Arizona Shooter Killed Six; Likely To Face Death Penalty

Federal Defender Judy Clarke to Represent Jared Loughner
Jared Loughner just caught the biggest break of his life. CNN reports the Federal Court says former Spokane federal defender (also National Capital Resource Counsel and Federal Community Defender in San Diego), Judy Clarke has been appointed to represent him. Via CNN: Veteran federal public defender Judy Clarke, who has experience in several high-profile cases including those of "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski and convicted Terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui, was appointed to defend suspect Jared Lee Loug...

Nuts with Guns is Nuts
Instead of blaming partisan Rhetoric why not examine how the Arizona killer got a gun? There's no evidence that political hot Speech turned Jared Lee Loughner into a Murder -- now the trendy opinion among the chattering class -- but we do know that Arizona's incredibly lenient laws allowed this known crazy person to walk into a Sportsman's Warehouse outlet and purchase a semiautomatic Handgun with no questions asked. Anyone seeking to purchase such a weapon ought to raise at least as much susp...

Tucson Victims in Wrong Place at Wrong Time
A Janitor, A Judge, and An Aide Were Victims in Saturday's Shooting in Tucson, Ariz, Targeting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Like this Story? Share it: As the investigation continues into 22-year-old Jared Lee Loughner, the main suspect in the Tucson shooting of Congresswoman Giffords, Dean Reynolds reports on the other victims. (CBS) From a judge to a janitor, the victims in Saturday's shooting in Tucson, Ariz., targeting Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords were all caught in the wrong place at the wron...

The Weekend That Was
A troubled 22-year-old College Student, Jared Lee Loughner, has been charged with trying to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, during a shootout that left 20 people (Read more...) ...

Congresswoman's intern stanched blood from gunshot
(01-09) 17:51 PST Tucson, Ariz. (AP) -- A 20-year-old intern to U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords said Sunday he used his hands to apply pressure to a gunshot wound to her head while holding her in his lap. A 61-year-old Tucson woman grabbed the magazine from the gunman, and two men tackled him. All four are being hailed as heroes in the shooting that killed six and gravely injured the lawmaker during an event at a Tucson Grocery Store. The sheriff said the woman, Patricia Maisch, likely saved doze...

In Arizona, A City Mourns -- And Waits for Info
TIME contributor Adam Klawonn and I have a story from Tucson with information on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' condition, the  state of the Criminal Investigation and the new charges against suspect Jared Lee Loughner. You can read it here. Click here to cancel reply. You must be logged in to post a comment. ...

Shooter profile: Increasingly alienated from society
DESPITE initial ideas of gunman Jared Lee Loughner as Timothy Mcveigh-style far-right supporter, the picture emerging of the 22-year-old shows little in the way of a coherent political ideology. In fact, Loughner seems to have been suffering from mental problems. He had recently posted on his MySpace page a photograph of a United States history textbook, on top of which he had placed a Handgun. He prepared a series of Internet videos filled with rambling statements on topics including the gold...

Some interesting shooting-related links | Michael Tomasky
I just wrote my big take on the shooting for tomorrow's newspaper. I assume it will be posted here this afternoon some time US time. Rebecca Traister wrote a fine piece at Salon on Giffords. Michele Goldberg had an interesting-as-usual take at the Tablet. Ditto Adele Stan at Alternet (she closely chronicles the right, and frankly I don't know how she can stand doing it). Max Blumenthal has a wonderful piece, also in Salon, about the slain judge, who seems a man of great distinction. Max once t...

Suspect will also face local charges
Pima County Attorney Barbara LaWall vowed Sunday to pursue charges against 22-year-old Tucson gunman Jared Lee Loughner for his attacks on citizens whose cases fall outside the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts. The U.S. Attorney’s Office on Sunday filed five counts against Loughner. He is accused of killing two federal employees, U.S. District Judge John M. Roll and a Staffer to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, of trying to assassinate Giffords (D-Ariz.), a member of Congress, and of attempti...

Shooting suspect's nihilism rose with isolation (AP)
TUCSON, Ariz. – At an event roughly three years ago, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords took a question from Jared Loughner, the man accused of trying to assassinate her and killing six other people. According to two of his High School friends the question was essentially this: "What is government if words have no meaning?" Loughner was angry about her response — she read the question and had nothing to say. "He was like ... 'What do you think of these people who are working for the governmen...

Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords shot in the head
(01-09) 04:00 PST Tucson -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head Saturday by a gunman who opened fire outside a Grocery Store during a meeting with voters, killing a Federal Judge and five others in an attempted Assassination that rattled the country and left Americans questioning whether divisive politics had pushed the suspect over the edge. Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said Giffords was the target of a gunman whom he described as mentally unstable and possibly act...

Jared Loughner Fixated on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Attended 'Congress On Your Corner" Event in 2007
I've been checking the Twitter feeds for some of the Media Matters goons. They're despicable. There's no sense of reality among progressive leftists, although some of those who've fanned the allegations of Sarah Palin's complicity have started to walk back the charges. So now that there's evidence that Jared Laughner was obsessed with Congresswoman Giffords as far back as 2007 --- a year before Sarah Palin became a major national political figure --- will Progressives recant and apologize? Don'...

