Murder charges brought against Suspect #1 (yes there were more involved)
MURDER IN ARIZONA! CONGRESSWOMAN SHOT AND 6 DEAD INCLUDING A 9 YEAR OLD CHILD
THIS IS A FALSE FLAG!!!!!
Jared Lee Loughner, the suspected gunman in a shooting rampage at a Safeway supermarket in Arizona that left six dead and 14 wounded, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, reportedly planned the shooting in advance.
Authorities executed a search warrant at Loughner’s home and found a letter inside a safe that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords wrote to Loughner on Aug 30, 2007, thanking him for attending a “Congress on Your Corner” event, according to an FBI agent affidavit filed with a five-count criminal complaint.
“Also recovered in the safe was an envelope with handwriting on the envelope stating “I planned ahead” and “My assassination” and the name “Giffords,” along with what appears to be LOUGHNER’s signature,” the criminal complaint reads.
Click here to read criminal complaint against Jared Lee Loughner.
Federal charges have been filed against Loughner, who fired the shots during a political event.
Dr. Peter Rhee, right, speaks about the condition of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., as Dr. G. Michael Lemole, Jr., looks on at University Medical Center during a news conference in Tucson, Ariz., Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011.
The criminal complaint includes an attempt to kill a member of Congress, two counts of murder in the first degree and two counts of attempted murder.
This comes as authorities announced that the man previously thought to be associated with the suspect has been cleared of any involvement in Rep. Gabrielle Giffords shooting.
Fox News has confirmed that the white man in his 40s or 50s who was photographed by a security camera arriving at the “Congress on Your Corner” event at the same time as the suspect was eliminated as a person of interest.
FBI Director Robert Mueller said earlier on Sunday that Loughner, 22, may face additional charges under the domestic terrorism statute.
“This was an attack not only against dedicated public servants, but against our fellow citizens,” he said.
“As you know, Jared Lee Loughner was subdued by brave quick thinking individuals at the scene. He was taken into custody by sheriff deputies and is now in federal custody and formal charges are expected this afternoon,” Mueller said.
“Given this tragedy, all logical precautions are in place to best ensure the safety of other public officials.”
“There is no information at this time to suggest any specific threat remains,” he said.
“We will continue to dedicate all necessary resources to every level of this investigation.”
Saturday’s shooting left six people dead, including U.S. District Judge John M. Roll and 9-year-old Christina-Taylor Green. Fourteen people, including Rep. Giffords, were wounded in the attack.
In an interview with Fox News’ Megyn Kelly, Pima County (Ariz.) Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said a woman, Patricia Maisch, waiting on line to meet Congresswoman Giffords lunged at the gunman’s magazine as he was about to reload.
“This is one of the most heroic acts I’ve ever seen,” Dupnik said.
Then, the local sheriff said, the shooter inserted another magazine with 31 bullets, but it didn’t fire. Two men then grabbed the gun from him.
Maisch is among the heroes who sprung into action during the deadly shooting rampage. Another is Giffords’ young intern, whose actions contributed to Giffords’ miraculous survival.
After being shot in the head, Giffords was able to communicate with doctors through simple commands, hospital officials said at an earlier press conference on Sunday. The Arizona Democrat remained in critical condition following the mass casualty shooting Saturday that prompted Mueller to take lead of the investigation.
“What was most concerning to us with this injury is the “bullet crossing from one hemisphere to the other,” Dr. Michael Lemole, chief of neurosurgery at University of Arizona Hospital, said during a press conference Sunday. That was not the case, in this instance, he said.
“And because of this, Congresswoman Giffords was able to communicate with us this morning through simple commands.”
He gave an example of a simple command as “please squeeze two fingers,” adding that we take such commands for granted, but “they imply a very high level of functioning in the brain.”
“I am cautiously optimistic,” Lemole said.
Lemole said the gunshot went through the left side of her head and that surgeons worked to reduce pressure from swelling in the brain by removing bone fragments.
Dr. Peter Rhee, head of trauma, critical care and emergency surgery, said, “Overall this is about as good as good can get” with a bullet wound to the head.
