Police Have Surveillance Photo Of Second Suspect In Arizona Shooting; Sheriff Blames Climate Of Vitriol

Giffords Shooting Update--Sheriff Releases Security Cam Photos: Second Man Sought as 'Person of Interest'
KGUN Channel 9 in Tucson reports that a second man is sought by the local Sheriff as a 'Person of Interest' in yesterday's tragic shootings. Pima County Sheriff's Deputies are asking for the publics help in locating a person of interest in connection with the mass-shooting and Assassination attempt on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Jason Ogan with the Sheriff's Department told KGUN9 that they are trying to find a 40-50 year old male with dark hair. Authorities say the man was last seen wearin...

Police release photo of second 'person of interest'
The police in Arizona have released a Surveillance photo of a person who might be associated with the suspect held in the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The man in the photo was reportedly seen at the place where Giffords and others were shot on Saturday. The police said in a statement: "Another individual was seen at the location, possibly associated with the suspect. He is described as a Caucasian male, approximately 40-50 years old, dark hair and was last seen wearing Blue Jeans ...

Blame debate rages over Tucson shooting
Four US Marshals guard the house of US District Judge Cindy Jorgenson, checking the bags, identification and cars of those who draw up outside her house, a 25-minute drive from Tucson. She spent Sunday trying to work out how to deal with the Court Cases that her friend and colleague Judge John Roll was no longer going to be able to hear. Judge Roll was killed on Saturday, one of six fatalities of the mayhem that erupted in Tucson on what should have been a normal weekend. Cindy Jorgenson is calm...

Police Looking For Second Person Of Interest In Arizona Shootings
The Pima County Sheriff's Department is asking the public for information on a second Person of Interest in the shootings in Arizona yesterday that included Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who remains in critical condition after being shot in the head. Authorities released a photo early this morning of someone who is "possibly associated" with Jared Loughner, the main suspect in the shootings that so far have killed six, including a federal judge. Loughner was taken into Custody yesterday. Pima Coun...

My Take: Rep. Giffords and the karma of politics as war
Editor's note : Stephen Prothero, a Boston University religion scholar and author of "God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions that Run the World," is a regular CNN Belief Blog contributor. By Stephen Prothero , Special to CNN My reflections on America's latest Assassination attempt and on politics as "the continuation of war by other means" begin with one simple claim: ideas matter, as do the words we use to express them. We do not yet know what moved the killer...

Gunman to appear in court over Arizona shooting
A 22-year-old man will appear in court on Monday charged with attempting to assassinate a congresswoman during a Shooting Spree in Arizona in which six others died. President Barack Obama called on Americans to observe a moment of silence on Monday for Victims of the attack as some officials asked if the nation's often divisive politics had spiraled out of control. The lone gunman, who was overpowered by bystanders at the scene of the shooting, will appear in a Federal Court in the state capit...

Arizona shooting: Latest developments
For more information, visit CNN affiliates KGUN, KOLD, KVOA, KPHO and KMSB. Six people were killed and 14 others wounded, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, when a gunman opened fire in front of a Safeway Supermarket in Tucson, Arizona, authorities said. The congresswoman had been hosting a meeting with constituents Saturday morning when the attack began. [Updated 4:50 a.m.] Astronaut Mark Kelly, Giffords' husband, released his first public statement since the weekend shooting rampage ...

Police Search for Second Suspect
CNN reports: Authorities are asking for the public’s help to identify a person who is possibly associated with the suspect in Saturday’s Mass Shooting in Arizona. A gunman went to a town hall meeting at the Safeway Supermarket in Tucson. Six people were killed and 12 others were wounded, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Early Sunday morning, investigators released a Surveillance camera photo of a man who was seen at the location where the shooting occurred. Pima County Sheri...

Person of interest sought in Arizona mass shooting
Authorities are asking for the public's help to identify a person who is possibly associated with the suspect in Saturday's Mass Shooting in Arizona. A gunman went to a town hall meeting at the Safeway Supermarket in Tucson. Six people were killed and 12 others were wounded, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Early Sunday morning, investigators released a Surveillance camera photo of a man who was seen at the location where the shooting occurred. Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupni...

US charges gunman in lawmaker shooting
US prosecutors charged a lone young gunman over the attempted Assassination of a congresswoman as doctors voiced guarded hope she would recover from the attack that killed six others. President Barack Obama called on Americans to observe a moment of silence on Monday for Victims of the attack in Arizona as some officials asked if the nation's often divisive politics had spiraled out of control. The gunman, who was detained by bystanders at the scene of the shooting, is due to appear in a federal...

Shooting Casts a Harsh Spotlight on Arizonas Unique Politics
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER NYT Arizona is not a world apart, but its political culture has often resided at a distance from much of the nation. But after the fatal shooting of six that left Representative Gabrielle Giffords critically injured, Arizona has shifted from a place on the political fringe to symbol of a nation whose political discourse has lost its way. The moment was crystallized by Clarence W. Dupnik, the Pima County Sheriff, who, in a remarkable news conference on Saturday after the ...

Arizona Authorities Search for Second Man in Jared Lee Loughner Tucson Mass Shooting
Arizona authorities as looking for a second individual who might be linked with the mass Murder shooting yesterday that left US Rep Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition after being shot in the head, 6 dead and 11 others injured.  At last night’s police Press Conference,  Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik stated that police are looking for a white male, dark hair, approximately 40-50 years old. However, last night Dupnik did not go into details, not release any pics. Now, authori

Police clear "person of interest" in Tucson rampage
The Pima County Sheriff's Department had said on Saturday that it was seeking to identify a white man wearing Blue Jeans and a dark blue jacket who was at the scene of the shooting. But the FBI said they have since cleared the man. Police declined to identify him to protect his Privacy. "He was thoroughly interviewed, and his story checked out through our investigation," Special Agent Manuel Johnson, a spokesman for the FBI, told Reuters. Police arrested Jared Loughner for the rampage and charg...

