Probe of Arizona shootings extends to California
Pima County detectives are investigating if some death threats received by fax this spring by a California state senator might be connected to the Tucson shooting spree that left six dead and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords critically wounded.
A Pima County detective called Sen. Leland Yee’s chief of staff on Monday to inquire about some racist faxes Yee received in March or April after he checked into payments made by a California state university to Sarah Palin for a speaking engagement.
Adam Keigwin, Yee’s top aide, said he was surprised by the detective’s call.
“I’m not certain if there is a definite connection” between the threats received by Yee and the Giffords case, Keigwin said. “He referenced that they are seeing similar faxes in their investigation. I think it has similar terminology. I don’t know for sure, but he said they are getting very similar faxes.”
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