In all, Rhee said doctors performed six surgeries on the patients brought to the hospital.
“Those surgeries included a variety of things in a trauma-combat type of scenario. It was a mini mass causality in some senses,” said Rhee, an Afghan and Iraq war veteran. “We were doing things from the chest to the abdomen, also vascular, cardio-thoracic, also orthopedic in nature as well. As of this morning we’re happy to state that (there is) only one patient that remains in critical condition.”
A federal law enforcement source told Fox News that it is the first time in their memory that the FBI director has been dispatched to a crime scene by the president.
The source said it’s believed that President Obama wants the director to get first-hand accounts from commanders and to be, in effect, the president’s eyes and ears on the ground.
Police said Giffords was the target of the shooting rampage at the town hall-style event Saturday in Tucson.
The federal law enforcement source cautioned that the investigation is not even a day old, but said investigators’ working theory is that Loughner acted alone and that there is no evidence so far that suggests the shooting spree was a conspiracy involving one or more individuals.
Given the death of federal judge John Roll, the law enforcement source told Fox News that the U.S. attorney has recused all federal judges in the district from signing arrest or search warrants because of a potential conflict of interest in the case. The searches and warrants executed so far are described as state warrants.
Investigators have pulled all surveillance video where the suspect appears and they are actively tracking anyone who appears with Loughner, the source said. These additional individuals are not described for the time being as suspects, but rather as potential witnesses.
Details remain murky. However, the shooting occurred in a shopping center with chain stores, so video cameras were likely in the vicinity and authorities may have more footage to help them with the investigation.
A federal law enforcement source characterized Loughner as refusing to talk to agents and said he had invoked his right to counsel.
The source added that the processing of the crime scene at the Safeway in Tucson is nearly complete. Investigators also have Loughner’s computers and cell phones and are tracking back his contacts and Internet traffic in the months and days leading up to the attack.
The motive in the shooting remains unclear. Dupnik described the shooter as “unstable” with a troubled past.
Although Loughner is reportedly not talking with police, the investigation continues and some elements are becoming clearer.
Fox News’s Catherine Herridge contributed to this report
Posted on January 9, 2011, in Political News. Bookmark the permalink. 9 Comments.
Watch the suspect only get probation.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/47338.html
One of the fiercest gun-control advocates in Congress, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.), pounced on the shooting massacre in Tucson Sunday, promising to introduce legislation as soon as Monday.
McCarthy ran for Congress after her husband was gunned down and her son seriously injured in a shooting in 1993 on a Long Island commuter train.
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“My staff is working on looking at the different legislation fixes that we might be able to do and we might be able to introduce as early as tomorrow,” McCarthy told POLITICO in a Sunday afternoon phone interview.
Gun control activists cried it was time to reform weapons laws in the United States, almost immediately after a gunman killed six and injured 14 more, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, in Arizona on Saturday.
Many said that people with a history of mental instability, like the alleged shooter, Jared Lee Loughner, should not be able to buy a gun — and no one should be able to buy stockpiles of ammunition used by the 22-year-old assailant.
McCarthy said she plans to confer with House Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to see “if we can work something through” in the coming week.
McCarthy’s bill will look to protect ordinary people, she said, but did not offer further details.
“Again, we need to look at how this is going to work, to protect people, certainly citizens, and we have to look at what I can pass,” she said. “I don’t want to give the NRA – excuse the pun – the ammunition to come at me either.”
Pennsylvania Rep. Robert Brady, a Democrat from Philadelphia, told CNN that he also plans to take legislative action. He will introduce a bill that would make it a crime for anyone to use language or symbols that could be seen as threatening or violent against a federal official, including a member of Congress.
Another vocal supporter for gun control, Illinois Rep. Mike Quigley, told POLITICO that he hopes “something good” can come from the Arizona tragedy – perhaps discussion on a new assault weapon ban, sales at gun shows and tracing measures.
Loughner legally purchased his weapon – a Glock 19 with an extended magazine – from an Arizona store. The same kind of extended magazine was illegal under the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004.