911 tape of Arizona shooting released
The audio tape of the 911 emergency call placed moments after the Arizona shooting has been released. On the tape the caller can be heard saying Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and several others had been shot, and describing the gunman's appearance. Six people were killed when he opened fire at an event hosted by Ms Giffords in Tucson. She was shot in the head but is expected to recover. The suspect, identified as Jared Loughner, is facing five counts of Murder and Attempted Murder. ...

Does harsh rhetoric and glorifying guns lead to murder sprees?
SarahPac Called for Ariz. Congresswoman to be 'Targeted.' So far it would seem that Jared Lee Loughner shot Democratic Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 20 other people because he was unstable, possibly mentally ill. There are still people who feel that Right Wing pundits and leaders, such as Sarah Palin, have encouraged such attacks. “Palin's Fundraising instrument, SarahPAC, had posted an advertisement to target Democratic Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The photo has since been remo...

Jared Lee Loughners video rant
This is the video rant posted by Jared Lee Loughner, the would be assassin who gravely wounded Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords....

The Tucson Shooter and Arizona Politics
Perhaps the stupidest and least surprising comment about the shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson came from New York Times columnist Matt Bai. Bai, the author of an interesting book about Democratic politics, analyzed the political environment—the universe of discourse that framed the alleged attempt at Assassination by Arizonan Jared Lee Loughner. Here is what he wrote: Within minutes of the first reports Saturday that Representative Gabrielle Giffords, an Arizona Demo...

Internet Trail Of Liberal Jared Loughner
From the UK’s Telegraph: Gabrielle Giffords shooting: strange Internet trail of ‘loner’ Jared Lee Loughner, the alleged Tucson gunman By Jon Swaine, New York, 09 Jan 2011 Loughner, a 22-year-old local man, was named by police as the man arrested for the killings of six people and shootings of 10 others, including Gabrielle Giffords. Witnesses said the shooter "came out of nowhere" and sprayed bullets at the congresswoman and the crowd. Arizona Court Records show ...

A disturbing story about American political culture
Last updated Sunday, Jan. 09, 2011 9:08PM EST The shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, in an attack that left six others dead, was nothing less than an Assassination attempt. And while we don't yet know what noxious idea inspired the alleged assailant to kill, we can see in the assault a manifest demonstration of several disturbing trends in American political culture. Start with guns: Legally, they are sacrosanct. And not just any guns. In Arizona, any “law-abiding”...

A demonstration of disturbing trends in American political culture
The shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, in an attack that left six others dead, was nothing less than an Assassination attempt. And while we don't yet know what noxious idea inspired the alleged assailant to kill, we can see in the assault a manifest demonstration of several disturbing trends in American political culture. Start with guns: Legally, they are sacrosanct. And not just any guns. In Arizona, any “law-abiding” person over 21 is allowed to carry a conceale...

Who is Jared Loughner?
Doug Ross has some good reporting regarding Loughner’s Mental Illness. Did someone drop the ball and allow this guy to fall through the cracks? There are reports out of Pima County that this guy was on a lot of radars. How could he get so close to a congresswoman with a gun? Geez. I guess the secret service was too busy investigating UFC’s Jacob Volkmann because he jokingly said he would like to fight Obama. Does a certifiable lefty nutbag like Loughner get followed? Nope. ht. Larw...

The Weekend That Was
A troubled 22-year-old College Student, Jared Lee Loughner, has been charged with trying to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, during a shootout that left 20 people wounded, six of them fatally. Here’s the Criminal Complaint against Loughner, who acted alone. Giffords lived through the attack and remains in critical condition. Giffords’ Chief of Staff is a Saratoga Springs native and was not hurt in the shootout. The House called a halt to all work in Washington. Being in the ...

Sunday Morning Bobblehead Thread
Yesterday was a difficult day. And frankly, after watching hours and hours of Cable News reporting and retracting critical information (do media outlets even know what the word "confirmed" means any more?) and pundit after pundit trying desperately to place gunman Jared Loughner on the left/right spectrum and tut-tutting that "both sides" must tone down their Rhetoric, I was ready to throw my shoe at the TV. Here's the deal: I don't care what it said on his Voter Registration card. He shot a Dem...

Surgeons say Giffords showing positive signs
TUCSON, Ariz. — Doctors treating wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords provided an optimistic update Sunday about her chances for survival, saying they are "very, very encouraged" by her ability to respond to simple commands along with their success in controlling her bleeding. The FBI said Law Enforcement could bring charges against the gunman as early as Sunday, and House Speaker John Boehner said normal House business this week has been postponed in the aftermath of the shooting. Surgeons s...

BREAKING: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Killed in Arizona
UPDATE: At least six others were killed in the shooting. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords died after being shot in the head at a public event on Saturday, Pima County, Ariz., sheriff's office confirms. The 40-year-old Democrat was outside a Tucson Grocery Store when a gunman ran up and began firing indiscriminately. The suspect was taken into police custody. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head and killed outside a Grocery Store in Tucson while holding a public event, Arizona Pu...

Arizona Shooter Charged As Political Debate Rages
AP The US Attorney in Arizona has filed charges against Jared Lee Loughner, the accused gunman in yesterday's tragic shooting in Arizona in which six people were killed and 14 wounded. He has been hit with three charges of Attempted Murder (of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and two members of her staff) and two charges of murdering federal employees (Judge John Roll and Gabriel Zimmerman, a Giffords staff member). And inspectors now believe Loughner was a lone gunman, and have found evidence of a pre...