Tucson Shooting Suspect Loughner Held Without Bail

Family of Ariz. shooting suspect express sorrow
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The parents of a man charged with trying to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords expressed sorrow Tuesday for the “heinous events,” their first public remarks since their 22-year-old son was accused of killing six people. “There are no words that can possibly express how we feel,” the family of Jared Loughner said in a statement handed to reporters outside their home. “We don’t understand why this happened. It may not make any differe...

Bloodshed in Arizona turns spotlight on political landscape of anger and hate
As Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona battles for her life after an Assassination attempt, the nation is trying to grapple with the violent tragedy that took the lives of 6 and wounded 14 people on Saturday morning, casting a dark shadow on the start of this year. On the morning of January 8th, while U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was meeting with constituents at a ‘Congress on Your Corner’ event at a local shopping center in Tuscon, a gunman opened fire on the gat...

Family of Accused Arizona Shooter Releases Statement, Expresses Sorrow Over 'Heinous' Events
politicalticker The family of Jared Lee Loughner issued a statement Tuesday regarding Saturday's shooting rampage in Tucson, Arizona. " 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," the family said in statement handed to members of the media keeping watch outside the family's Tucson home. "It may not make any difference but we wish that we could change the heinous events of Saturday. W...

Arizona governor asks residents to pray for victims
Devoting most of her annual State of the State Speech to the rampage, Brewer called it "something dark and ugly", according to a transcript of the Speech released by her office. Among those injured in the shooting on Saturday were Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who investigators believe was the shooter's principal target, and who remains in critical condition at a local Hospital. Killed were a Federal Judge, a 9-year-old girl and four others. The suspect in the shooting, 22-year-old Jared L...

Family of accused Arizona shooter expresses sorrow
"There are no words that can possibly express how we feel. We wish there were, so we could make you feel better," according to the statement attributed to accused gunman Jared Lee Loughner's family. "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," the family statement said. "We care very deeply about the Victims and their families. We are so very sorry for their loss." Loughner has been charged with five fe...

Loughner Parents: "No Words to Express" Feelings
Like this Story? Share it: During a Press Conference for the injured Victims of the Tucson, Ariz. shooting, Bill Hileman became overcome with emotion when describing his wife who was holding the hand of 9-year-old victim Christina Taylor Green. Jan Crawford speaks with New York Times Chief political correspondent Jeff Zeleny about what to expect from President Obama's Speech from Tucson, Ariz. Jan Crawford talks to Rep. Bob Filner (D-Calif.) and Prof. Larry Sabato, Director, Univ. of Va. Center ...

Family of Ariz. mass shooting suspect speaks
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The family of the 22-year-old suspect in the Mass Shooting in Arizona is expressing sorrow for what they called heinous events. The family of Jared Loughner said in statement Tuesday that they care very deeply about the Victims and their families and that there were no words that could express how they feel. The statement handed to reporters outside the Loughners house is their first public remarks. Jared Loughner is accused of killing six people and gravely injuring R...

Obama Arizona Speech To Honor Memories, Speak Of Hope
WASHINGTON — Under high expectations to provide healing, President Barack Obama on Wednesday will try to convert the horror of the Arizona shootings into a moment of national unity centering his memorial Speech in Tucson on the lives of the Victims and the heroism of those who rushed to stop the madness. The president was crafting his Speech on Tuesday, and his aides were reluctant to discuss it even broadly in its unfinished form, other than to say it will emphasize the memories of thos...

In Arizona, Obama to honor memories, speak of hope
WASHINGTON—Under high expectations to provide healing, President Barack Obama on Wednesday will try to convert the horror of the Arizona shootings into a moment of national unity centering his memorial Speech in Tucson on the lives of the Victims and the heroism of those who rushed to stop the madness. The president was crafting his Speech on Tuesday, and his aides were reluctant to discuss it even broadly in its unfinished form, other than to say it will emphasize the memories of those l...

Jared Loughner's Family Issues Statement, Giffords Remains Critical (LIVE UPDATES)
TUCSON, Ariz. -- The parents of a man charged with trying to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords are devastated and guilt-ridden, a neighbor said, mourning their own tragedy as Tucson residents prepared Tuesday for a community memorial service and a visit from the president. (SCROLL DOWN FOR LIVE UPDATES) Jared Loughner's mother has been in bed, crying nonstop since the shooting rampage on Saturday, neighbor Wayne Smith, 70, told KPHO-TV. Amy and Randy Loughner want to know where they went wr...

Family of accused Arizona shooter expresses sorrow
TUCSON, Arizona | Tue Jan 11, 2011 6:13pm EST TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The family of a 22-year-old man accused in an Arizona Shooting Spree that killed six people and injured 14 others expressed sorrow on Tuesday for the rampage and asked for the media to respect their Privacy. "There are no words that can possibly express how we feel. We wish there were, so we could make you feel better," according to the statement attributed to accused gunman Jared Lee Loughner's family. "We don't unders...

Jared Loughner's family issues apology
"This is a very difficult time for us. We ask the media to respect our Privacy," Jared Loughner's family said on Tuesday in their first statement since Saturday's shooting in Tucson which killed six and wounded 14, including a US congresswoman. "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," Loughner's family said. "It may not make any difference, but we wish we could change the heinous ...

