An interview with U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, Democrat in Arizona’s District 1. Then, the Reporters’ Roundtable featured Mark B. Evans, administrator of TucsonCitizen.com and Dylan Smith, editor and publisher of TucsonSentinel.com. Plus, Weekend Watch with Matt Russell.... Read more»
At first, it sounded like firecrackers. Even to former military men, gunfire on a quiet and clear Saturday morning was too incongruous, too shocking to register at first. The shots happened too quickly to count. There was screaming and blood. New details of the Jan. 8 shooting rampage emerged Wednesday as the Sheriff’s Dep’t released 2,700 pages of reports.... Read more»2
The investigative file on the Jan. 8 shootings may be released within the next two weeks, a Sheriff’s Department spokesman said Thursday afternoon. Surveillance video of the rampage won’t be released, as PCSD doesn’t have a copy of that recording.... Read more»4
Tucson lawyer David Hardy told a Senate committee that limiting semiautomatic weapons would be a misguided response to mass shootings that have sparked renewed calls for gun control. Others at the often-contentious hearing said something must be done.... Read more»
A federal judge has said it’s up to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department to release records related to the Jan. 8 shooting rampage, lifting a bar on the release of investigative records in the case. Those documents will take more than a week to organize and release, a spokesman said.... Read more»
Emily Nottingham, whose son was killed in the 2011 Tucson mass shooting that wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, was in Washington Tuesday urging lawmakers to pass stronger background checks and ban assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines.... Read more»
Hikers gathered in small groups across Southern Arizona on Saturday to hit the trails in tribute to 24 people shot at a Tucson grocery store two years ago.... Read more»
While legislators in Virginia, Alabama, Arizona, New York, Texas and Colorado sometimes contemplated tightening rules after rampage shootings, few measures gained passage. In fact, several states - including Arizona - have made it easier to buy more guns and take them to more places.... Read more»
Guns galore, inadequate checks: The background check system is supposed to keep firearms away from potentially dangerous people, but the system is plagued by data problems, loopholes and disputes over just who should be barred. “There is a problem with a system like that. It is harder for a high school kid to get a job at McDonald’s.” (with video)... Read more»1
Jan. 8 gunman Jared Loughner will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Several victims said at his sentencing hearing Thursday that he should spend his time remembering his crimes — among those who spoke was Mark Kelly, who stood in the courtroom with his wife, Gabrielle Giffords.... Read more»4
Gabrielle Giffords will attend the sentencing of Jan. 8 gunman Jared Loughner on Thursday. Giffords’ husband, Mark Kelly, will address Loughner on her behalf. Prison doctors have testified that the mentally ill Loughner has trouble believing that he did not assassinate Giffords.... Read more»
Arizona police agencies were among those singled out in a two-year Senate committee investigation that found “widespread deficiencies” in a Homeland Security Department program that officials have touted for years as a centerpiece in U.S. counterterrorism efforts.... Read more»
At the request of prosecutors, the sentencing hearing for Jan. 8 shooter Jared Loughner has been moved up to Thursday, Nov. 8. The gunman, who pleaded guilty last month to killing six and wounding 13 in an attempt to assassinate Gabrielle Giffords, had been scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 15.... Read more»
A dozen survivors and family members from last year’s Tucson shooting that killed six people and injured 13 met this week with Attorney General Eric Holder to urge stricter federal regulations on gun sales.... Read more»
An interview with Richard Gruentzel, chief financial officer for Tucson International Airport, plus the Reporters’ Roundtable with Jimmy Boegle, editor of the Tucson Weekly, and Dylan Smith, editor and publisher of TucsonSentinel.com.... Read more»
A just-released April report said Jan. 8 shooter Jared Loughner was competent to stand trial, but might not remain so. Loughner “does suffer from a severe mental illness,” it said, “and his condition may wax and wane. Consequently, the possibility exists that he may decompensate during the criminal process.”... Read more»1
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