Adam Lanza: Never-before-seen photo of Newtown killer and college records show he refused to identify his gender By James Nye, Thomas Durante and Daily Mail Reporter A never-before-seen photograph of Newtown killer Adam Lanza has emerged, along with college records which include new information about the gunman including that he refused to identify his own gender when asked to do so in college documents. Lanza attended Western Connecticut State University for less than a year after his mom withdrew him from Newtown High School when he still only 16. When asked his gender on a student background information form, Lanza wrote 'I choose not to answer.' A new photo of Adam Lanza, left, has been unearthed taken from his student ID from when he attended Western Connecticut State University and, right, the chilling image of Lanza that has become synonymous with the tragic events at Sandy Hook Elementary School last December He also wrote the same in response to the question: 'How do you describe yourself?', according to records obtained by CBS News. The new photo of Lanza was his student ID during his time at Western Connecticut State University and shows a gaunt young man with an unusual stare. Students and teacher who remember him from his WCSU days recall that he was very quiet and struggled to mix with the other students although that was largely attributed at the time to him being younger than them. He earned a 3.26 grade point average while there. He dropped out of a German language class and withdrew from a computer science class, but earned an A in a computer class, A-minus in American history and B in macroeconomics. Lanza left WCSU after less than a year in 2009, he then attended a community college, but also left that school after a year. Eventually, he worked at a part-time job for a while repairing computers, but that job ended when the business shut down. Documentation shows that Lanza refused to identify his own gender and to describe himself when asked by the college Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14th and opened fire killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. He had killed his mother, Nancy Lanza, in her bed before heading to the school. A bipartisan legislative task force in Connecticut has agreed on a major overhaul of the state's gun laws in the aftermath of December's deadly attack. The draft legislation, announced on Monday, would add more than 100 types of guns to the state's list of banned assault weapons; limit the capacity of ammunition magazines to 10 rounds; ban armor-piercing bullets; require background checks for all weapon sales, including at gun shows; establish safety standards for school buildings; allow mental health training for teachers; and expand mental health research in the state. 'Nobody will be able to say that this bill is absolutely perfect, but no one will also be able to say that this bill fails the test when it comes to being the strongest in the country and the most comprehensive bill in the country,' Connecticut Senate President Don Williams, a Democrat and a member of the task force, said Monday. Last week, documents revealed how the 20-year-old Lanza sprayed 155 bullets at innocent children and educators during a five-minute rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14. Denial: The NRA refutes the accuracy of the police evidence, saying both Lanza and his mother had no links to the group The papers also revealed items seized from the home that Lanza shared with his mother. Investigators confiscated an NRA guide to shooting and three other self-help books, 'Look at Me: My Life With Asperger's', 'Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Mind of an Autistic Savant' and 'Train Your Brain to Get Happy.' In a top drawer of a filing cabinet, they found paper targets. In a duffel bag, they found ear and eye protection, binoculars, numerous other paper targets and an NRA certificate in his name. Another certificate was found in the home that belonged to Nancy Lanza, 52. In response, the powerful gun-rights group denied the accuracy of the police evidence, saying both Lanza and his mother had no links to the group. There is no record of a member relationship between Newtown killer Adam Lanza, nor between Nancy Lanza, A. Lanza or N. Lanza with the National Rifle Association. Reporting to the contrary is reckless, false and defamatory,' the statement said. Roped off: Crime scene tape remained outside Nancy Lanza's Sandy Hook home days after the shooting; five search warrants and the corresponding documents were released last week According to its website, the NRA doesn't offer formal certificates for membership. The police dossier compiled in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook massacre reveal Lanza had amassed an astonishing arsenal of guns, with thousands of rounds of ammunition, samurai swords, spears and three photographs of what appear to be a dead person covered in blood. Search warrant affidavits relating to the Newtown school shootings were unsealed by a judge in Danbury at 9.01am this morning - providing a chilling picture of the mass murderer in the days before he killed 26 people, including 20 children at the Connecticut school in December. The inventory of the evidence seized from Lanza's home and the car he drove to carry out the massacre provided glimpses into the world of a troubled young man, but it does not answer the question of what could have motivated the attack. Investigators say it will take until June or later to complete the investigation. Chief prosecutor Stephen Sedensky confirmed that Lanza killed all 26 victims inside Sandy Hook Elementary School with a Bushmaster .223-caliber rifle before taking his own life with a Glock 10 mm handgun. He revealed Lanza had another loaded handgun with him inside the school as well as three, 30-round magazines for the