Jared Loughner's Parents "Hurting Real Bad"
TUCSON - The parents of the suspect in Saturday's shooting spree in Tucscon are devastated and guilt-ridden, a neighbor said.
Jared Loughner, 22, appeared in court Monday on federal charges that he tried to assassinate U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed a federal judge. He is also accused of killing five others and wounding or injuring 13 others.
Loughner's parents, Randy and Amy Loughner, are devastated, according to neighbor Wayne Smith, 70.
"And they feel guilty for what happened," he told KPHO-TV Monday evening.
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"They want to know, where did they fail? I told them they didn't fail. They taught him everything about right and wrong. We all know you can teach someone everything and have no control how it works out."
Amy Loughner has been in bed, crying nonstop since Saturday, Smith said. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Smith said the pair - who haven't been seen the incident on Saturday - were "hurting real bad … They are devastated."
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Roxanne Osler, of Tucson, whose son had been a friend of Jared Loughner's, said he had a bad relationship with his parents and had distanced himself from family.
"What Jared did was wrong. But people need to know about him," she told The Washington Post. "I wish people would have taken a better notice of him and gotten him help. ... He had nobody, and that's not a nice place to be."
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Loughner's parents have not spoken publicly, though Smith said the father plans to release a statement.
Apart from Smith, 70, only a team of FBI agents have visited the Loughner residence since the shooting.
Sources told the Journal that Randy and Amy Loughner expressed a degree of shock in their discussion with the FBI, saying they were unaware of the degree of their son's apparent mental problems.
"They liked their privacy," George Gayan, who has lived next door to the Loughners for three decades, told the newspaper. He said it wasn't unusual to go three or four days without even seeing Randy Loughner.
Neighbors told the Journal they believed Randy had stopped working when Jared was born, and raised him full-time as Amy continued working to support the family.
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According to the report, it was Smith himself who delivered the news to Randy and Amy Loughner that their son was under arrest and suspected of a mass shooting on Saturday. He told the Journal he informed the couple what was going on when they returned to their home after shopping to find it swarmed by police.
Wearing a beige prison jumpsuit and handcuffs and sporting a pink gash on the hairline of his shaved head, Loughner on Monday afternoon spoke just a brief reply when the judge asked if he understood that he could get life in prison - or the death penalty - for killing federal Judge John Roll.
"Yes," he said.
Loughner was being held without bail. Meanwhile, residents of Tucson prepared for memorial services Tuesday for the six killed in the shooting.
The first real community gathering for mourners since the rampage - a Mass for all the victims at St. Odelia's Parish in Tucson - was set for 7 p.m. President Barack Obama was scheduled to arrive in Arizona Wednesday for a memorial service days after calling the attack a tragedy for the entire country.
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Loughner's court appearance in Phoenix on Monday gave the nation a first look at the man authorities say is responsible for the shooting that also left 14 injured or wounded outside a Tucson supermarket where Giffords had set up a booth to hear the concerns of constituents.
Giffords, a three-term Democrat, was in critical condition at Tucson's University Medical Center, gravely wounded after being shot through the head but able to give a thumbs-up sign that doctors found as a reason to hope.
With few new details emerging at Monday's hearing, questions remained about what could have motivated someone to arm himself with a pistol and magazines carrying 33 bullets each, and rain gunfire on a supermarket parking lot crowded with men, women and children.
A military official in Washington said the Army rejected Loughner in 2008 because he failed a drug test. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because privacy laws prevent the military from disclosing such information about an individual's application.
The official did not know what type of drug was detected.
Prosecutors say he scrawled on an envelope the words "my assassination" and "Giffords" sometime before he took a cab to the shopping center. Police said he bought the Glock pistol used in the attack at Sportsman's Warehouse in Tucson in November.
The revelation about the shooter's high-capacity magazines led one longtime Senate gun control advocate, Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., to announce plans to re-establish a prohibition that lapsed in 2004 on magazines that feed more than 10 rounds at a time.
At his appearance Monday in a Phoenix courtroom, about 100 miles away from where the shooting took place, Loughner seemed impassive and at one point stood at a lectern as a U.S. marshal stood guard nearby.
His newly appointed lawyer, Judy Clarke, who defended "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski, stood beside him and whispered to him before the judge ordered him held without bail.
