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August 8, 2012 Page 19 Tucson, Ariz. Mass Killer Pleads Guilty Avoids death penalty in assassination attempt (A P ) — Ja re d L ee L o u g h n e r a g re e d T u e s d a y to sp e n d the re st o f his life in p riso n , a c c e p tin g th a t he w e n t o n a d e a d ly sh o o tin g ra m p a g e at an A rizo n a p o litica l g a th e rin g and sp a rin g the v ic tim s a le n g th y , p o ssib ly tra u m a tic d e a th -p e n - a lty tria l. H is p lea cam e soon after a federal ju d g e found that m onths o f p s y c h ia tr ic tre a tm e n t fo r sch izo p h ren ia m ade L oughner a b l e to u n d erstan d ch arg es that he killed six people and w ounded 13 o thers, including his intended ta r g e t, th e n - R e p . G a b r ie lle G iffords. “ 1 p lead g u ilty ,” the 23-year- old college dro p o u t said. H is h a ir c lo s e ly c ro p p e d , L o u g h n e r w as not th e sm ilin g , b a ld -h e a d e d su s p e c t c a p tu re d Jared Lee Loughner in a m u g sh o t so o n a fte r the Ja n u a ry 2011 sh o o tin g . W earing khakis, L o ughner sat quietly throughout the hearing and sm iled at one point w hen a p sychologist testifying about his co m p eten ce rem ark ed that he had bonded w ith one o f the fed eral prison guards. A fter the hearing, L oughner's parents cried and em braced. T he victim s m ostly ju st w atched w ith out expression. T he outcom e w as w elcom ed by so m e v ic tim s , in c lu d in g G iffords herself, as a way to m ove on. “T he pain and loss cau sed by the events o f Jan. 8, 2011, are in calcu lab le,” G iffo rd s said in a jo in t statem ent w ith her husband, M ark K elly. “A v o id in g a trial w ill allow us — an d we hope the w hole S outhern A rizo n a c o m m unity — to co n tin u e w ith o u r re c o v e ry .” E xperts had co n clu d ed that L o u g h n er suffers from sch izo phrenia, and o fficials at a federal prison have forcibly m edicated him w ith p sy ch o tro p ic d ru gs for m ore than a year. Sikh Temple Shooter Espoused Hate Shooter was frustrated neo-Nazi, civil rights group says ( A P ) :— A 4 0 -y ear-o ld A rm y veteran, identified by a civil rights g ro u p as the on e-tim e lead er o f a w hite su prem acist band, w as the gunm an w ho killed six people inside a Sikh tem ple in W isco n sin, officials said M onday. W ade M ichael P age is ac cu sed o f w alking into the Sikh T em p le o f W isconsin in su b u r ban M ilw aukee and open ed fire as several d o zen p eo p le p re pared for Sunday services. W hen the shooting finally ended, seven people lay dead, including Page, w ho w as shot to d eath by police. T h re e o th e rs w e re c ritic a lly w o u n d ed in w hat police called an act o f do m estic terrorism . P age w as a "frustrated neo- N azi" w ho led a racist w hite su p rem acist band, the Southern P overty L aw C en ter said M o n day. Page told a w hite suprem a cist w ebsite in an interview in 2010 that he h ad been part o f the w h ite-p o w er m usic scene since 2 0 0 0 w hen he left his native C o lo rad o and started the band, E nd A pathy, in 2005, the n o n He did not m ention violence in S o -called "Psy-O ps" sp ecial the w ebsite interview . ists are responsible for the an aly profit civil rights organization Page joined the military in M il sis, developm ent and distribution said. w aukee in 1992 and w as a re o f intelligence used for in fo rm a H e to ld the w eb site his "in sp i pairm an fo r the H aw k m issile tion and p sy ch o lo g ical effect; ration w as based on frustration system before sw itching jo b s to they research and an aly ze m eth that w e have the potential to becom e one o f the A rm y's p sy ods o f influencing foreign p o p u accom plish so m uch m ore as chological operations specialists, lations. in d iv id u a ls an d a so c ie ty in according to the defense o ffi Fort B ragg, N .C ., w as am o n g ¿vhole," acco rd in g to the SPLC . cial. the bases w here Page served. T erry F amily 2337 N. Williams Ave. Portland, Or 97227 503-249-1788 We make the service personal, You make the tribute personal. Every time we arrange a personalized funeral service, we take special pride going the extra mile. With our online Memorial Obituary, now we can do even more. Friends and family can find out service information, view photos, read obituary, order flowers and leave personal messages of condolences from anywhere, anytime. Simply go to our website. www.terryfamilyfuneralhome.com "Dedicated to providing excellent service and superior care o f your loved one " Dwight A. Terry Oregon License CO-3644 Amy S. Terry A woman reacts with others as they await word on a shooting Sunday at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis. (AP Photo) Oregon License FS-0395
