Facebook page of Hoboken man identified as Connecticut shooter: 'It wasn't me'

3:20 p.m. UPDATE: The Ryan Lanza Facebook page has apparently been deleted.

National media has identified the Newtown, Conn. school shooter as Ryan Lanza of Hoboken, but a Ryan Lanza who lives in Hoboken has posted on Facebook that he isn't the shooter.

 

The Facebook page of the Hoboken man who has been identified in the national press as the shooter in the Newtown, Conn. school shootings has recent messages saying "It wasn't me."

Meanwhile, former Jersey Journal staff writer Brett Wilshe said he has spoken with Ryan Lanza of Hoboken, who told Wilshe the shooter may have had his identification.

Lanza, who on Facebook is listed as living in Hoboken and originally from Newtown, Conn.
The page has recent updates to read that “it wasn’t me” and “I was at work.”

The Associated Press is reporting 27 dead, including 18 children, as a result of this morning's shooting.
There is a heavy police presence at 13th and Grand streets, which is listed as Lanza's address.