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Thursday, January 13, 2011

New facts come out: Loughner: "why don't we just strap bombs to babies"

Shooting suspect Jared Loughner had been in trouble repeatedly with police at the community college he attended and was so disruptive that a dean once called him "creepy" with a "dark personality," according to records released Wednesday.

The new documents, made public as part of a public-records request by USA TODAY and other news organizations, detail how Loughner, 22, had been watched by Pima Community College authorities as early as February for his behavior. A campus police officer suggested that administrators "keep an eye on him."

In that case, a college dean, Patricia Houston, notified police after Loughner launched into a diatribe about "killing people" and "why don't we just strap bombs to babies,"  (Continues here)

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