At , he eased a faded Chevy Nova into the parking lot at the all-night Walgreens drugstore along Ina Road. Traffic had thinned as midnight approached. Most nearby businesses had long closed, their windows dark.
The big-box sporting-goods store. The big-box office-supply store. The chain pizza restaurant. The greasy smell of cooking burgers and fries from the hour fast-food joint across the street mingled with the exhaust of passing cars. Loughner climbed out of the Nova and entered the drugstore. He headed for the photo counter, passing a cashier who chirps a cheery "hello" to late-night customers.
Loughner left a roll of 35mm film, with the store's promise that prints would be ready in about an hour. He fired up the Nova and steered back into traffic, heading off on a circular path through the night. The store buzzed, even at the late hour, drawing motorists from the freeway and night owls seeking soda, cigarettes and beer.
The motel sits off the main drag, alongside the railroad tracks that follow Interstate In Room , the king-sized bed wore a spread festooned with seashells, flamingos, cityscapes and saguaros. The room looked out on Miss Saigon, a Vietnamese restaurant, and logos for Jack in the Box and the Waffle House hoisted on signs easily visible from the freeway. A rhythmic rumble of diesel rigs on I provided the bass line to a soundtrack of traffic and the braying horns of the freight trains.
Loughner wouldn't stay in the room for long. He was on the move, rambling up and down Ina Road, racing the dawn. The two started hanging out their freshman year in high school. They shared a taste for the same music and for weed.
In , they were cited for possession of drug paraphernalia when a sheriff's deputy found pipes, rolling papers and marijuana in Tierney's van. Both later went through a court-run drug-diversion program and had the charges wiped from their records.
About 20 minutes later, Loughner returned to Walgreens and retrieved his photos. In some of them, he was wearing a thong. Another 90 minutes passed. He logged onto his My Space page and posted a message: "Goodbye," it said.
And then, "Dear friends. A little after 6, with dawn still more than an hour away, Loughner stopped at a Walmart near the Foothills Mall, about 4 miles from the motel and deeper into the suburban neighborhoods. A sign at the sporting-goods counter informed customers that no one would be on duty until 7 a.
Loughner doubled back toward the freeway, stopping at another Circle K not far from his house. Then a little after 7, he drove back to the Walmart and asked to purchase ammunition.
The clerk disappeared in the back for a moment. During the delay, Loughner vanished from the store. Less than 30 minutes later, he arrived at another Walmart, in a newer power center west of I on Cortaro Road in Marana.
The shopping center was still quiet at that hour. A few people followed the smell of brewing coffee to a Starbucks. Other stores and eateries remained dark as the sun peeked over the Santa Catalina Mountains.
Inside the store, Loughner bought ammunition and a black diaper bag, the kind with straps to be worn like a backpack. It was a 9mm Glock, the kind police carry. Small, light, reliable. He had bought it over the counter at a sporting-goods store a few months back. Loughner turned onto Cortaro and headed east, under the freeway. An Arizona Game and Fish Department officer was at the same intersection and saw an old Nova roll through the red light about The infraction had nothing to do with game or fish, but the department's officers can make traffic stops when public safety is at risk.
Running a red light was enough. The officer pulled the Nova to the shoulder. The year-old driver handed over his license and registration, and the officer ran the records. There were no warrants, no red flags.
The officer gave the driver a warning. Loughner went on his way. Eventually, he returned to Soledad Avenue and the home he shared with his parents. The slump-block house with a flat roof was almost hidden behind the scraggly mesquite tree and cholla cactus in the neatly kept front yard.
The driveway was the usual spot for the Nova and a battered white pickup truck. Loughner started to remove the items he bought, when his father emerged from the house.
The two started arguing, and Loughner pulled his black bag from the car. His father would later say he could tell something was wrong. Loughner muttered and then fled, crossing the street to the north until he reached a dry wash that runs through the neighborhood. His father tried to chase him down, on foot and then in a car, but couldn't catch him.
Loughner made his way down the wash and disappeared into the desert. Bill Badger arose early Saturday morning and took Kirra out for their morning stroll. The retired Army colonel and his wife, Sallie, adopted the animal more than three years ago when their son found her at a pound. The dog was tough. She had come into the pound with three gunshot wounds, but she survived. A home in the foothills and a 2-mile romp through the wash were her daily rewards.
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Live TV. This Day In History. History Vault. Latin America. US Government. Sign Up. Gay Rights. War of Art, Literature, and Film History. World War I. Native American History. He is let go with a verbal warning. January 8, - Approximately 30 minutes before the shootings, Loughner takes a cab from a convenience store to the Safeway grocery store where Giffords' event is being held. January 8, - am - Loughner opens fire on a crowd of people at the Giffords event.
Six people are killed and 13 wounded. As Loughner attempts to reload his pistol, he is tackled and disarmed by several bystanders. January 9, - Loughner is formally charged with five counts in federal court: the attempted assassination of a member of Congress ; the murders of Gabe Zimmerman and Judge John Roll; and the attempted murders of Pamela Simon and Ron Barber.
January 12, - President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama meet with the injured and the families of victims at University Medical Center. January 19, - A federal grand jury in Arizona indicts Loughner. January 24, - Loughner pleads not guilty to all charges against him. February 11, - Prosecutors file a procedural motion to dismiss two murder charges against Loughner, though they intend to refile the charges under a superseding indictment. March 4, - Federal prosecutors file an additional 49 federal charges against Loughner.
March 9, - Burns enters "not guilty" pleas on behalf of Loughner on 49 counts, including murder and attempted murder. March 22, - Burns orders Loughner to undergo a mental evaluation in Springfield, Missouri, no later than April May 25, - Burns rules that Loughner is not competent to stand trial.
June 29, - Burns sides with prison doctors and rejects a motion from defense attorneys to stop Loughner's forced medication. July 7, - Before a federal appeals panel, the defense argues that forcing Loughner to take mind-altering psychotropic drugs violates his rights.
July 12, - The federal court rules Loughner has not been convicted of a crime, therefore he has the right to refuse to take anti-psychotic medication. July 22, - A federal appeals panel reverses the July 12th decision, and orders that authorities can force Loughner to take anti-psychotic medication.
Prosecutors had argued that his mental state is deteriorating and he is suicidal. August 31, - An appeals court in San Francisco hears arguments from Loughner's lawyers to try to end the forcible medication. They argue that criminal defendants have a constitutional right to refuse mental treatment when the government's primary goal is to make suspects competent enough to be convicted and possibly sentenced to death.
September 28, - Burns extends Loughner's treatment at a Missouri medical treatment facility for four more months, at which time Loughner's competency will be re-evaluated. January 8, - Giffords attends a vigil in Tucson marking the one-year anniversary of the shooting. She leads the crowd of thousands in the Pledge of Allegiance and later lights a memorial candle for the six people killed.
August 7, - Burns determines that Loughner is competent to stand trial in a federal court in Tucson. Loughner pleads guilty to 19 charges in exchange for the government not seeking the death penalty. November 8, - Burns sentences Loughner to serve the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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