TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Arizona authorities say a second man has been cleared of any involvement in an attempted assassination of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson.
Pima County Sheriff's Deputy Jason Ogan said Sunday that the man was a suspected accomplice in the shooting Saturday outside a supermarket. Authorities say six people were killed and 14 others wounded, including the Democrat lawmaker.
Police say the shooter was in custody, and was identified by people familiar with the investigation as 22-year-old Jared Loughner (LAWF'-ner). U.S. officials who provided his name to the AP spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release it publicly.
The office has said a man possibly associated with the suspect who was near the scene was being sought. Authorities had circulated a security camera photograph of the man.
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