Sandy Hook shooter's home now belongs to Newtown

NEWTOWN, Conn. -- The Colonial-style home where Newtown school shooter Adam Lanza lived with his mother now belongs to the town.

Mary Ann Jacob, head of the Newtown Legislative Council, says the council voted Wednesday to accept ownership of the house. It was deeded to the town by a bank that owned it.

Jacob says any decision on how to use the property would come later and would involve the Board of Selectmen.

Twenty-year-old Lanza shot his mother Nancy Lanza to death at the house before killing 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012. Adam Lanza killed himself at the school as police arrived.

Some Newtown residents have said they'd like to see the property torn down and replaced with a park or nature preserve.

A report last week said that Lanza had severe mental and emotional problems that went largely ignored by schools and possibly his parents.

The Office of Child Advocate, which investigates all child deaths in the state, concluded that "weaknesses and lapses in the educational and healthcare systems' response and untreated mental illness played in Adam Lanza's deterioration."

The authors of the 114-page report noted that although numerous mental health issues were not properly addressed and recommendations regarding Lanza's care went unheeded, they could not say whether more effective treatment could have prevented the tragedy.