Posted on 01/09/2011 4:31:34 PM PST by worst-case scenario
A longtime friend of Jared Lee Loughner, the suspect in custody following the murder of six people in an apparent assassination attempt on Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, said there was a mysterious, significant change in him a year before the shooting. More Video 1 2 3 4 PreviousNext VIDEO: A total of 19 people were wounded by gunman Jared Lee Loughner's attack. Watch: Tragedy in Arizona: Timeline of Rampage VIDEO: Dr. Steven Rayle and Ken Penner describe the scene at the Safeway supermarket in Tucson, Arizona. Watch: Eyewitness Accounts of Arizona Shooting VIDEO: Tilman Fertitta talks about Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' personal side. Watch: Giffords' Close Friend Speaks Out
"He was a good person that just somehow changed so much," former classmate and friend Tong Shan told ABC News in an exclusive interview. "I don't know what the hell happened to him."
When she heard news reports of Loughner's arrest in connection with the deadly attack, she said, "I was shocked, but I believed it was him."
According to court documents released today, authorities discovered a safe in Loughner's home with a thank you letter from Giffords for attending a Congress on Your Corner event in 2007 -- the same kind of event Loughner allegedly assaulted Saturday. Another envelope said "I planned ahead," "My assassination" and "Giffords" and bore what appears to be Loughner's signature, the documents said.
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Actually, in this case, these may not be just 'words'. Did you read this part of "BoyBlue"'s comments? This guy is SERIOUSLY sick in the head. Bold type emphasis added.
Daily Kos' "BoyBlue": "I am gay and had been married and my spouse left me January 15, 2010. I shot myself in the mouth in a serious suicide attempt, because of that. Barely surviving, I spent two months in the hospital and still have some paralysis."
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:egHLC2hTfZoJ:www.dailykos.com/story/2011/1/6/933828/-My-CongressWOMAN-voted-against-Nancy-Pelosi!-And-is-now-DEAD-to-me!+My-CongressWOMAN-voted-against-Nancy-Pelosi+dailykos&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
Yes, that guy has serious problems. There are people like that all over the Internet. My point is that we don’t hold an entire site responsible for what one nut may post.
ETL, I get what you are saying in all three of your posts. All I wish to point out to you is that this was a thread about whether or not Loughner is an adult-onset paranoid schizophrenic.
The hypocrisy of the Left is not in question here. Personally, I do not believe that Loughner was “inspired” to do this by political discourse. He would have used moon men or Illuminati as his reason - assuming he had one. Paranoid Schizophrenics can make elaborate paranoid fantasies out of the toys that McDonald’s is using in its Happy Meals.
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