Attorney Judy Clark, left, and defendant Jared Loughner sit before the judge in federal court Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012 in Tucson, Ariz. as shown in this artists' rendering. Suspected shooter Jared Loughner, who is charged with shooting U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and 18 others, entering a plea deal that keeps Loughner in prison for the rest of his life, in Tucscon, Ariz.
(AP Photo/Bill Robles)
Loughner returned to Missouri until sentencing
Attorney Judy Clark, left, and defendant Jared Loughner sit before the judge in federal court Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012 in Tucson, Ariz. as shown in this artists' rendering. Suspected shooter Jared Loughner, who is charged with shooting U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and 18 others, entering a plea deal that keeps Loughner in prison for the rest of his life, in Tucscon, Ariz.
(AP Photo/Bill Robles)
August 11, 2012
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PHOENIX—The man who pleaded guilty in the Arizona mass shooting that wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has returned to the Missouri federal prison where he is being treated for a mental illness.
U.S. Marshals Service spokesman Chris DeRosa says Jared Lee Loughner left Tucson on Friday and is at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Mo.
DeRosa says he will remain there until his sentencing Nov. 15.
Loughner was in Tucson this week for a hearing in which a judge allowed him to plead guilty to 19 counts stemming from the shooting. The plea agreement guarantees he will spend the rest of his life in prison.
Six people died and 13 others, including the congresswoman, were wounded in the Jan. 8 shooting outside a Tucson supermarket.
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