A multi-agency law enforcement team in Phoenix had an early start this morning, when their task force arrested 20 defendants out of a 53-count indictment. The indictment states that from about September 2009 to December of 2010, the defendants conspired to purchase hundreds of firearms to be illegally exported to Mexico. “Our office is committed [...]
Jared Lee Loughner federally indicted, may face death penalty
Jan. 19, 2011 Leave a Comment
TUCSON , Ariz. — A federal grand jury in Tucson, today returned an initial three-count indictment against Jared Lee Loughner for attempting to kill U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, and two of her aides, Ron Barber and Pamela Simon on January 8. “Today, the Grand Jury returned an initial three-count indictment against Jared Lee Loughner in [...]
Giffords gives husband a neck massage
Jan. 17, 2011 1 Comment
Astronaut Mark Kelly, the husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, says his wife has improved so much that she gave him a 10-minute neck rub recently. Giffords, conscious, has been unable to speak because of a throat tube helping her breathe. “She’s in the ICU. You know, gone through this traumatic injury. And she spent 10 [...]
Christina Green’s organs donated to young Boston girl
Jan. 15, 2011 Leave a Comment
Christina Green, the 9-year-old girl who was the youngest victim of the January 8 mass shooting in Tucson, Ariz., continues to amaze America. Her legacy lives on as her organs have been donated, and at least a part of her has already made itself to Boston where her family says it saved the life of [...]
Report: Loughner photographed himself wearing G-string, holding gun
Jan. 15, 2011 Leave a Comment
There are photos of the Arizona shooting suspect, Jared Loughner, posed with a gun, dressed only in a bright red G-string, according to CNN. Of all the photos which were shot in a mirror, some show Loughner holding the gun near his crotch. The weapon in the pictures is the same model that Loughner, 22, [...]
High security at Arizona judge’s funeral
Jan. 14, 2011 Leave a Comment
Security was tight Friday in Tucson, Ariz., at the funeral of U.S. District Judge John Roll, who served almost 40 years before he was shot and killed last weekend, along with five others, during the attempted assassination U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. An hour before the funeral, a lot of cars lined up for almost a [...]
Full text of President Barack Obama’s speech in Tucson
Jan. 13, 2011 Leave a Comment
As Prepared for Delivery. Source: White House Press Office. To the families of those we’ve lost; to all who called them friends; to the students of this university, the public servants gathered tonight, and the people of Tucson and Arizona: I have come here tonight as an American who, like all Americans, kneels to pray [...]
Man accused of molesting 5-year-old arrested in Arizona
Jan. 11, 2011 1 Comment
Massachusetts State Police part of the investigation
Police clear “person of interest” in Arizona shootings, as alleged shooter is formally charged
Jan. 9, 2011 Leave a Comment
TUCSON, Ariz. — The Pima County Sheriff’s Department has found the mysterious man seen on the Safeway security videos just before the horrific shooting started. Yesterday police released a photo of the man, appearing to be in his 40’s or 50’s with dark hair and a blue jacket, asking the public to contact them with [...]
Gabrielle Giffords shot in peaceful, family neighborhood
Jan. 9, 2011 2 Comments
TUCSON, Ariz. — The Safeway on the Southeast corner of Ina and Oracle is usually at the center of a peaceful upper-middle class neighborhood. But yesterday, on the exact spot where girl scouts can often be found selling cookies, a shooter started firing into a crowd gathered to see Representative Gabrielle Giffords at her “Congress [...]
New England leaders react to Gabrielle Giffords shooting
Jan. 8, 2011 Leave a Comment
Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) issued the following statement today after the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, members of her staff and others innocent bystanders in Tuscon, Arizona: “Today’s news of the shooting of my colleague Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, members of her staff and her constituents is shocking and horrifying, and my deepest condolences go [...]
