FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2012 file photo a police cruiser sits in the driveway of the home of Nancy Lanza, in Newtown, Conn. The Colonial-style home where Newtown school shooter Adam Lanza lived with his mother has been transferred to the town in a deal with a bank. Nancy Lanza was killed there by her son before he forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School, Dec. 14, 2012, in Newtown, where he killed 20 first-graders and six educators. The future use of the house and property will be decided later. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File) (The Associated Press)
NEWTOWN, Conn. – The Colonial-style home where Newtown school shooter Adam Lanza lived with his mother has been transferred to the town in a deal with a bank.
The Newtown Legislative Council voted unanimously Wednesday night to accept the house at no cost.
First Selectwoman Pat Llodra credited the bank for showing "compassion and generosity."
The News-Times reports (http://bit.ly/1FSySaa ) the appraised value of the 3,162-square-foot home was $523,620.
Llodra said acquiring the property began about six months ago with a call from a real estate agent hired by Hudson City Savings Bank.
The future use of the house and property will be decided later.
Twenty-year-old Lanza fatally shot his mother Nancy Lanza at the house before killing 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012. He killed himself at the school.
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