Records clarify Loughner’s outburst

PHOENIX (AP) — A transcript in the case against the Tucson shooting rampage suspect clarifies what he said in an outburst during a hearing last month in which he was declared mentally incompetent to stand trial.

Reporters who witnessed the May 25 outburst struggled to piece together what Jared Lee Loughner said after he lowered his head to within inches of the courtroom table and then lifted his head and began a loud and angry rant.

The transcript says: “Thank you for the free kill. She died in front of me. Your cheesiness.”

The Associated Press had reported on the day of the hearing that Loughner said what sounded like, “Thank you for the freak show. She died in front of me.”

Some reporters also heard him say what sounded like “You’re treasonous.”