(CNN) -- The suspect in the weekend massacre
in Arizona scrawled "my assassination" and "I
planned ahead" on an envelope found in his
home, according to court documents released
Sunday.
The details were part of a criminal complaint filed
against 22-year-old Jared Lee Loughner, the
Tucson man charged in Saturday's bloodbath at a
supermarket where U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords
was hosting an open house for constituents.
Investigators found a letter from the
congresswoman in a safe at the house where
Loughner lived with his parents, thanking him for
attending a similar 2007 event, a federal agent's
affidavit states.
"Also recovered in the safe was an envelope with
handwriting on the envelope stating 'I planned
ahead,' and 'my assassination' and the name
'Giffords,' along with what appears to be
Loughner's signature," the affidavit states.
The shootings killed six people, including U.S.
District Judge John Roll and Giffords aide Gabe
Zimmerman. Among the 14 wounded were
Giffords, who was shot through the head, and
two other members of her staff.
Prosecutors filed two first-degree
murder counts, two attempted
murder counts and one count of
attempting to kill a member of
Congress against Loughner on
Sunday. Those counts involve only
victims who worked for the federal
government, but state prosecutors
also could bring charges in the
remaining cases.
Loughner is scheduled to make an
initial appearance before a federal
magistrate in Phoenix on Monday,
prosecutors said.
Meanwhile, investigators have
found, questioned and cleared a
man they had sought as a "person
of interest" after the killings, a law
enforcement official said Sunday.
The man was the cab driver who
dropped Loughner off at the
Safeway where Giffords' "Congress
on Your Corner" event was being
held.
Loughner has invoked his right
against self-incrimination and is not
talking with investigators, Pima
County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik
said. The suspect was suspended
from a Tucson community college
in October after what the school
said were multiple run-ins with
campus police that led to his
suspension.
"There's reason to believe this
individual may have a mental
issue," Dupnik told reporters
Saturday night.
Pima Community College warned Loughner in a
follow-up letter that to return to campus, he had
to present a doctor's note stating that his
presence would not be "a danger to himself or
others."
Online, he railed against government "mind
control" and illiteracy in YouTube and MySpace
postings. He tried to enlist in the Army in 2008,
but was rejected for reasons the service said it
could not disclose.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/09/arizona.shooting.investigation/
in Arizona scrawled "my assassination" and "I
planned ahead" on an envelope found in his
home, according to court documents released
Sunday.
The details were part of a criminal complaint filed
against 22-year-old Jared Lee Loughner, the
Tucson man charged in Saturday's bloodbath at a
supermarket where U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords
was hosting an open house for constituents.
Investigators found a letter from the
congresswoman in a safe at the house where
Loughner lived with his parents, thanking him for
attending a similar 2007 event, a federal agent's
affidavit states.
"Also recovered in the safe was an envelope with
handwriting on the envelope stating 'I planned
ahead,' and 'my assassination' and the name
'Giffords,' along with what appears to be
Loughner's signature," the affidavit states.
The shootings killed six people, including U.S.
District Judge John Roll and Giffords aide Gabe
Zimmerman. Among the 14 wounded were
Giffords, who was shot through the head, and
two other members of her staff.
Prosecutors filed two first-degree
murder counts, two attempted
murder counts and one count of
attempting to kill a member of
Congress against Loughner on
Sunday. Those counts involve only
victims who worked for the federal
government, but state prosecutors
also could bring charges in the
remaining cases.
Loughner is scheduled to make an
initial appearance before a federal
magistrate in Phoenix on Monday,
prosecutors said.
Meanwhile, investigators have
found, questioned and cleared a
man they had sought as a "person
of interest" after the killings, a law
enforcement official said Sunday.
The man was the cab driver who
dropped Loughner off at the
Safeway where Giffords' "Congress
on Your Corner" event was being
held.
Loughner has invoked his right
against self-incrimination and is not
talking with investigators, Pima
County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik
said. The suspect was suspended
from a Tucson community college
in October after what the school
said were multiple run-ins with
campus police that led to his
suspension.
"There's reason to believe this
individual may have a mental
issue," Dupnik told reporters
Saturday night.
Pima Community College warned Loughner in a
follow-up letter that to return to campus, he had
to present a doctor's note stating that his
presence would not be "a danger to himself or
others."
Online, he railed against government "mind
control" and illiteracy in YouTube and MySpace
postings. He tried to enlist in the Army in 2008,
but was rejected for reasons the service said it
could not disclose.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/09/arizona.shooting.investigation/
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