Pima Community College asked ATF for weapons info on Loughner, email release shows
Pima Community College police contacted the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on Sept. 29, 2010, to ask if the agency had any records related to Jared Lee Loughner.
The Oct. 1 response from a Tucson ATF agent was brief: “I did not come up with any gun info on this guy. Let me know if you need anything else.”
On Nov. 30, Loughner bought a semiautomatic pistol at Sportsman’s Warehouse in Marana. He is charged with using it Jan. 8 to kill six people and wound 13, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
The electronic exchange is contained in a new batch of 255 pages of emails that PCC had previously withheld but was ordered to release by Pima County Superior Court Judge Stephen Villarreal. The Arizona Republic sued PCC for withholding the documents, which the college argued was required by a federal student-privacy law.
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