songline
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Hi Paxi :star2:I am local and was at the event that morning, I went to high school and was good friends with Gabby so this all hits very close to home for me.
I plan to post more when time permits but here is a rundown of what I have gathered so far as to what happened the morning of the shooting.
JL was driving around in his chevy nova on the same side of town as the shooting, around 8 am and was pulled over for running a red light, he was let off with a warning after his name and plates were run and came back clear.
He then returned home. At some point in the weeks leading up to the shooting he bought a Glock 9 amm and extended 33 round magazine. His father took the gun away from him (maybe because JL was making threats? We dont know) and put the gun in a black bag and locked it in the trunk of the family car.
That morning when JL returned home after being pulled over he got in to the trunk of the family car and grabbed the black bag, the father saw him and came outside after him, JL ran in to the desert area surrounding his home and his father got in to his truck and chased after him. The father soon gave up when JL disappeared in to the desert.
JL then goes to a quicky mart store after taking gun out of black bag and likely putting in to the waist line of his pants to conceal it, ditched the black bag in dumpster perhaps (it hasnt been found yet) and then called a cab on payphone. Cab came to pick him up and took him to Safeway where he then went in to Safeway with cab driver to get change to pay cab fare, he then started shooting.
Questions we dont have answers for yet:
JL had not worked in several years, couldnt hold a job, so where did he get the 600 dollars to buy Glock and Magazine and Ammo. Also appears he had large bill in pocket when he paid cab fare and needed to get change from inside safeway (why did he want change when he knew what was about to go down, strange) SO where did he get all this money? We do not know yet...
Will post more as time permits, feel free to ask any questions you have, I am a Tucson resident and know the city well and can answer any questions you may have.
You are a joy to post with glad to see you.
I was on the other thread for Gabby....
IMHO, until there are some new Laws for MI that allows us to put someone who displays
MI under professional care, sadly we wait until something horrific occurs before they get help.
So sorry you lost a friend.
We also lost a great advocate who is "FOR THE PEOPLE"
That in itself is so rare today in the political arena.
While she is recovering her road ahead is long and challenging.
GOD BLESS HER everyday for all of her days.