In Arizona, Obama to honor memories, speak of hope
WASHINGTON (AP) — Under high expectations to provide healing, President Barack Obama on Wednesday will try to convert the horror of the Arizona shootings into a moment of national unity centering his memorial Speech in Tucson on the lives of the Victims and the heroism of those who rushed to stop the madness. The president was crafting his Speech on Tuesday, and his aides were reluctant to discuss it even broadly in its unfinished form, other than to say it will emphasize the memories of t...

Gunman Jared Lee Loughner's Parents Speak
Here is the full statement put out this afternoon by the parents of Jared Lee Loughner, the young man in custody for the horrific Tucson Shooting Spree that resulted in the grave injury of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the deaths of six others: "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...

Your next act in the Tucson shooting tragedy: The shameless political fundraiser
First we had one side blaming the other for the violence. Then came the other side rejecting that and accusing the accuser of "Hey, it's not us, it's you." After that, each side pretty much abandon Jared Loughner as a talking point and just kept blaming each other for causing the violence. It's not like they needed him for their pissing match, and "oh, here's more proof that I'm good and you're evil." The next act: The political Fundraiser. As follows: The attack on Conservatives and the tea par...

Jared Loughner's Parents: 'We Don't Understand Why This Happened'
​The parents of Arizona shooter Jared Lee Loughner, who killed six people after shooting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in the head at a public event, have released a public statement via a written hand-out distributed to members of the media staked outside of the family's home in Arizona on Tuesday, according to the Arizona Daily Star. "We care very deeply about the Victims and their families," it reads. "We are so very sorry for their loss." Full text of their message after the jump. This is...

Arizona trauma surgeon unfazed by shooting
By Peter Henderson TUCSON, Arizona | Tue Jan 11, 2011 6:47pm EST TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The head of the trauma team that fought to save the lives of Arizona Shooting Victims on Saturday may lack swagger, but not confidence. When word came that a gunman had opened fire at a Tucson Shopping Mall and that Victims including the local Congresswoman were on the way to his Hospital, University Medical Center Trauma Unit chief Peter Rhee's reaction was understated. "I thought my weekend was goin...

Arizona shooting: family of Jared Loughner say 'we are so very sorry'
The family of Arizona gunman Jared Loughner apologised on Tuesday to the relatives of those he is accused of gunning down, saying in a first statement since the shooting, "we are so very sorry for their loss."...

Loughner's family issues statement
The family of Jared Lee Loughner issued a statement Tuesday afternoon to reporters, making their first public comments following Saturday’s attempted Assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The statement in full: "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 ...

AZ-8s Indian Name: Brushes with Violence
Something that’s particularly troubling in the left’s response to the Jared Loughner shooting rampage is the increasing Corruption of “straight news.” Opinion is one thing: the effort of left-wing pundits to harden public ideas is appalling in its transparent mendacity - but transparent mendacity is at least transparent. Opaque mendacity, of the kind worked into putatively factual narratives, is more difficult to detect, and perhaps ultimately more deadly. One of th...

Vt. senator cites shootings in fundraising letter
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — An independent U.S. senator from Vermont is being criticized by national Republicans for citing this past weekend’s shootings in Arizona in a Fundraising letter. The letter that Sen. Bernie Sanders sent out on Tuesday begins by mentioning the Shooting Spree in Tucson that killed six people and left Democratic U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 13 others wounded. The letter also mentions issues such as health care, Social Security and taxes. Sanders is up for re-e...

Right Wing Hopping Mad Over Culture of Violence They Have Wrought
Right now, the public isn’t ready to believe an argument that Jared Loughner was motivated by right-wing Rhetoric. Fortunately, nobody has said that, because it’s the wrong claim to make. Nobody has claimed that crosshairs on a map or talk of “Second Amendment remedies” is specifically to blame (some on the right have blamed heavy metal music and a skull in his backyard, and that’s just as silly). The main claim is that the toxic stew of noxious rhetoric, particul...

Jared Loughner's family issues statement: 'We wish we could change the heinous events'
The family of Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner handed out a written statement to reporters standing in front of their home late Tuesday afternoon. A man, who appeared to be a representative of the family, walked out of the home and provided this statement, which reads: 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...

A gun law! Why didnt we think of it before?
It’s been nearly four days since the terrible Shooting Spree in Tucson targeting and critically wounding U.S. representative Gabrielle Giffords, and killing six others—which means it must be time for the simplistic debate about the dangers of over-heated Rhetoric and metaphor to make room for the predictably simplistic debate over Gun Control Regulation. Now, there are many good questions that should be asked about how Jared Lee Loughner, who was rejected by the U.S. milita...

Was Jared Loughner's Act Political?
Was Jared Loughner's act in shooting Rep. Giffords political? Apparently this is what's being debated with a straight face now. Is this a joke? He shot a politician in the head. He called it an "Assassination." What part of that was unclear? He didn't shoot Gabrielle Giffords randomly and it turned out she just happened to be a politician. He sought her out, targeted her and then tried to kill her based on the fact that she was a politician. He thought the government was the problem and it was u...