked by CNN in italics.):
[Updated at 1:51 p.m. ET] We have just learned that the suspected shooter is 20-years-old, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation tells CNN’s Susan Candiotti.
[Updated at 1:47 p.m. ET] A few more details from the White House press briefing earlier. White House spokesman Jay Carney said while today is not the day to debate gun policy, an assault weapons ban "does remain a commitment" of President Obama.
[Updated at 1:45 p.m. ET] We are now learning that a male is being questioned by investigators, but he is not being called a suspect, CNN's Susan Candiotti reports.
[Updated at 1:42 p.m. ET] Connecticut State Police Lt. Paul Vance said the shooter is dead inside the school.
CNN wrote:Updated at 3:09 p.m. ET] The suspect's mother was shot and killed at the school, according to source close to the investigation. She was a teacher there.
And we now know that Ryan Lanza, the suspected gunman, was 24.
(6:44 p.m. ET update – (Three U.S. law enforcement officials say the suspected gunman was Adam Lanza, not his brother Ryan Lanza as officials had previously said. It is not clear what caused the confusion among investigators.
CNN wrote:[Updated at 3:22 p.m. ET] It appears that another member of the alleged shooter's family is dead. A senior law enforcement official familiar with the investigation says a brother of the alleged shooter was found dead in a home searched in Hoboken, New Jersey. We already knew the suspect's mother was found dead in the elementary school.
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6:43 p.m. ET update – CNN’s Susan Candiotti is talking to investigators and has now learned that the mother of the suspected shooter was found dead in the suspect’s home in Newtown. No brother of the suspect has been found dead, and no one has been found dead in the home in Hoboken, New Jersey, investigators say.) http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/14/sh ... ry-school/
This is striking:
[Updated at 1:51 p.m. ET] We have just learned that the suspected shooter is 20-years-old, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation tells CNN’s Susan Candiotti.
Adam's exact age. Then came the "correction" that it was in fact "Ryan Lanza, 24":
CNN wrote:Updated at 3:09 p.m. ET] The suspect's mother was shot and killed at the school, according to source close to the investigation. She was a teacher there.
And we now know that Ryan Lanza, the suspected gunman, was 24.
"We now know".
Then, much later, the re-correction of that false correction. The dead killer is suddenly 20 again, not 24.
WTF? So how did they come up with the remarkably specific age of "20-years-old" in the first place? Exactly what ID or other documentation led them to believe that?
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