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Tucson gunman may not have acted alone
Australian Broadcasting Commission ^ | 9 Jan 2010 | anon

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 ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: giffords; shooting
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To: TXnMA

Good one! LOL


81 posted on 01/08/2011 9:57:28 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: BlackVeil

How about the 9-11 calls?


82 posted on 01/08/2011 9:59:23 PM PST by tuckrdout ( A fool vents all his feelings, but a wise man holds them back. Prov.29:11)
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To: Artcore

I concur. Fox had their Saturday crew in the studio and had to bring in Bret Bair. I believe the Shephard Smith was also called in. The regular Saturday crew with Alisyn Camerota was pretty shaky getting it together.


83 posted on 01/08/2011 10:00:02 PM PST by jonrick46 (We're being water boarded with the sewage of Fabian Socialism.)
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To: Squantos

I posted this on FB


84 posted on 01/08/2011 10:00:32 PM PST by tuckrdout ( A fool vents all his feelings, but a wise man holds them back. Prov.29:11)
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To: BlackVeil

I have to wonder if the “50-year-old white man” is a figment of Sheriff Dupnik’s imagination. He doesn’t seem a whole lot more mentally stable than Jared Loughner.

Besides, who has a name like Dupe-nik? That’s kinda funny all by itself.


85 posted on 01/08/2011 10:17:53 PM PST by cookcounty (Knives, Guns, Enemies and Axx-Kicks: The Gentle Political Speech of Barack Obama.)
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To: mia

You mean “liberal twits”? ;)


86 posted on 01/08/2011 10:30:18 PM PST by tuckrdout ( A fool vents all his feelings, but a wise man holds them back. Prov.29:11)
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To: BlackVeil

for how much $$$,

does a off duty cop,
rent for?


87 posted on 01/08/2011 10:46:47 PM PST by Talf
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To: alecqss

Can we refer to this killer by his last name please? My name is Jared. It is a beautiful name. It is biblical. Jared is one of the ancestors of Jesus.

The name, in Hebrew means “the ruling son.” Jared, in the book of Genesis, was the second longest lived descendants of the first human beings.

I am so proud that my mom named me Jared. In the Greek language, Jared means “a rose.” I have been blessed with a name that always reminds me of how much my mother loves me.

Do not make Jared a name that means in English “the nutcase.” Jared is so much more beautiful than Adolf. Nobody cares that Adolf is a dead name. Adolf is ugly. Jared is awesome.

Here, the Nameless Hero defends the honor of his “real” name...


88 posted on 01/08/2011 11:13:21 PM PST by Namelesshero
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To: Namelesshero

My great grandmother’s name was Roxanne, as well as a late aunt and a cousin. There’s another beautiful name spoiled by modern negativity. At least the “Roxanne” of popular musical notoriety didn’t kill anybody. She was just a prostitute.


89 posted on 01/08/2011 11:19:12 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: BlackVeil
He said the gunman had a criminal past and was unstable but not insane

Would this make him eligible for the death penalty?

90 posted on 01/08/2011 11:27:40 PM PST by Stonewall Jackson (Democrats: "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.")
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To: Talf
why are lazy-ass republicans letting this crisis go to waste?

You are right. Though Republicans are repugnant to using any grief and crisis for political gain they have to realize that the nasty “liberals” will run as fast as they can with it. Republicans cannot afford to merely melt into the background. For things like this they need a strategy, a decent strategy, but non the less a strategy or they stand to become manure for the left.

91 posted on 01/09/2011 12:52:36 AM PST by Bellflower (All meaning is in The LORD.)
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To: alecqss

Any info on the guy we need to email to Rush, etc. and make sure that they have all the facts.


92 posted on 01/09/2011 12:57:33 AM PST by Bellflower (All meaning is in The LORD.)
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To: Bellflower

for example ...

wait a month.
then, republicans should ask obama ...

hey obama, you going for the death penalty
in the Giffords matter, or not


93 posted on 01/09/2011 1:12:37 AM PST by Talf
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To: tuckrdout

He showed up early, was asking when Giffords was going to arrive, got in line to greet/speak to her and shot her first at pointblank range, he was then shot at by someone in the crowd and returned fire into the crowd then her staff as they tried to subdue him.

I think Giffords vote for Boehner for Speaker(a given) on January 5th set him off, she also voted for Lewis over Pelosi for minority leader back in December.

It wouldn’t surprise me if he is somehow related to her(Pelosi)


94 posted on 01/09/2011 1:42:54 AM PST by PeaceBeWithYou (De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afghanistan and Iraq))
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To: FourPeas; BlackVeil

95 posted on 01/09/2011 2:24:10 AM PST by Apparatchik (If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away - Jim Ignatowski)
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To: BlackVeil

That Sheriff should have stopped talking after about 10 minutes ... the more he rambled the more “speculation” he caused. Some people really “turn on” when the lights come up ... and you need a “hook” to get them off the stage. I think that’s the case here.


96 posted on 01/09/2011 5:26:29 AM PST by ThePatriotsFlag (You are just jealous because the voices aren't talking to YOU!)
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To: matt1234

One of the guys who pinned the maniac down was a former ER doctor, and he said an elderly gentleman had tackled the 22-yr-old before he piled on...


97 posted on 01/09/2011 6:07:50 AM PST by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
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To: Namelesshero

Sorry about that.


98 posted on 01/09/2011 8:10:51 AM PST by alecqss
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To: tuckrdout

Good deal......stay safe .


99 posted on 01/09/2011 12:02:52 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: PeaceBeWithYou

She didn’t vote for Boehner. She voted for “Lewis”.


100 posted on 01/09/2011 7:36:34 PM PST by tuckrdout ( A fool vents all his feelings, but a wise man holds them back. Prov.29:11)
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