Jared Lee Loughner
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Mug shot of Loughner taken by U.S. Marshals on January 22, 2011
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| Born |
Jared Lee Loughner September 10, 1988 |
| Residence | Tucson, Arizona, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education |
Mountain View High School (dropped out)) Pima Community College (withdrew) |
| Known for | 2011 Tucson shooting |
| Political party | Independent (voter) |
| Criminal charge |
49 including:
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| Criminal penalty | 7 life sentences without parole, and an additional 140 years |
| Killings | |
| Target(s) | Gabrielle Giffords |
| Killed | 6 |
| Injured | 13 |
| Weapons | 9mm Glock pistol |
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Date apprehended
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January 8, 2011 |
| Imprisoned at | Federal Medical Center, Rochester |
49 including:
Jared Lee Loughner (/ˈlɒfnər/; born September 10, 1988) is an American citizen who pleaded guilty to 19 charges of murder and attempted murder in connection with the January 8, 2011 Tucson shooting, in which he shot and severely injured U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, his target, and killed six people, including Chief U.S. District Court Judge John Roll, as well as a nine-year-old bystander, Christina-Taylor Green. Loughner shot and injured 13 other people, and one man was injured while subduing him.
Acquaintances said that Loughner's personality had changed markedly in the years prior to the shooting, a period when he was also abusing alcohol and drugs. He had been suspended from Pima Community College in September 2010 because of his bizarre behavior and disruptions in classes and the library. After his arrest, two medical evaluations diagnosed him with paranoid schizophrenia and incompetent to stand trial. He was medicated while in jail as part of his treatment. He was again judged incompetent in May 2012.
In August 2012, Loughner was judged competent to stand trial, and at the hearing, he pleaded guilty to 19 counts. In November 2012, he was sentenced to life plus 140 years in federal prison.
Jared Lee Loughner is the only child of Randy and Amy (née Totman) Loughner. They were described by a neighbor as a very private family. Amy Loughner worked for the City Parks Department. Randy Loughner was a retired gasoline truck driver, but journalists did not determine if he worked outside the house at the time. While Loughner had friends in high school, neighbors noted that in the years following, he kept more to himself and did not respond to others.
Loughner attended Mountain View High School, and dropped out in 2006. Around this time, when he was about eighteen years old, those who knew him noted a change in his personality. Kelsey Hawkes, who dated Loughner for several months in high school, later said she could not believe it was him after hearing of his arrest. "I've always known him as the sweet, caring Jared," said Hawkes, 21, then a student at the University of Arizona. At some point, Loughner was fired from his job at a Quiznos restaurant, with his manager saying he had undergone a personality transformation. After this, Loughner briefly volunteered at a local animal shelter, walking dogs, but he was asked not to return. The shelter manager later said, "He was walking dogs in an area we didn't want dogs walked...he didn't understand or comprehend what the supervisor was trying to tell him. He was just resistant to that information."
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