The Face of Crazy: Jared Loughner Eerily Smirks in Photo Taken After Shooting Rampage
| Pima County Sheriff's Office |
| Jared Loughner after being arrested for Saturday's shooting rampage in Tucson. |
Loughner made his initial appearance in federal court earlier this afternoon. He smiled during his appearance before a judge in a packed Phoenix courtroom.
Below is ABC News' account of Loughner's court appearance:
Federal officials released Loughner's mug shot, showing him smiling into the camera despite hints of a black eye.
"Yes, I am Jared Lee Loughner," said Loughner, with a freshly shaved head, when the Judge Lawrence Anderson asked him to confirm his identity.
Holding up a financial affidavit, Anderson asked Loughner, "I can't read your signature. I know how hard it is to sign with handcuffs on. Did you sign this?"Loughner, with a scar on the side of his head, leaned forward to look at the paper and responded, "Yes I signed it. Mrs. Clarke did help me out." Judy Clarke is his court-appointed public defender.
Keep checking Valley Fever for other stories on the massacre in Tucson and its aftermath.
Further Reading:
The Face of Crazy: Jared Loughner Eerily Smirks in Photo Taken After Shooting Rampage
Gabrielle Giffords Shooting Wasn't First Arizona Rampage
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