Bushmaster. When his body was discovered, Lanza's Bushmaster was loaded with 30-round magazine of which 14 bullets still remained in place with one round in the chamber. Children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, flee after Adam Lanza opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children on December 14th Police and other officials stand outside Sandy Hook Elementary School in this aerial photograph a day after the mass shooting at the school in December of last year Upon entering the school, the police documents state that law officials discovered, 'numerous school children and school personnel located deceased from apparent gunshot wounds in the first three classrooms off the main hallway, adjacent to the school's front entrance'. Adam Lanza's body was found dressed in military camouflage wearing a bullet-proof vest on the floor in the classroom. All the weapons Lanza was carrying were legally owned by his mother, Nancy, 52, who was discovered dead in her bed on the second-floor of the house she shared with her son with a gunshot wound to her forehead and a rifle on the floor nearby. This new information from the police rules out any suggestion that Lanza tried to buy weapons himself before his massacre - which had been speculated previously. A loaded 12-gauge shotgun was also found on the backseat of the Honda Civic Lanza drove to the school with two magazines containing 70 rounds of Winchester 12-gauge shotgun rounds. Self-help books: At the house, investigators found books about autism and Asperger's syndrome as well as an NRA guide to pistol shooting. The self-help books included 'Look Me in the Eye - My life with Aspergers,' and 'Born on a Blue Day - Inside the Mind of an Autistic Savant.' In the days after the shooting, former classmates of Lanza said that he did have Asperger syndrome, however, this has not been confirmed by investigators attached to the case. Video gaming loner: Police said they found a smashed computer hard drive and a gaming console in Lanza's bedroom. And an unnamed source told investigators that Lanza was an avid gamer who obsessively played video games and was a loner. The 'citizen witness', whose name is redacted in the documents, told investigators Lanza 'rarely leaves his home'. They added Lanza was 'a shut in and an avid gamer who plays Call of Duty, amongst other games.' Terrifying Inventory: What police found during their investigation At the school: 1 Bushmaster .223 caliber model XM15 rifle with a 30-round magazine 1 Glock 10mm handgun 1 9mm Sig Sauer P226 handgun 1 Saiga 12 shotgun with two magazines containing 70 rounds 6 30-round magazines, three of them emptied At the home: A gun safe that belonged to Nancy Lanza that was open with no evidence that it was broken into to 1,400 rounds of ammunition in different locations across the house Several rifles, handguns and shot guns including an Enfield Albian bolt-action rifle, a Savage Mark II rifle, a BB gun and a .22-caliber Volcanic starter pistol Three Samurai swords, ten knives One seven-foot-long spear One bayonet Three photographs of an unknown dead person covered in plastic and blood A military style uniform inside Lanza's bedroom National Rifle Association certificate's for Nancy and Adam Lanza A holiday card with a check made out to Adam Lanza for the purchase of a CZ-83 handgun (firearm), authored by Nancy Lanza. Seven of Lanza's personal journals An NRA guide to the basics of shooting A book entitled 'Look at Me: My Life with Asperger's and another book, 'Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Mind of an Autistic Savant' A New York Times article about the 2008 Northern Illinois University shooting A damaged computer hard drive Sandy Hook report card for Adam Lanza His mother Nancy was discovered in her room with one gun shot wound to the head and a rifle lying on the bed next to her Investigators found articles on other shootings and a holiday card containing a check made out to Adam Lanza for the purchase of a firearm, authored by his mother, Nancy Lanza. Documents indicate that authorities found Nancy's gun safe open with shotgun shells and numerous boxes of bullets - ruling out any speculation that Lanza had forcibly taken the weapons from his mother. In a bedroom closet, they found ear plugs, a handwritten note regarding ammunition and magazines, paperwork on guns and a seven-foot-long metal bayonet with a blade on one side and a spear on the other. Twenty first-grade students died in the shooting on December 14th after Adam Lanza opened fire at the school using an assault rifle Planned Massacre: In addition to a weapons cache police found items that could offer some clues on Adam Lanza's thinking. This included an article from The New York Times about a 2008 school shooting at Northern Illinois University and three photographs of what appeared to be a dead person covered with plastic and blood. The article was dated February 18, 2008 and was about the school shooting carried out by Steven Kazmierczak at the university in DeKalb, Illinois during which he killed 5 people and injured 21 on Valentine's Day before he killed himself. Newtown shooter Adam Lanza was a selective reader and kept a NRA guide to shooting at home as well as 'Look Me in the Eye - My life with Aspergers' The NRA's guide to handgun safety and shooting The NRA Guide to the Basics of Pistol Shooting is a full-color handbook that guides users how to use revolvers and semi-automatic pistols. It is regarded as a student text for the associations Basic Pistol Shooting Course and provides details on pistol parts and operation, ammunition, pistol safety, cleaning and safety. It also shows in pictoral form how to fire a gun in a safe position and how to improve shooting skills The NRA denies Lanza was a member The touching memoir of an Asperger's sufferer and his struggle with life Published