Early Sandy Hook Warning 'Could Not Be True': Police Chief

NEWTOWN, CT — Newtown Police say that a man's interview cited in recently-released FBI documents claiming he called the department in 2008 and warned them of the shooting "could not be true," according to a report from the News Times. Chief James Viadero told the publication that he believed the man referenced in the documents was the same man referenced in Danbury State's Attorney Stephen Sedensky's final report.

In Sedensky's 2013 report, he stated federal agents investigated the claim, and found it to be untrue.

"A report that a man claimed that while in Oklahoma a woman told him about the planned shooting before the shooting occurred," Sedensky wrote. "Federal law enforcement investigated this and found that it could not be true."

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Investigators Tuesday released more than 1,500 heavily-redacted pages of documents on the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, that took the lives of 20 children and six teachers. The documents shed light on shooter Adam Lanza's pedophilia interest, fascination with mass murder and his relationship with his mother.

The man claimed he called police in December of 2008, stating police told him that Lanza's mother owned the guns and that there was nothing the department could do about it.

"Newtown PD has been working closely with the FBI on verifying information on the referenced report," Viadero said in a statement. "A comprehensive search of our records indicate that the person named in the report is not on record as ever contacting the agency in 2008 or subsequent to that date."

FBI Special Agent In Charge Patricia Ferrick issued a statement following the release, saying the documents were meant to stand on their own while assuring that all claims were thoroughly investigated.

"The FBI's release of investigative information on the Sandy Hook tragedy was made through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) provision as required by law," Ferrick said in a statement. "However, I understand that doing so renews the anguish for the victims' families as well as for our community. Even though the documents are meant to stand on their own, I want to assure the community that all information received and allegations made before, during, and after the tragedy were thoroughly investigated."

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