Photos: Sandy Hook gunman Adam Lanza’s home demolished to erase all traces of the killer

Shortly after the shooting, detectives searching the home found that Lanza and his mother kept a large arsenal of rifles, pistols and other weapons, including swords. (Don Emmert / AFP/Getty Images)

March 25, 2015 9:44 AM PT

Demolition workers tore down the Newtown, Conn., home where gunman Adam Lanza planned the school massacre that killed 26 people, including 20 children, more than two years ago.

The school where the massacre took place was also torn down. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

The demolition was part of a town effort to erase all traces of the killer, who killed himself in a school hallway as police responded to the shooting. (Jason DeCrow / Associated Press)

The community saw the home as a painful reminder of the Dec. 14, 2012 massacre. (Autumn Driscoll / Associated Press)

According to authorities, a motive behind the shooting is still unknown. (Autumn Driscoll / Associated Press)