Arrested victim of mass shooting speaks out, explains threat

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Source: KGUN9.com

TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - One of the Tucson shooting victims is speaking out two weeks after a bizarre outburst that landed him not only in jail, but also in psychiatric custody. J. Eric Fuller was arrested after making threatening comments at a town hall meeting a week after the shootings that killed six and wounded 13, including him.

Fuller told KGUN9 he meant no harm when he pointed a camera at a Tea Party activist and said, "you're dead." He said he was trying to make a point about how easy access to guns makes it easy to kill.

"Where Gabrielle Giffords was standing, when I began hearing the gunfire, I turned and looked and there was Jared Loughner, athletically pumping out the rounds, taking aim and firing," Fuller recalled. For him, the memory of the shooting is fresh and sharp. So sharp, it got him into trouble.

He already believed guns are too easy to obtain when he became one of the shooting victims January 8th. A week later he was part of a town hall meeting sponsored by ABC News.

When Tucson Tea Party leader Trent Humphries suggested it was too soon to talk about tighter gun control, Fuller did something that got him arrested. He pointed a camera at Humphries and said, "You're dead." Now, Fuller has apologized for the perceived threat that landed him in hot water with the authorities.



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