Jared Loughner Due Back in Court Next Week

PHOENIX - The suspect in a deadly Arizona shooting that wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is set to be back in court next week.

A preliminary hearing Monday for Jared Loughner's has been moved to a larger federal courtroom in Phoenix. The courtroom is the centerpiece of the downtown Phoenix courthouse and is mostly used for ceremonial and high-profile hearings.

Six people were killed and 13 wounded in the Jan. 8 attack at a grocery store. Giffords was shot in the head and remains in serious condition.

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Loughner is charged in federal court with attempted assassination of a member of Congress and two counts each of killing a federal government employee and attempting to kill a federal employee. State charges are pending.

In the days since the shooting, numerous bits of information have emerged that paint a portrait of the 22-year-old Loughner as a disturbed man who alienated most of those around him. His relationship with his father has been described by people who knew the family as strained.

On the morning of the shooting, Loughner was seen running into the desert as his father chased after him - a scene that took place after his father saw him removing a mysterious black bag from the family's car. According to authorities, Loughner purchased ammunition that morning and was later pulled over for running a red light.

Giffords will be moved Friday to a rehabilitation hospital in Houston to begin the next phase of her recovery from a gunshot wound, barring medical issues that would delay the transfer, her family said Wednesday.