Pima County Sheriff Department Releases Picture of The Person of Interest in AZ Shootings
Pima County Sheriffs Dept: On January 8, 2011, at approximately 10:00 a.m., deputies responded to the Safeway located at the southeast corner of Oracle and Ina Road. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was holding a town hall meeting at the location when a 22 year old male opened fire with a Handgun. At least 18 individuals were injured, including the Congresswoman. Another individual was seen at the location, possibly associated with the suspect. He is described as a Caucasian male, approximately ...

Police clear "person of interest" in Tucson rampage
PHOENIX | Sun Jan 9, 2011 6:26pm EST PHOENIX (Reuters) - Authorities cleared a man they had sought in connection with Saturday's shooting rampage in Tucson in which a U.S. congresswoman was seriously wounded and six people were slain, the FBI said on Sunday. The Pima County Sheriff's Department had said on Saturday that it was seeking to identify a white man wearing Blue Jeans and a dark blue jacket who was at the scene of the shooting. But the FBI said they have since cleared the man. Police...

Authorities release photo of 'person of interest' in Tucson shooting
Gabrielle Giffords shooting live updates: Nine-year-old girl killed in shooting was born on Sep. 11, 2001 Authorities have released a photo of an unidentified man whom they believe to be involved in the shooting outside a Tucson Supermarket on Saturday that left 6 dead, including a nine-year old child and a Federal Judge, and 18 wounded, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.). Pima County Sherriff Clarence Dupnik told reporters Saturday that authorities were searching for an individual the...

Arizona Shooting: Photo Of Possible Second Suspect Released
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department has released a photograph of a man they believe may be associated with Jared Lee Loughner: “He is described as a Caucasian male, approximately 40-50 years old, dark hair and was last seen wearing Blue Jeans and a dark blue jacket.” TUCSON, Ariz. — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords remained hospitalized Sunday as investigators sought to understand what motivated a gunman to carry out an Assassination attempt on the Democratic lawmaker in a rampag...

Pima County Sheriff Blames 24/7 News Cycle For Creating Atmosphere That Led To Giffords Shooting
Pima County, Ariz., Sheriff Clarence Dupnik sparked much of the debate during a Press Conference Saturday evening in which he blamed Talk Radio and television for a decline in America. “I think the vitriolic Rhetoric that we hear day in and day out from people in the radio business and some people in the TV business and what (we) see on TV and how our youngsters are being raised, that this has not become the nice United States of America that most of us grew up in. And I think it’s t...

Atrocity in Arizona
Posted by Arnold Ahlert on Jan 10th, 2011 and filed under Daily Mailer, FrontPage. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. A town hall-style meeting held outside a Supermarket in Tuscon, Arizona was the scene of a deadly rampage on Saturday. 19 people were shot.  Five were killed at the scene and one died in the Hospital. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords who hosted the event, was shot in ...

Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik Exploits Shooting of Friends To Incite Hatred
There is only thing worse than the mainstream media trying to exploit the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords for their own partisan progressive agenda. That is when the Sheriff investigating the case uses the shooting to promote his own progressive agenda. Sheriff Clarence Dupnik of Tucson, Arizona, has become the spokesman for blaming right-wing "vitriol" for the shooting by deranged gunman Jared Lee Loughner. This isn't the first time Dupnik made partisan headlines. Last April not ...

Giffords Shooting in Arizona May Cool U.S. Political Rhetoric, Hurt Palin
Source: Bloomberg.com The shooting rampage in Tucson, Arizona, that killed six people and left U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition is contributing at least momentarily to a cooling of U.S. political Rhetoric. The incident on Jan. 8, coming after the Jan. 5 opening of a new Congress in which Republicans took control of the U.S. House, led the House to postpone legislative business for the coming week as both parties rushed to condemn the attack. It is also likely to hur...

Tea Party Nation on the defensive after Arizona shooting
The founder of Tea Party Nation, Judson Philips, is seeking to portray alleged Arizona gunman, Jared Loughner, as a "liberal lunatic." According to the Atlantic, "Phillips urged tea party supporters to blame liberals for the attack on Centrist Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona." In the wake of the tragedy that occurred in Arizona on January 8, the nation is struggling to understand what led to the horrific events of that day. When former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's staff made an a...

Leftist Congresswoman Assassinated In Tucson
NPR: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and six others died after a gunman opened fire at a public event on Saturday, the Pima County, Ariz., sheriff’s office confirms. The 40-year-old Democrat, who was re-elected to her third term in November, was hosting a “Congress on Your Corner” event at a Safeway in northwest Tucson when a gunman ran up and started shooting, according to Peter Michaels, news director of Arizona Public Media. At least three other people, including members of her st...

Arizona shooting: 61-year-old woman emerges as hero
Patricia Maisch has described the moment she helped stop alleged gunman Jared Lee Loughner from reloading after shooting six people dead in Tuscon, Arizona....

Would-be assassin rattles Washington
Tamsin McMahon, National Post · Monday, Jan. 10, 2011 It was supposed to be a friendly meet-and-greet, the kind Arizona Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords held regularly to hear the concerns of constituents. Instead, it turned into an Assassination attempt when she was shot in the back of the head by a gunman who killed six other people — including a judge and a nine-year-old girl — in a Shooting Spree. Incredibly, Ms. Giffords survived despite the bullet travelling t...