Morris and her husband had been married for 55 years. District Court for the District of Arizona and had served the legal system for nearly 40 years.
He began his career as a bailiff in Pima County Superior Court and rose to be chief judge for the District of Arizona, a position he had held since She was known for her volunteer work and for her fabulous holiday dinners.
Gabe Zimmerman, 30 — Zimmerman, a Tucson native, served as director for community outreach on Giffords' staff. He was engaged to be married. Photos: Photos: One year since Arizona shooting. One year since Arizona shooting — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords leads the crowd in the pledge of allegiance during a vigil on Sunday, January 8, , in Tucson, Arizona, marking one year since a shooting rampage left her and 12 others wounded and six people dead.
One year since Arizona shooting — Safeway employee Sherrie Brown is comforted by Leroy Wood while participating in a ringing of the bells ceremony earlier Sunday. Several events were held to mark the one-year anniversary of the shooting at the La Toscana Village Safeway. One year since Arizona shooting — Rebecca Kraft, 4, places flowers at a memorial site in the Safeway parking lot on Sunday. One year since Arizona shooting — A commemorative plaque marks the site of the shooting at the La Toscana Village Safeway.
One year since Arizona shooting — A group of local children light candles at the Safeway memorial site. One year since Arizona shooting — A memorial along the highway in Tucson commemorates each of the six people who lost their lives. One year since Arizona shooting — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, right, attends an interfaith memorial service at St. Augustine Cathedral in Tucson on Sunday. Augustine Cathedral on Sunday. One year since Arizona shooting — During Sunday's memorial service, Teresa Bier makes a flower offering in honor of Christina Taylor-Green, a 9-year-old who was killed.
One year since Arizona shooting — Ron Barber, who was wounded in last year's shooting, exits after attending an Sunday's interfaith service. Zimmerman, one of the congresswoman's aids, was killed in the shooting. Mark Kelly: Buying AR 'pretty easy' Intern's memoir recalls Giffords shooting. Many of the details surrounding the rampage are well known, from the heroic efforts to save Giffords and others to the tackling of the gunman.
But the documents shed light on Loughner's erratic behavior leading up the shooting, from fleeing from his father the morning of the shooting to his repeated effort to buy ammunition for a 9mm handgun that he ultimately used in the rampage.
Loughner's parents told authorities that their son, who they described as a "loner," took a turn following his dismissal from Pima County College months earlier -- after he posted a disturbing video online that officials described as threatening. Loughner's parents told authorities they took away his shotgun after college police warned them their son may be a danger to himself or to others. Efforts for ammo, tears at traffic sto p. In Mr. Gabrielle Giffords D of Arizona.
There is no known record that a court had ever declared Loughner mentally unfit or that he had ever been committed to a mental institution. The law passed after the Virginia Tech shooting that year, in which a mentally ill student killed 32 people. In , a judge had declared the shooter, Seung Hui Cho , a danger to himself and ordered him into psychiatric care.
But Mr. Cho was still able to purchase two semiautomatic handguns, because his name did not appear in the NICS database. Adding federal records brings the total to nearly 1. In the wake of the Arizona tragedy, advocates of gun rights maintain that additional gun control is not the answer to preventing future violence.
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What happened to Christina? As Hileman slept in the hospital that evening, her husband described "a cry of 'Christina, Christina, let's get out of here. Am I dying? After Jared Loughner shot Giffords in the head at point-blank range, he turned his 9mm pistol on bystanders and continued firing 31 more times until his magazine was empty.
Police found two fully loaded Glock magazines in the gunman's left front pocket. In his other front pocket was a foldable knife with a 4-inch blade.
On Christmas Eve , Jared Loughner went to a longtime friend's apartment to show off the gun he had just purchased, saying it was for "home self-defense," according to statements the friends gave to investigators. He advised Jared stated he would use it for home self-defense. He had been Loughner's friend. He was questioned about seeing his former friend shopping inside, sometime before Thanksgiving, and described an awkward encounter. Just a mute facial expression. And just like he, he didn't care.
The officer who stopped him checked his registration and opted not to ticket him in part because the officer needed to go somewhere else. Loughner told him, "I've just had a rough time. And, and everybody started to duck. And just as I ducked, I felt the bullet hit the back of my head. It just burned the back of my head. And the next thing I knew he was coming right in front of me. In an interview, he described the chaos: "She couldn't open her eyes.
I tried to get any responses for her. Um, it looked like her left side was the only side that was still mobile. Um, she couldn't speak. It was mumbled. She was squeezing my hand. Loughner had a record of drug and alcohol abuse but no violence.
His only citations were for misdemeanors — possession of drug paraphernalia in and for spraying graffiti on a street sign in
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