okay, i was just having a really rough time and i thought i was going to get a ticket. and i m really glad you re not. loughner told an officer who handcuffed him, quote, i just want you to know i m the only person who knew about this. the same officer said loughner plead wanted the fifth repeatedly in the patrol car. some of the most chilling details come from loughner s parents. it s clear they were very worried about their son s mental state. jake tapper has more. reporter: the most haunting thing about the killer s face, that smile. we ll never know exactly what jared loughner was thinking, but today the pima county, arizona sheriff s department released almost 3,000 pages of documents from their investigation. and they paint a picture of a man who long ago lost touch with reality. his parents told police he dab elled in cocaine and marijuana. and once owned a shotgun. but upon advice of school administrators, after he was kicked out of community college for an inflammatory video
the same officer said loughner pleaded the fifth repeatedly in the patrol car. some of the most chilling details come from loughner s parents. it s clear they were very worried about their son s mental state. jake tapper has more. reporter: the most haunting thing about the killer s face, that smile. we ll never know exactly what jared loughner was thinking, but today the pima county, arizona sheriff s department released almost 32003 pages of documents from their investigation. and they paint a picture of a man who long ago lost touch with reality. his parents told police he dabbled in cocaine and marijuana and once owned a shotgun. but upon advice of school administrators, after he was kicked out of community college for an inflammatory video he posted online, they took that gun from him and hid it, along with an antique gun, in the trunk of their car. his mother said her son never got the mental health evaluation the school recommended when they expelled him. but she acknowledged
loughner said, quote, yeah, i m okay, i was having a rough time and thought i was going to get a ticket and really glad you re not. loughner told an officer who handcuffed him, quote, i just want you to know i m the only person who knew about this. the same officer said loughner plead wanted the fifth repeatedly in the patrol car. some of the most chilling details come from loughner s parents. it s clear they were very worried about their son s mental state. jake tapper has more. reporter: the most haunting thing about the killer s face, that smile. we ll never know exactly what jared loughner was thinking, but today the pima county, arizona sheriff s department released 3,000 documents. and paint a picture of a man who long ago lost touch with reality. he dabbled in cocaine and marijuana and once owned a shotgun. but upon advice of school administrators, after he was kicked out of community college for an inflammatory video he posted online, they took that gun from him and hid it, a
with an antique gun, in the trunk of their car. his mother said her son never got the mental health evaluation the school recommended when they expelled him. but she acknowledged his behavior was, quote, not normal. sometimes you d hear him in his room, like, having conversations. and sometimes he would look like he was having a conversation with someone right there, talking to someone. i don t know how to explain it. loughner s father said he was becoming difficult to talk to in the months before the shooting. one friend who worked at the store where loughner bought the glock he used in the shooting told authorities he would say he could dream and control what he was doing while dreaming. another friend got this voice mail message from loughner the night before the shootings. hey, it s this is jared. i had some very good times. and peace out. later. we re also learning more about the chaos and acts of heroism that day after loughner pulled the trigger. congresswoman gabby giffords
people may get an unwelcome christmas gift. rough weather could be on the way from east texas to north florida. further north they are under a winter storm warning with freezing rain, sleet and snow. pope benedict xvi led christmas eve mass and urged people around the globe to find time for god in what he describes as our busy technology driven lives. in florida a very merry christmas for the family of john hammar. the former marine is back home after months in a mexican jail. he was locked up for intering mexico with an antique gun. i got him in the car and i thanked the u.s. consulate guys and we took off and made a b line to san pedro island and spent the night there.