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Two months after the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Conn., police are saying that gunman Adam Lanza might have been motivated by another infamous mass murderer in Norway.

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Anders Breivik killed 77 people in July 2011 when he hunted down and fatally shot 69 people, mostly teenagers attending a summer camp, then bombed downtown Oslo, which produced eight more casualties. Sources say that Lanza saw himself as being in direct competition with Breivik.

Two officials who have been briefed on the Newtown, Conn., investigation say Lanza wanted to top Breivik’s death toll and targeted nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School because it was the “easiest target” with the “largest cluster of people.”

But there were some differences between Lanza’s spree and Breivik’s. Lanza ended his massacre sooner than he intended. Unlike Breivik, who surrendered, Lanza killed himself as police closed in. Just before his suicide, Lanza fired some shots at police in the school’s parking lot.

In addition, evidence is showing that Lanza was also likely to act out the fantasies of video games. For Lanza, sources say, the deaths apparently amounted to some kind of game “score.”

But with the evidence that these two factors could have assisted Lanza in his decision to shoot and kill 20 first-graders, six staffers and his mother, authorities aren’t giving specifics about the discoveries.

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Officials have not publicly revealed what led them to the motive, but sources say investigators have found evidence Lanza was obsessed with Breivik.

They’ve also recovered what they called a “trove” of video games from the basement of Lanza’s home. Sources say Lanza spent countless hours there alone, in a private gaming room with the windows blacked out, honing his computer shooting skills.

Lt. J. Paul Vance of the Connecticut State Police told CBS News that the investigation into the motive for the Newtown shooting has not been completed. 

As always, we continue to keep Newtown, Conn. and all victims of gun violence nationwide in our thoughts and prayers.

SOURCE: CBS