Shortly after media reports identified the suspect in the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and 19 others in Tucson yesterday as 22-year-old Jared Lee Loughner, a woman named Caitie Parker began tweeting that she had once been friends with the man.“Saying Jared Laughner was the gunman. Really hoping that’s not the same guy I went to HS with, really good friend. Freaking out right now!!!” she tweeted yesterday afternoon.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=116124