Tucson
shooting victim arrested after making threat
January
16, 2011 5:18:36 AM
TUCSON,
Ariz., Jan 15 (Reuters) - A victim of last week's Arizona shooting rampage was
arrested on Saturday and ordered to undergo a mental evaluation after
threatening a Tea Party leader during the taping of a television show, police
said.
James Eric Fuller, 63, who was shot
in the knee on Jan. 8, objected to comments from Trent Humphries, leader of the
conservative Tea Party political movement in Tucson, during taping of a town
hall meeting organized for an ABC News special program on the aftermath of the
shootings.
Fuller stood, turned and snapped a
picture of Humphries, said Pima County Sheriff's Department spokesman Jason
Ogan.
"Then he yelled at him and
said, 'You're dead,'" Ogan said.
Deputies arrested Fuller on charges
of disorderly conduct and making a threat.
After consultation with a doctor,
deputies then took Fuller to a local hospital for an involuntary evaluation,
Ogan said.
The charges will be filed with the
Pima County Attorney's Office, he said.
Fuller was one of 13 people injured
when a gunman opened fire during a gathering of constituents of U.S.
congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Six people died, including a federal judge
and a 9-year-old girl, and the Democratic congresswoman remains in critical
condition in a Tucson hospital.
A 22-year-old college dropout, Jared
Lee Loughner, was arrested for the shootings. He is charged with five federal
counts, including the murder of a federal judge and the attempted assassination
of Giffords.
The rampage sparked a national
debate about whether the vitriolic tone of partisan politics in the United
States in recent years had contributed to the suspect's motivations. (Reporting
by Brad Poole; Editing by Peter Bohan and Eric Beech)
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