Tucson, AZ – Police investigating a shooting spree which left six people dead and a US congresswoman fighting for her life have released an image of a second suspect.
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He was pictured at the scene of the attack in Tucson, Arizona, as officers appealed for the public’s help to try to identify him.
The suspect is described as white, about 40-50 years old, with dark hair and was last seen wearing blue jeans and a dark blue jacket.
Another man, who is thought to have carried out the shooting, is already in custody after being arrested at the site of the atrocity.
He has reportedly been identified by a federal law official as 22-year-old Jared Lee Loughner.
Police said the gunman opened fire at point-blank range using a semi-automatic pistol.
Among those who were attacked was US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who is in intensive care after being shot in the head.
The shootings took place outside a supermarket where the 40-year-old Democrat was meeting constituents.
The dead included federal judge John Roll, 63, and nine-year-old Christina Greene.
The other people who lost their lives were Phyllis Schneck, 79, Dorothy Murray, 76, Dorwin Stoddard, 76, and 30-year-old Gabriel Zimmerman.
A Tucson fire official said the number of wounded was 13.
Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said the detained suspect, who was tackled after the shooting and is in custody, has “a troubled past”.
Ms Giffords was airlifted to a hospital in Tucson, where she underwent surgery. One of the doctors who treated her said he was optimistic about her recovery.
The bullet travelled straight through her brain, he told reporters.
US President Barack Obama said: “We don’t yet know what provoked this unspeakable act,” calling the shooting a “senseless and terrible act of violence”.
what makes them think that there was a second suspect?
sounds like Dallas in 1963 ??????????????????