Loughner is charged with one count of attempted assassination of a member of Congress, two counts of killing an employee of the federal government and two counts of attempting to kill a federal employee. Those are federal charges.
State prosecutors, meanwhile, are researching whether they have to wait until after the federal case is resolved, or if they can proceed with local charges at the same time, an official said.
Copyright 2011 CBS. All rights reserved. Jared Loughner, 22, appeared in court Monday on federal charges that he tried to assassinate U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed a federal judge. He is also accused of killing five others and wounding or injuring 13 others.
Loughner's parents, Randy and Amy Loughner, are devastated, according to neighbor Wayne Smith, 70.
"And they feel guilty for what happened," he told KPHO-TV Monday evening.
Special Section: Tragedy in Tucson
"They want to know, where did they fail? I told them they didn't fail. They taught him everything about right and wrong. We all know you can teach someone everything and have no control how it works out."
Amy Loughner has been in bed, crying nonstop since Saturday, Smith said. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Smith said the pair - who haven't been seen the incident on Saturday - were "hurting real bad … They are devastated."
Gallery: Tucson Shooting Victims
Roxanne Osler, of Tucson, whose son had been a friend of Jared Loughner's, said he had a bad relationship with his parents and had distanced himself from family.
"What Jared did was wrong. But people need to know about him," she told The Washington Post. "I wish people would have taken a better notice of him and gotten him help. ... He had nobody, and that's not a nice place to be."
What Does Jared Lee Loughner Believe
Loughner's parents have not spoken publicly, though Smith said the father plans to release a statement.
Apart from Smith, 70, only a team of FBI agents have visited the Loughner residence since the shooting.
Sources told the Journal that Randy and Amy Loughner expressed a degree of shock in their discussion with the FBI, saying they were unaware of the degree of their son's apparent mental problems.
"They liked their privacy," George Gayan, who has lived next door to the Loughners for three decades, told the newspaper. He said it wasn't unusual to go three or four days without even seeing Randy Loughner.
Neighbors told the Journal they believed Randy had stopped working when Jared was born, and raised him full-time as Amy continued working to support the family.
Exclusive: Suspect's Prof. Saw Warning Signs
According to the report, it was Smith himself who delivered the news to Randy and Amy Loughner that their son was under arrest and suspected of a mass shooting on Saturday. He told the Journal he informed the couple what was going on when they returned to their home after shopping to find it swarmed by police.
Wearing a beige prison jumpsuit and handcuffs and sporting a pink gash on the hairline of his shaved head, Loughner on Monday afternoon spoke just a brief reply when the judge asked if he understood that he could get life in prison - or the death penalty - for killing federal Judge John Roll.
"Yes," he said.
Loughner was being held without bail. Meanwhile, residents of Tucson prepared for memorial services Tuesday for the six killed in the shooting.
The first real community gathering for mourners since the rampage - a Mass for all the victims at St. Odelia's Parish in Tucson - was set for 7 p.m. President Barack Obama was scheduled to arrive in Arizona Wednesday for a memorial service days after calling the attack a tragedy for the entire country.
Poll: Most Americans Feel Rhetoric, Tucson Shooting Unrelated
Loughner's court appearance in Phoenix on Monday gave the nation a first look at the man authorities say is responsible for the shooting that also left 14 injured or wounded outside a Tucson supermarket where Giffords had set up a booth to hear the concerns of constituents.
Giffords, a three-term Democrat, was in critical condition at Tucson's University Medical Center, gravely wounded after being shot through the head but able to give a thumbs-up sign that doctors found as a reason to hope.
With few new details emerging at Monday's hearing, questions remained about what could have motivated someone to arm himself with a pistol and magazines carrying 33 bullets each, and rain gunfire on a supermarket parking lot crowded with men, women and children.
A military official in Washington said the Army rejected Loughner in 2008 because he failed a drug test. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because privacy laws prevent the military from disclosing such information about an individual's application.
The official did not know what type of drug was detected.
Prosecutors say he scrawled on an envelope the words "my assassination" and "Giffords" sometime before he took a cab to the shopping center. Police said he bought the Glock pistol used in the attack at Sportsman's Warehouse in Tucson in November.
The revelation about the shooter's high-capacity magazines led one longtime Senate gun control advocate, Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., to announce plans to re-establish a prohibition that lapsed in 2004 on magazines that feed more than 10 rounds at a time.
