Posted on 01/11/2011 5:00:40 PM PST by kristinn
The devastated parents of accused Tucson shooter Jared Loughner released a statement today saying they "don't understand" what prompted their son to allegedly go on a "heinous" shooting rampage that killed six and injured 14 others, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
It was the first word from Loughner's family since the carnage on Saturday.
"This is a very difficult time for us. We ask the media to respect our privacy. There are no words that can possibly express how we feel. We wish that there were so we could make you feel better. We don't understand why this happened. It may not make any difference, but we wish that we could change the heinous events of Saturday. We care very deeply about the victims and their families. We are so very sorry for their loss."
The message was signed, "The Loughner Family," and was handed out by two members of the public defenders' office.
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While this is the first statement from Loughner's family, others who knew the 22-year-old before the attack have spoken out. One one former close friend of Loughner's said he went from a stable high school student to a violent, self-medicated "monster" after his girlfriend dumped him during his junior year of high school.
Zachary Osler said that Loughner, who would walk around with his jaw and fist clenched, spent "excessive amounts of money" on drugs.
Osler said Loughner consumed marijuana, cocaine, psilocybin mushrooms and the hallucigenic salvia.
"There was no political motive in this, [Jared] was just angry at the world," he said.
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I can’t believe that his parents didn’t observe his bizarre behavior. Did think that building a shrine in the backyard and putting a fake skull in it was NORMAL behavior. But then, liberal parents feel that they are not equipped to judge another person’s behavior so they probably ignored it and pretended he was just seeking his own path.
Yea, there’s more to this than the media wants us to believe.
I read an article today that reported that neighbors said the Loughners were like The Addams Family.
One neighbor was quoted as calling the father "the neighborhood prick."
The Sheriff told that story about the black bag, on the basis of an interview with the father. Unfortunately the Sheriff is not reliable, but it seems likely that that’s what the father told him.
Did the father know what was in the black bag? Who knows? But why would he chase after the kid into the desert, unless he suspected something pretty bad?
Liberalism = Mental Disorder.....
Jared Loughner held down a job as a retail sales clerk at Eddie Bauer. One of his friends said that his circle of friends considered him to be a ROLE MODEL not only because of steady work, but because he was well groomed and dressed very well.
the dad could be schizophrenic as well - this can be a hereditary problem
http://togo.abcactionnews.com/w/main/story/18256615/
"...The 22-year-old suspect in the Tucson shooting of U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others was once a volunteer for the Pima Animal Care Center.A dog walker for the animal care center between January and February of 2010, Jared Lee Loughner explained on his application that he wanted the job for fun - and experience....
"...Loughner also wrote on the Pima Animal Care Center application that he once worked as a sales representative at Eddie Bauer. The ABC15 Investigators contacted Eddie Bauer locations in Tucson; both stores would not comment...."
Psycho with a 'killer smile' - m.NYPOST.com
http://m.nypost.com/p/news/national/psycho_with_killer_smile_GfrbSwStw26i3uaaDCOr8J
....One high-school pal said that in the past few months, Loughner, who sold clothes at Eddie Bauer, had become suicidal and grew increasingly introverted, believing his friends were plotting against him......
...Loughner also volunteered at the Pima County Animal Care Center to walk dogs last year, but was asked to leave after he kept walking the animals near a contaminated area, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Despite this, Gutierrez, 22, said, Loughner was "the best role model" for his friends, because he was very organized, physically fit, dressed well and held a steady job....
Good question. I wouldn’t be surprised if Dad had Paranoid Personality Disorder.
Just today, I've read or seen on tv that there were 13,18,20 or 24 wounded. If they can't get something as elementary as that correct, they are total incompetents.
(Which we both knew anyway.)
An honest media, not leaning so far to the left to blame the right or ignore finding the truth, would dig into the background of the parents of this shooter. I am quite sure they would find that the kid was deranged and the parents not far behind him. Look into the father’s political and values leanings. Also, look into his mother’s S&L gov’t job, her leanings and what, if any, involvement she had in covering up her son’s past problems with the law which allowed him, with a clean record, to purchase guns and ammo.
Let’s hope they don’t have any more murderers brewing in their little liberal clone factory.
I am kind of wondering why the press didn't go after the family of the nut who killed 33 at the University of Virgina.
That family broke my heart. I don't have any reason to think that this family is just as devastated to have missed this.
Here’s a clue. Maybe his mental illness caused it.
Maybe they're trying to hide the fact that these idiotimbecilemorons created this "loner" monster. They refused to let him go out and play with other children, making him instead sit inside the house and watch the other children play and have fun while giving him a feeling of inferiority and exclusiveness.
ABC News must have made a mistake when they reported that they didn't let him play with any of the other children in the neighborhood on Diane Sawyer's show on 01/09/11.
THIS is how loner monsters are made. Keep them isolated, then ignore them yourself. Easy.
Godspeed
Unless a court orders it, you cannot force a adult child into mental health facilities. I know my 32 year old son is a schizophrenic.
Maybe he was listening to too much NPR...
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