Loughner had made death threats before.

[cali]

Suspect in rampage called 'very disturbed'


The man arrested for opening fire at a community meeting held by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Saturday -- killing six people and injuring 13 others -- disrupted classes at Pima Community College, tried to manipulate his dreams and posted rambling messages on the Internet.

The suspected shooter is Jared Lee Loughner, a 22-year-old who lives on the northwest side. He is mentally unstable and may have had an accomplice, Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said Saturday evening.

A former classmate of Loughner at Pima, from which he was suspended Sept. 29 for code-of-conduct violations, said he was "obviously very disturbed."

"He disrupted class frequently with nonsensical outbursts," said Lynda Sorenson, who took a math class with Loughner last summer at Pima Community College's Northwest campus.

Dupnik said the suspected shooter has made death threats before and been contacted by law-enforcement officers. The threats weren't against Giffords, Dupnik said.

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[slackmaster]

1. Well, there's a shocker

I believe making death threats is a crime.

[Cirque du So-What]

2. 'Disturbed' though he may be

he didn't take aim at random targets; it was a US Representative who had been 'targeted' beforehand. How many more examples of the easily-influenced taking up arms to murder 'the enemy' do we need?

[cali]

3. Just because someone is psychotic doesn't mean that they can't

target specifically. Psychosis isn't about randomness.

[Cirque du So-What]

4. I'm not disagreeing with you

I'm disagreeing with the corporate media's attempt to depict his murderous spree as 'random.'

[bettyellen]

5. so have way too many other Teabaggers, veiled or otherwise

how do we know who is going to actually do something? i think we should take all threats very seriously.