At his appearance Monday in a Phoenix courtroom, about 100 miles away from where the shooting took place, Loughner seemed impassive and at one point stood at a lectern as a U.S. marshal stood guard nearby.
His newly appointed lawyer, Judy Clarke, who defended "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski, stood beside him and whispered to him before the judge ordered him held without bail.
Loughner is charged with one count of attempted assassination of a member of Congress, two counts of killing an employee of the federal government and two counts of attempting to kill a federal employee. Those are federal charges.
State prosecutors, meanwhile, are researching whether they have to wait until after the federal case is resolved, or if they can proceed with local charges at the same time, an official said.
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THe moment they decided to create their love spawn they FAILED.
This one should have wound up inside a rubber in the wastepaper basket.
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And the violent rhetoric by the Tea Bag led DIRECTLY to the Palin Massacre.
Palin hasn't committed a murder.
Your post is stupid and incorrect and illogical.
There is no evidence that Loughner even knew Palin existed - no evidence at all.
Nice lefty try, but no bananas for you today!
WaterBuffaloRider, I don't know because I do not know them but I can say that a lot of folks in the South are that way. They will not listen to facts or truth about the plan or anything to do with this President. They are locked in with hate and any sense of compromise of meeting half way is not acceptable until the "N!@@er" is out of THEIR White House. Another indicator of the grief the next Generation faces is the belief among these folks that this is a "White" Nation and any other people who want to take control will be dealt with. This isn't new of course but it now is directed at a different race.
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You are pathetic in your racism against whites.
oldbasicgal, I'm very interested in where you got your definition of "Liberal". It's strange to me in that my father was a New Deal Liberal and I am a New Frontier Liberal. Now I have heard many Talking Heads in the Right telling people what I stand for and what my ideals are, NONE of them true. I've also notice that the DEMOCRATS are the ONLY party that allows people, Liberal, Moderate and Conservative, into their party. The OTHER party allows only extreme Right Wing. Since ALL our Greatest Leaders were LIBERAL, our Founders were LIBERAL and the Greatest Generation was LIBERAL, I just do not think you are applying the ACTUAL definition of the word but instead are applying the definition from Hate Talk People... am I right?
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First, I don't owe you an explanation of anything, but since you asked, it does give me an opportunity to expose you further for what you are - an uneducated hate-filled racist.
I'm going to address "the other party allows only extreme right wing". Since you are a Democrat, the other party must be Republican. Regardless, I'm not aware of any "set of rules" barring anyone from becoming a Republican. Have you tried to join the Republican party and been rejected? Or are you just referring to a certain social set that calls themselves Republican that you just don't "fit in" with? You make no sense in your statement.
Now, yes, Democrats in the past were the Greatest Party. They were the party that that believed in America values, in justice, in freedoms, in the Constitution, in everything that I believe in. They were more fiscal conservative than the Republicans. My family has a long history with the Democrat party, BACK BEFORE THE DEMOCRAT PARTY BECAME TOO LIBERAL.
After the New Deal, many liberal people switched over from the Republican party to the Democrat party. Later, from the 50' through the 60's, many, many more advid liberals joined, and the Democrat party began evolving into the leftist, aggressive, hate-filled and very liberal party that it has become today. They believe in more government control, sharing the wealth: i.e. higher taxes, more entitlements, more "gimmies". They have a warped sense of justice, in that justice seems to lean more toward Democrats than guilt versus innocence. In the deep South, (and I don't mean Arizona, which is NOT the South) the old Democrat party is virtually dead because of this, and people who believe in fair taxes, less government control, less entitlements, a justice system built on a correct sense of guilt or innocence - ALL the great things about America - all these people have had to turn Republican or Independent to get away from the Democrat party. Now, if you don't believe this, read past media articles from the mid-terms. They will tell you that the Old Democrat Party is DEAD in the deep South.
You can put the race/color card in where ever you like....I've left that open to you.
Republican in the deep South is the NEW DEMOCRAT. The people who want to preserve that OLD DEMOCRAT flavor, that great American flavor that build America - before the 50' & 60's ruined the DEMOCRAT party forever.
Got any more questions?
Parents of Tucson Shooting Suspect Guilt-Ridden over Son's Deadly Rampage, Neighbor Says; May Release Statement
LOL!
How about asking the Sheriff that was on MSNBC blaming everyone but himself for this tragedy?
He knew about this nut job and did nothing about it.