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VIDEO: Jared Lee Loughner Recorded Bizarre 'Genocide' Rant


Posted on Jan 15, 2011 @ 07:00AM - 2 comments

Jared Lee Lougner walked around his Pima Community College campus last September with a video camera and a personality that was losing all touch with reality," RadarOnline.com has learned.

The accused shooter in last week's Tucson, Arizona rampage narrated his tour of the school, and it is as frightening as it is eerie.

Jared Lee Lougner walked around his Pima Community College campus last September with a video camera and a personality that was losing all touch with reality," RadarOnline.com has learned.

The accused shooter in last week's Tucson, Arizona rampage narrated his tour of the school, and it is as frightening as it is eerie.

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He posted it on YouTube, and once school officials became aware of the video, they immediately suspended Loughner.

You can see it here on RadarOnline.com.

In between taping the exterior of buildings, the door to the campus police office and some passersby, Loughner comments that "I'm in a terrible place."

He accuses Pima Community College of being a "genocide" school and stifling free speech.

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"All the teachers that you have are being paid illegally and have illegal authority over the Constitution of the United States under the 1st Amendment," he says.  "This is genocide in America.  Thank you.  This is Jared from Pima College."

School officials released the video Saturday.

Loughner stands accused of murder, attempted murder, and the attempted assassination of a member of Congress.  His primary target was Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head but is defying the odds with her survival.

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NEW DETAILS IN CONGRESSWOMAN SHOOTING: Shooter Posted 'I'll See You On National TV' & Police Find 'Person Of Interest'


Posted on Jan 09, 2011 @ 09:00AM - 1 comment

UPDATE:  The manhunt is over for the "person of interest" in the Tucson shooting.  The Pima County Sheriff's Department has located the man, questioned and released him.  He is a cab driver, who had driven Jared Lee Loughner to the Safeway, and then walked into the store with him because the suspected shooter needed to get change to pay his fare.

UPDATE:  The manhunt is over for the "person of interest" in the Tucson shooting.  The Pima County Sheriff's Department has located the man, questioned and released him.  He is a cab driver, who had driven Jared Lee Loughner to the Safeway, and then walked into the store with him because the suspected shooter needed to get change to pay his fare.

Police are now hunting for a second man, described as a “person of interest” in the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and new details have emerged indicating the alleged shooter may signaled his destructive intent with online postings, RadarOnline.com has learned.

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Twenty people were shot, six of them killed, in Tuscson, Arizona on Saturday in a sudden act of violence that has stirred debate about superheated political rhetoric and caused President Obama to dispatch the head of the FBI to oversee the criminal investigation.

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Jared Lee Loughner is now in the custody of the FBI and identified as the shooter. Authorities are searching for a second man who they say was at the scene and is a person of interest.

The 'person of interest' is a white male, approximately 40 to 50 years old with dark hair. He was last seen wearing blue jeans and a dark blue jacket. The photograph was released by the Pima County Sheriff’s office and taken from a surveillance video camera at the shopping center.

Meanwhile more of Loughner’s bizarre online postings have been uncovered in the aftermath of the tragedy. One of the most disturbing read: "WOW! I’m glad i didn’t kill myself. I’ll see you on National T.v.! This is foreshadow .... why doesn’t anyone talk to me?.."

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That was posted in mid-December, about the same time as his bizarre videos were posted, according to the Arizona Republic. He also posted: “I don’t feel good: I’m ready to kill a police officer! I can say it."

Giffords, 40, was shot in the back of the head. But she emerged from heavy sedation Sunday morning and a medical spokesperson said she was able to follow commands, a very good sign, according to  her doctors.

One hero who emerged from the order is Daniel Hernandez, a 20-year-old intern in Giffords’ office. He rushed to help her and tried to keep her stable until paramedics arrived.

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"I don't know how much time it took, Hernandez said in an ABC-TV interview Sunday. "It seemed like it took an eternity, but that's just because of the way that the events were unfolding, because I was trying to make sure that I was holding the congresswoman so that she could still breathe well, but also make sure that I was holding her wound so that she didn't -- so that she was in good enough condition to be able to be transported by ambulance to a hospital."

The alleged shooter was suspended from Pima Community College, in Tucson on September 29, 2010 after campus police had contact with him five times. Classmates described his behavior as bizarre and the school said he agreed to withdrew from the college on Oct. 4.

Administrators met with Loughner and his parents and said he needed a certificate that "in the opinion of a mental health professional, his presence at the College does not present a danger to himself or others” in order to come back to school.

It is not known if Loughner underwent a mental health evaluation, but he was able to purchase a Glock 19 with an extended clip, capable of holding 30 rounds of 9 mm ammunition. He bought the gun at Sportsman's Warehouse in Tucson on Nov. 30, law enforcement officials said.

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A classmate of his from high school described him as a left wing liberal, via a series of Tweets.

Caitie Parker began Tweeting on Saturday that she knew Loughner, and the Phoenix New Times confirmed she was his high school classmate. Parker Tweeted she hadn’t seen him in three years and wrote, “the guy I knew 3 years ago isn’t the evil he became today.” She also said she was in a band with him.

She also said Loughner claimed to have met Giffords previously and described the Congresswoman as "stupid and unintelligent."

Parker said Loughner  became "reclusive" in 2007 after getting alcohol poisoning and dropping out of college.  You can view her Tweets here.

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A MySpace page believed to be Loughner’s was taken down quickly after he was identified as the gunman. That page had a "Goodbye friends" message published hours before the shooting. It also asked his pals: "Please don't be mad at me."

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Jared Lee Loughner Named As Tucson Guman - See His Strange Videos Here


Posted on Jan 08, 2011 @ 05:07AM - 37 comments

Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and 19 others were shot by 22-year-old Jared Lee Loughner, Tucson law enforcement officials have stated. They recovered a 9mm Glock handgun at the scene. The gun reportedly had an extended clip capable of holding 30 rounds.

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Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and 19 others were shot by 22-year-old Jared Lee Loughner, Tucson law enforcement officials have stated. They recovered a 9mm Glock handgun at the scene. The gun reportedly had an extended clip capable of holding 30 rounds.

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Giffords, 40, was in critical condition Sunday morning. Doctors have expressed optimism that she will survive but have not predicted what permanent damage the shooting has caused.

A definite outsider with a disturbing view of the US and it's financial system, Loughner self-produced a series of bizarre videos which you can see here on RadarOnline.com.

The 22-year-old Tucson resident was taken into custody following the rampage that so far has cost six lives. As of Sunday, the FBI took custody of Loughner.

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Loughner attended Northwest Aztec Middle College and Pima Community College, RadarOnline.com has learned.  It does not appear he has any criminal record, but he can only be described as "fringe" in terms of his beliefs.

Numerous reports said he was asked to leave the community college after creating disturbances and exhibiting bizarre behavior. Some reports said that it was suggested he be mentally evaluated and one forensic psychiatrist, who did not examine Loughner, said his behavior was consistent with schizophrenia.

Loughner listed The Communist Manifesto and Hitler's Mein Kampf among his favorite books. The avid reader was also a volunteer at the Tucson book festival last year. The Arizona Daily Star ran a photo of Loughner volunteering at the event.

His videos are as over-the-top as they come but don't specifically deal with any current political issues. They do however create a bizarre portrait of a man whose actions have stunned the nation, with President Obama reacting and sending the head of the FBI to Arizona to take control of the investigation.

A second man, unnamed as of early Sunday, is also being sought by authorities, who believe he may have been involved.

Watch Loughner’s strange videos below:

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