2011 Tucson shooting

Casas Adobes Safeway shooting on January 8 that killed 6 and injured Gabby Giffords

The 2011 Tucson shooting was a mass murder in Tucson, Arizona.

Crime scene outside the Safeway
Location of the shooting
LocationCasas Adobes, Arizona (part of Tucson metro area)
Coordinates32°20′9.5″N 110°58′30.5″W / 32.335972°N 110.975139°W / 32.335972; -110.975139
DateJanuary 8, 2011
10:10 am MST (UTC-07:00)
TargetUS Representative Gabrielle Giffords
Attack type
Mass murder, mass shooting, assassination attempt
Weapons9mm Glock model 19 pistol
Deaths6 (including John Roll)
Injured
14 (including the perpetrator)
PerpetratorJared Lee Loughner

The mass shooting happened on January 8, 2011. Nineteen people were shot. Six of the nineteen people died. Another person was injured.

U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords was holding a public meeting in the parking lot of a Safeway store.

Giffords was shot through the head from a very short distance. Her condition was said to be very bad just after the shooting. The six killed included John Roll, a chief judge for the District of Arizona.[1]

22 year old schizophrenic Jared Lee Loughner was arrested at the scene with five charges filed against him. Loughner pleaded guilty to 19 crimes. He never gave a reason for the shooting. In November 2012, Loughner was sentenced to life in prison.[2]

References

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  1. "Criminal Complaint Against Jared Lee Loughner". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
  2. Ball, James (8 Nov 2012). "Jared Lee Loughner sentenced to life in prison". Washington Post. Retrieved 21 May 2014.