Posted on 01/09/2011 3:02:27 PM PST by delacoert
TUCSON, AZ (KOLD) - The man sought by the FBI and Pima County Sheriffs deputies as a "person of interest" turned out to be the suspect's cab driver, The Arizona Daily Star is reporting. The man told detectives he gave Jared Loughner a ride to the shopping center where the shooting took place on Oracle and Ina roads. The cab driver walked with Loughner into the Safeway store so the suspect could get cash to pay the fare, according to the Arizona Daily Star report. More from the article: FBI Director Robert Mueller said he expects federal charges to be filed Sunday afternoon against Loughner. There's a possibility the charges may be related to domestic terrorism, Mueller said. Stay with KOLD News for further updates. Records substantiate the driver dropped Loughner off at 9:59 a.m., Kastigar said. Loughner was picked up nearby. The first report of a shooting came in 10:11 a.m. and paramedics were on scene at 10:16 a.m., Kastigar said.
He killed a federal judge. That’s a federal crime and is the reason the “Federales” are poking their noses in there.
I guess the congresswoman was the intended target and the judge wasn’t - but it still seems odd.
Give em enough rope and watch them flop. Rush will decimate them tomorrow.
If I was that cab driver, I’d be highly PO’d that my picture had been plastered all over America as a “person of interest” in an assassination attempt. Damages?
Loughner was CRAZY. The little voices in his head probably told him to take a cab.
Agreed.
What was it Holder said at this afternoon's press conference in AZ? "President Obama asked me to leave no stone unturned?"
Only thing left for Holder now will to turn turds over and inspect them. Finally, something he's qualified to do.
“I can’t think of an American assasination offhand where the assasin tried to get away since Lee Harvey Oswald.”
James Earl Ray certainly tried to get away. In fact he was captured in the UK.
Blue hair is all the rage among little old ladies, dontchya know...
James Earl Ray was on the run for a while. That is if you believe he shot King.
That's a SECRET.
The left looks more and more demented.
Both were hoping for a Tea Party conspiracy.
I've looked around a bit. Haven't found it.
I am sooooo ready for Rush tomorrow... the only thing I'm looking forward to more than Rush is my dear Auburn Tigers in the BCS championship game tomorrow night.... All in all - hoping for a great day tomorrow - even if Atlanta is frozen by an ice storm!
I guess everything will sort itself out. Unless someone pulls a “Jack Ruby” on Loughner...
It's a good sign in a way. It might indicate an attempt by law enforcement and press to leave him a little dignity ... privacy ...
Too little too late though I fear. With his picture splashed everywhere, his name is sure to come out.
I agree.....and privacy being an issue for the cab driver, it is okay if the name doesn't surface.
What exact charges did Holder give the Fort Hood shooter?
The article states domestic terrorist charges a possibility for the Az. shooter.
Why did Holder/The FBI refuse to call the Fort Hood shooter a domestic terrorist?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nidal_Malik_Hasan
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