NY Post
“I am a victim. I loss [sic] my mom and brother.”
In a Facebook photo tribute, Ryan Lanza shared a smiling image of his younger brother, Adam (top photo), lounging in a long-sleeved shirt and a pullover tee.
“R.I.P.,” he wrote.
“I will miss you bro. I will always love you as long as I live,” Lanza posted…
Ryan Lanza, who once attended Sandy Hook, grieved on Facebook for his brother’s youngest victims.
“You all will be truly be missed,” he wrote. “God Bless.”
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Well, he lost his mom because his brother murdered her.
cozmo on December 23, 2012 at 1:30 PM
Poor guy, and on top of everything, he was fingered by irresponsible media as the killer. Ugh.
Christien on December 23, 2012 at 1:33 PM
I am sorry for your loss Ryan, but if your brother hadn’t murdered your mom, twenty little children and six adults and then killed himself NO one would have to be a victim.
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letget on December 23, 2012 at 1:33 PM
Why shouldn’t it be a horrific tragedy for him? He couldn’t ever have imagined this happening any more than his mother did, except perhaps for the last seconds or minutes of her life.
Shy Guy on December 23, 2012 at 1:35 PM
I feel sorry for him, but he should have kept his mouth shut about his brother. Did he not tell the police that he had had no contact with him for two years?
Blake on December 23, 2012 at 1:40 PM
Looks like some people want to take it out on Ryan for what his brother did.
Christien on December 23, 2012 at 1:41 PM
Totally understandable he wants to mourn his brother, but out of respect for the victims probably more appropriate to do it privately.
Wasn’t there a report he hadn’t seen him in years?
rose-of-sharon on December 23, 2012 at 1:42 PM
He is a victim and he should be prayed for. It is an enormous tragedy for him, he loved his brother and his mother and he lost them both. Regardless what madness overtook his brother, we should not judge him and feel no sympathy and empathy for his loss.
WashingtonsWake on December 23, 2012 at 1:42 PM
He was misidentified as the shooter because his brother had his driver’s license. Blame his brother. Also, I’m still waiting for an explanation as to why he was carrying hi DL at the time.
Blake on December 23, 2012 at 1:43 PM
But don’t we look to Ryan and his father for answers? Even if, when asked, the answers are unsatisfying? Who else would know, but them? Yes, they are grieving now, but the understanding they could bring to bear would help so much in the grieving of others. This is the time for them to tell what they know to help those in pain, those who remain, who are alive, and their loved ones.
Paul-Cincy on December 23, 2012 at 1:44 PM
I’m sorry but the above is stupid & provocative. His brother murdered 27 people. I don’t want to know him. Ryan should not be talking to the press at all.
Blake on December 23, 2012 at 1:46 PM
They’re just following the lead of the media. Who can blame them?
KingGold on December 23, 2012 at 1:47 PM
I can and do.
Christien on December 23, 2012 at 1:49 PM
And I’m sure authorities have and will continue to interview them.
The husband divorced her years ago. Ryan lived away for a long time. Chances are most of what they know about the shooter’s mental disabilities is already on record.
And they’re both probably thinking “what if I had….” but it never would have occurred to them to think anything could ever lead to this.
Come on, folks. Give it up. There are bad people. There are crazy people. They come in different shades and variations. In some cases, someone else should have known better beforehand. In others, it comes like a heart attack.
We will never be able to stop every one and every thing that is bad or dangerous. I don’t know how any conclusions can be made about this case at this point in time.
Shy Guy on December 23, 2012 at 1:56 PM
What?! And forego a chance to attack one of the grieving victims? Can’t have that kind of goodwill towards men, especially at Christmastime.
Christien on December 23, 2012 at 2:02 PM
You’re right. Besides, I’m Jewish. So…… where’s my pound of flesh?
Shy Guy on December 23, 2012 at 2:10 PM
Anyone trying to deny this man his right to grieve are just looking for someone living who will suffer for Lanza’s crimes. This sentiment also animates a lot of the liberal push for gun control in the last few weeks. Frankly, a conversation on “gun control” without a conversation on police brutality is not a real conversation on “gun control.” A conversation on gun control without a conversation on the way the War on Drugs exacerbates inner city violence. The way liberals are handling this is profoundly disappointing, though entirely familiar. With the next Presidential election 4 years away, time to get back to organizing for progressive challengers in Dem primaries.
libfreeordie on December 23, 2012 at 2:13 PM
Yeah, like those libs clamoring for the murder of NRA members. Clearly, they haven’t gotten their fill of violence out of this, yet.
Christien on December 23, 2012 at 2:17 PM
Being one of the very few who was at one time close to his brother, he should help us understand what happened, now, when people are at the height of their grief, and not make it all about him and his loss. Same with the father. Tell us what you know, and tell us now.
Paul-Cincy on December 23, 2012 at 2:33 PM
The guy has every right to his grief, I just don’t get taking it to facebook.
surrounded on December 23, 2012 at 2:39 PM
That’s how many people find an emotional outlet to express themselves these days.
Pathetic? Yes. But this guys is not unique.
Shy Guy on December 23, 2012 at 2:43 PM
Uh, yeah, he is. How many people are on facebook who’s brother murdered 27 people, the majority small children? He can grieve all he wants — in private. Otherwise, he is rubbing salt in other people’s wounds.
Blake on December 23, 2012 at 2:56 PM
Ryan and his father, help us answer the question, “Why did he do it?”. Help us now.
Paul-Cincy on December 23, 2012 at 3:03 PM
Dude can’t be responsible for his brother’s actions. He is devastated and he has a right to grieve the same as everyone else. It’s insane to say that he shouldn’t be able to grieve, or that he should only do so privately. Screw that. He’s living through an unimaginable horror. And with the way people are trying to blame him for his brother’s evil deeds… It’s just not cool.
dczombie on December 23, 2012 at 3:09 PM
He already answered that question. Anything else you’d like him to do for you?
Christien on December 23, 2012 at 3:10 PM
Yeh. His comments are dripping is sadistic glee.
Sheesh.
Shy Guy on December 23, 2012 at 3:13 PM
He should only be able to speak about this on everyone else’s terms, preferably the pro-gun control media’s. How DARE he have a killer for a brother and a murder victim for a mother!
Christien on December 23, 2012 at 3:18 PM
He is of an age where so many truly don’t understand privacy, or that Facebook is essentially a public place.
GWB on December 23, 2012 at 3:21 PM
Bull. Tell us about your mother teaching her kids how to use guns. Tell us about his connection with the elementary school. Tell us about his temper tantrums. Tell us about his relationships with others. Just those things will act as salves to the pain of the parents of the murdered children, and hundreds, or thousands, of others.
Paul-Cincy on December 23, 2012 at 3:24 PM
Adam Lanza kills his mother; older brother Ryan kills his Grammar.
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on December 23, 2012 at 3:26 PM
He can do what he wants. But neither he nor some of you here, have the right to complain when other people aren’t sympathetic towards his brother and tell him so. It’s not a one way street. His brother murdered 27 people, fercrissakes!
Blake on December 23, 2012 at 3:27 PM
I hope you get what you want and need from this. Good luck.
Christien on December 23, 2012 at 3:27 PM
Will you give others the right to complain in private? Evidently, complaining here is rubbing salt in wounds.
Christien on December 23, 2012 at 3:29 PM
I feel bad for him..he is a victim..he did lose his mother and brother in this…imagine being in his postion, wouldn’t you feel terrible and feel like a victim to? yeah don’t complain about him posting this on FB..this maybe his way of grieving
sadsushi on December 23, 2012 at 4:39 PM