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“The ability to buy a weapon that fires hundreds of bullets in less than a minute,” said Quigley. “He had an additional magazine capability. That’s not what a hunter needs. That’s not what someone needs to defend their home. That’s what you use to hunt people.”
After the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007, in which a student with a history of psychological problems killed 33 and injured 25 others, lawmakers immediately started looking at gun control reforms both in the state and atthe federal level.
Then-Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine issued an executive order making it harder for people who have been committed to mental health treatment centers to buy a gun.
In 2008 President George W. Bush signed a law expanding the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, which registered gun dealers use, to include more comprehensive reporting of mental health records. Under the current law, it is illegal for anyone who has been “adjudicated as a mental defective or committed to a mental institution” to purchase a firearm, according to the FBI’s website.
However, Loughner did not fall into either of those categories, according to Josh Horwitz, the executive director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence.
“I’ve seen no evidence that he falls into those categories. It’s the same thing as this guy at Virginia Tech,” said Horwitz. “We can do a much better job checking people’s mental health background.”
False Flag? Are you nuts?
Limey,
No I am not nuts, but to you I am sure I appear that way. Go and research what a false flag is. It does not mean that someone does not get hurt or killed but there is a motive behind it. False flags occur when something happens that will be blamed on others. In this case it has been blamed on the right, the left and guns. Hence it most definatly is a false flag.
I challenge you to go look up false flags and look at how many have happened in the last many years.
To quote from wikipedia…. “False flag operations are covert operations designed to deceive the public in such a way that the operations appear as though they are being carried out by other entities.”
This case is not that.
I have read that some events of recent years have been called false flag, but I don’t believe they were either.
Limey,
Exactly. It’s very obvious that you do not pay attention to the real news, and I’m not talking about Main Stream Media. If you believe anything they say, your lost.. Yes this was a false flag and it’s sad that you cannot see that. You are entitled to your opinion and I thank you for taking the time to post here.
Our Country is in a sad state of affairs and we are mere inches from losing everything that we have as American Citizens. I hope that you will do some research instead of letting the left tell you what is going on. I’m a conservative and I wont hold sides, but I do vote for the best person. What we have in office now is an illegal and not the right person.
Thank you for your thoughts though….
Eric
Ah a subscriber to the false birth certificate conspiracy I see! Figures!
I suggest you take a break and jump back on the reality wagon, it’ll do you some good.
Limey,
Might I remind you that you are a visitor to my blog. I appreciate the fact that you take the time to come over and post, even if we do not agree. However, I will no tolerate you telling people here on my blog what to do, nor will I tolerate you telling them how they have to believe.
With that being said, I have done more research than you can shake a stick at. I do believe he is an illegal, he has NEVER shown his birth certificate. What was shown was a FAKE certificate of live birth. Two different beasts. Even John McCain(which I’m glad he did not get in either but he was the lesser of two evils) showed his LONG FORM Birth Certificate proving that he was indeed an American Citizen.
Now, if you wish to join in conversation and do it respectfully then I’ll talk to you all day. If you chose not to be respectful, then I will be forced to take drastic measures. Your choice.
Again though, thanks for taking the time to even come here and comment. I appreciate it.
Fair enough, your blog, your rules.
I have no doubt that you have done more research than me on the birth certificate issue. I have read several blog posts from people who say the same as you and there is a consistency in that they all make the mistake known as confirmation bias. They start with the assumption that their theory is correct and then look for evidence to support it and reject anything that conslicts. That doesn’t make them (or you) correct, just wrong.
Back to conspiracy, I see the same on every conspiracy blog post I read, a public tragic evcent is asumed to be part of a big conspiracy and the smallest little thing is looked for to confirm that. This latest shooting in Arizona is a typical example.
A loonie did something nasty. Is it really too difficult to accept that as the fact?
As to join the conversation in a polit maner, I’ve tried to do it several times and it never goes anywhere. The wrong will never accept anything that could possibly reveal to them that they made a mistake. So I find its better to be honest about how I feel about the conspiracy being discussed from the start.