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Loughner Declared Unfit for Trial

HeadlineMay 26, 2011

A federal judge has ruled Arizona shooting suspect Jared Loughner is not mentally competent to stand trial. Loughner is charged with the killing of six people and wounding of others, including Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, in a shooting rampage in Tucson in January. Loughner has spent the past five weeks undergoing psychiatric evaluation at a hospital in Missouri.

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