Posted on 01/08/2011 7:47:21 PM PST by BlackVeil
Police believe that the gunman who shot a US congresswoman in an attack which left six dead and wounded 12 in the Arizona city of Tucson, did not act alone, the local sheriff said. ...believe Ms Giffords, who is out of surgery, was specifically targeted and say a suspicious package has since been found at her office.
Clarence Dupnik, sheriff of Pima County who is in charge of the probe into the attack, told a news conference authorities are seeking a second male in connection with the shooting.
"There's some reason to believe that he came to this location with another individual," he said.
Mr Dupnik said the gunman, who was arrested at the scene, "has kind of a troubled past, and we're not convinced that he acted alone".
He said the gunman had a criminal past and was unstable but not insane, adding that the man was not talking to police officers in custody.
YouTube videos posted in Jared Loughner's name contain strange semi-political ramblings about "mind control" and terrorism. ...
It has been revealed that Ms Giffords, who had previously been the target of threats and vandalism over her positions on healthcare and immigration, had been worried about a map on Sarah Palin's website.
Ms Giffords is one of 20 Democrats whose districts were lit up with gun sight icons on Ms Palin's campaign website last year because they had voted for US president Barack Obama's landmark health care bill.
The congresswoman worried at the time that the imagery might incite violence.
"The way that she (Palin) had it depicted has the crosshairs of a gun sight over our district," Ms Giffords said.
"When people do that they've got to realise there's consequences to that action."...- ABC/AFP/Reuters
(Excerpt) Read more at abc.net.au ...
The Blaze is reporting on a suspicious package found outside Giffords office.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/developing-suspicious-package-found-outside-giffords-tucson-office/
The Dems are doing what they do best...never letting a crisis go to waste especially when it involves Democrats at funerals.
Did this idiot have some friends in the Communist Manifesto Appreciation Club?
This is hysteria. The kid didn’t even have a purpose for shooting those people. He just saw the crowd, was crazy and cut loose.
The irony of this is that she was the one to read the 1st amendment the other day and her “supporters” are screaming to silence the right over her shooting.
Any theory held by Sheriff Clarence Dupnik is likely to be about as feasible as pigs flying. The man is a fool.
Clarence the Clown is going after his 15 minutes of fame.
The kid is still alive, isn’t he? Why is everyone reporting as if he were dead? What is he saying?
And another thing; I am SICK of hearing all the talking heads and their opinions! I want some FACTS. And the first fact I want is: WHO TACKLED THAT GUY? Where are their photos, and stories in the news? Those folks are heroes and we should know much more about THEM than some poor insane kid and his long-suffering mother.
I’m not sure I’ll believe this until more evidence is brought forward. The Tucson sherriff is evidently a flaming left-wing jerk.
I did see one mention somewhere today that the perp might be a homosexual on top of all the rest of his mental problems. Maybe he managed to find someone as crazy as he is and got him involved in this. But frankly people that crazy would be pretty hard to find.
I’m suspending judgment on this one, for the time being.
Let no tragedy go to waste; seize opportunity to promote yourself and your political ideology. That is the democrat motto.
Let no tragedy go to waste; seize the opportunity to promote yourself and your political ideology. That is the democrat motto.
I think he acted with another leftist.
here it comes
Hilarious — this anarchistic nutter punk was alone
She was his primary target.
Apparently he had a note on his person. Seems he didn’t expect to survive.
When was this "revealed"? By whom?
If true why the hell did she go out in public with her people if she knew there was a threat? It has been reported there were real threats, not this Palin map crap. If she was aware of threats and was concerned and had to go out in public why was there not controlled access to the event? Why no security if she was afraid? The most important question is why did she put innocent people in danger without warning people? I'm sorry she was shot, there is no excuse for that but if she knew there was danger she should have thought about others. A child is dead.
If they are heterosexual white males, you won't hear much about them. On the other hand, if they are homosexual, female or minority, you'll hear more than you can stomach.
This nutter gets his 15 minutes of fame — Mission accomplished in his mind
If he felt neglected before and people not paying attention to him, he won’t have that problem anymore. He’s famous as far as fame goes today in America
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