6 DIE in TUCSON RAMPAGE Congresswoman Is Critically Injured; Suspected Gunman Arrested
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LABroadsheet_ 01-09-2011_ A_ 1_ A1_ EAST_ 1_CMYK TSet: 01-08-2011 22:34 $1.50 DESIGNATED AREAS HIGHER 478 PAGES ©2011ESTD SUNDAY, JANUARY 9, 2011 latimes.com 6 DIE IN TUCSON RAMPAGE Congresswoman is critically injured; suspected gunman arrested Kim Murphy and Seema Mehta reporting from tucson Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ “Congress on Your Corner” event started much like dozens of her previous meetings with constituents: in a supermarket parking lot with two dozen people assembled. Only this time, a gunman stepped for- ward. REP. GIFFORDS The shooting Saturday The Democrat had just morning was so fast that started her third term. there was barely time for people to scream before they fell, witnesses said. When it was over, six were dead and 12 were wounded, including Giffords, who was shot in the head. The suspected gunman was identified by police as 22-year-old Jared Lee Loughner. Police say the shooter may not have acted alone, and witnesses said he fired at close range with a semiautomatic pistol and was preparing to reload JUDGE JOHN ROLL when two onlookers tackled The federal jurist was David Kadlubowski Arizona Republic him. killed in the shooting. VIGIL: People gather outside the University Medical Center in Tucson to pray for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, By that time, U.S. Dis- who was shot in the head. A hospital official said he was “very optimistic” about her recovery. trict Judge John M. Roll, who had stopped by the event to say hello to Giffords, MORE was dead, as was Gabe Zim- merman, 30, the congress- COVERAGE woman’s director of commu- Mystery surrounds suspect nity outreach. Not Giffords’ first Also killed were Dorothy brush with danger Murray, 76, Dorwin Stod- dard, 76, and Phyllis She always remained Jared Lee Loughner Schneck, 79. A 9-year-old girl calm and undaunted, friends say. NATION, A12 posted disjointed texts died at the hospital. Giffords’ chief of staff, Lawmakers face Ron Barber, and staffer Pam on mind control, coins a frequent risk and the Constitution. Simon were shot but were expected to recover. Giffords Many are often vulner- was conscious and respon- Scott Kraft able in a hyperpartisan reporting from sive after brain surgery, era. NATION, A12 los angeles though former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona, Federal judge dies Mark Porubcansky reporting from a family friend, said she had John Roll was a bystand- tucson suffered a “very devastating er, not a target, author- … very severe” injury. ities say. NATION, A13 Kelly Presnell Arizona Daily Star Mamta Popat Arizona Daily Star “They were operating like Until Saturday morning, CRIME SCENE: Police search the parking lot out- SUSPECT: Jared a combat casualty hospital,” Giffords’ injury Jared Lee Loughner was a side the Tucson shopping center where Rep. Gabri- Loughner, 22, in a photo Carmona said of the Univer- Doctors say many pa- sometime community col- elle Giffords and others were attacked. from a March book fair. sity Medical Center, where tients with head trauma lege student who had at- many of the injured, pull through. NATION, A14 tended high school in north- pect in a shooting rampage tling with a central mystery down the government.” including Giffords, were tak- west Tucson, lived with his 10 minutes from his house in the case: Did the suspect Pima County Sheriff en. Pointing fingers parents there in a quiet, that left six dead and 12 in the attack have a clear po- Clarence W. Dupnik said the “It was a lot of shots, a Liberal commentators working-class neighbor- wounded, including U.S. litical agenda? Or is he a suspect, whom law enforce- slurry of shots,” said David are quick to blame the hood of ranch homes and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D- mentally unbalanced young ment officials privately iden- Beal, a retired obstetrician ‘tea party.’ NATION, A16 had recently posted several Ariz.), the apparent target of man, perhaps spurred to ac- tified as Loughner, had “a who was waiting to greet the rambling messages on You- the attack, who remained in tion by what the sheriff troubled past” and had congresswoman when the Tube. critical condition. called “the vitriol that comes come to the attention of the gunfire erupted. “It was re- latimes.com Now, the 22-year-old is in Late Saturday, though, out of certain mouths” in police because of his behav- ally horrendous. She was The latest developments police custody, the chief sus- authorities still were wres- this country “about tearing [See Suspect, A15] [See Tucson, A14] are available online. 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