in 2007, 'Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's' is a memoir of author John Elder Robison's life with autism. The book describes his battles with social awkwardness such as his inability to look people in the eye and his propensity to indulge in obsessive behavior. Diagnosed with Asperger's at the age of 40, Robison tells how this changed his understanding of the world and himself and ultimately allowed him to interact with people and start his own family. Other reading material discovered at the home of Adam Lanza was the self-help guide 'Train Your Brain to Get Happy' Think your way to being happy: The self-help book that Adam Lanza was reading This 2011 self-help book believes that 'Happiness begins at the cellular level' and claims that with the proper mental training you can program yourself for happiness Written by neuroscientist Henry David Thoreau scholar Dr. Teresa Aubele and psychologist Dr. Stan Wenck the book claims to be able to help its readers live a blissful life - each and every day. Authorities found numerous knives, including samurai swords. They found a military-style uniform in Lanza's bedroom and handwritten notes containing the addresses of local gun shops. The warrants also make an obscure reference to Lanza's obsession with Sandy Hook Elementary School, which the documents state was the shooters, 'life'. A Danbury Superior Court judge last Wednesday granted a request by Sedensky, the prosecutor overseeing the investigation, to withhold some details. Sedensky asked to redact the name of a witness, saying the person's safety might be jeopardized if the name were disclosed. He also asked that the release not include other information such as telephone numbers, serial numbers on items found and a few paragraphs of an affidavit. Authorities have said it will take until June or later for the investigation to be completed. Connecticut Gov Dannel Malloy, who has been pushing for much stricter gun-control laws, said the facts in the search warrants 'only add starker detail to what we already know.' 'This is exactly why we need to ban high-capacity magazines and why we need to tighten our assault weapons ban,' Malloy said. 'I don't know what more we can need to know before we take decisive action to prevent gun violence. The time to act is now. Search Warrant 1 The Associated Press and other news outlets have reported previously that Lanza showed interest in other mass killings and authorities found literature on other massacres at his house. There have been reports that Lanza was obsessed with other mass killers, including Anders Breivik, who killed 77 people in a shooting and bomb attack in Norway two years ago. Adam Lanza fired 155 bullets in less than five minutes on the day he killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the chief prosecutor investigating the massacre said on Thursday. The total included 154 fired from a Bushmaster .223-model rifle and a final bullet, fired from a Glock 10mm handgun, that Lanza used to take his own life, said Stephen Sedensky, the chief prosecutor investigating the shooting Among school shootings in the United States, the death toll from Newtown is second only to the 32 people killed at Virginia Tech in 2007. Malloy announced last week that additional information would be released at his request. He expressed concern that some information about the shooting rampage at Sandy Hook reportedly disclosed by a top state police commander at a recent law enforcement seminar in New Orleans was leaked. 'Like many others, I was disappointed and angered to learn that certain information about the Newtown shooting had been leaked, specifically with concern for the victims' families who may have been hearing this news for the first time,' the governor said in a statement. A column published last week in the New York Daily News, citing an unnamed police officer who attended the seminar, reported that Col Daniel Stebbins discussed evidence that suggested the Newtown gunman studied other mass slayings and dedicated extensive planning to the rampage. The seminar was designed for only law enforcement professionals, and sensitive information dealing with the tactical approaches used by first responders to the Sandy Hook shootings was discussed, Connecticut State Police spokesman Lt J. Paul Vance said. Senate President Donald E. Williams Jr. said this week that legislative leaders hope to review the search warrant documents before finishing work on a bipartisan bill that addresses gun control and other issues related to the massacre. Police released their filed today that document what was recovered from the home of Adam Lanza in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook massacre of December 2012 A 90-day sealing order expired on the search warrants that were served on Lanza's home and property this morning. The assault on December 14 at Sandy Hook Elementary School prompted President Obama to call it the worst day of his presidency and reignited a debate on gun violence in the United States. In response to the attack, the NRA called for armed guards to patrol every public school in the country. And the Connecticut prosecutor leading the investigation into the Newtown school shooting says the gunman killed the 26 victims and took his own life within five minutes of shooting his way into the building. The documents were released on the same day that a group of Newtown residents plan a protest at the National Shooting Sports Foundation, less than 3 miles from the school over the NRA's opposition to new gun control laws. Newtown residents were enraged after receiving a slew of robo-calls on behalf of the NRA bashing anti-gun laws. Tragedy: People gather on the New Haven Green during a candlelight vigil to support the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in New Haven, Connecticut, on December 15, 2012