US shooter Learned assassins on Internet before Firing

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

The 22-year-old man, accused of shooting US Congress woman Gabrielle Giffordsm, learned about several assassins and legal consequences on internet before opening fire at a shop in Arizona, an official has said.


Jared L. Loughner, who pleaded not guilty Monday to three counts of attempted murder in connection with shooting at a Tucson supermarket, researched famous assassins, death penalty and lonely confinement on internet, the New York Times reported quoting an official close to the investigation. The Jan 8 shooting left six people dead and 13 injured.

Giffords, Democrat delegate from Arizona, was shot in the head but survived. Additional charges, including murder, are expected. The official did not say which assassins Loughner looked up. The websites were tracked by searching the browser history of his computer

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