Police reveal details of Tucson shooting
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January 13, 2011, Thursday
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INVESTIGATORS have revealed more disturbing details about the events leading up to the assassination attempt against a United States congresswoman in Tucson, Arizona, including a menacing handwritten note in the suspect's home with the words "Die, bitch."
And on the day of the shooting, a mumbling Jared Loughner ran into the desert near his home after his father asked him why he was removing a black bag from the trunk of a family car, sheriff's officials said. Loughner resurfaced later on Saturday at a grocery store where Representative Gabrielle Giffords was holding an event. There, authorities say, he shot 19 people, killing six, including a federal judge and a nine-year-old girl.
Investigators said they were still searching for the bag. They suspected it could contain clues into Loughner's motives.
"The bag is very important to us," said Captain Chris Nanos, head of the Pima County Sheriff's Department's criminal investigations division. "What was in that bag and is there any relevance?"
Authorities previously said they found handwritten notes in Loughner's safe, reading "I planned ahead," "My assassination" and the name "Giffords." Nanos and Rick Kastigar, the department's chief of investigations, said they also found notes with the words "Die, bitch," which they believe meant Giffords, and "Die, cops."
Several hundred mourners filled a Tucson church for a public Mass on Tuesday to remember the slain and pray for the injured. As people filed in, nine young girls sang "Amazing Grace." The youngest victim of the attack, nine-year-old Christina Taylor Green, was a member of that choir.
And on the day of the shooting, a mumbling Jared Loughner ran into the desert near his home after his father asked him why he was removing a black bag from the trunk of a family car, sheriff's officials said. Loughner resurfaced later on Saturday at a grocery store where Representative Gabrielle Giffords was holding an event. There, authorities say, he shot 19 people, killing six, including a federal judge and a nine-year-old girl.
Investigators said they were still searching for the bag. They suspected it could contain clues into Loughner's motives.
"The bag is very important to us," said Captain Chris Nanos, head of the Pima County Sheriff's Department's criminal investigations division. "What was in that bag and is there any relevance?"
Authorities previously said they found handwritten notes in Loughner's safe, reading "I planned ahead," "My assassination" and the name "Giffords." Nanos and Rick Kastigar, the department's chief of investigations, said they also found notes with the words "Die, bitch," which they believe meant Giffords, and "Die, cops."
Several hundred mourners filled a Tucson church for a public Mass on Tuesday to remember the slain and pray for the injured. As people filed in, nine young girls sang "Amazing Grace." The youngest victim of the attack, nine-year-old Christina Taylor Green, was a member of that choir.
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