Doug Mataconis · · 1 comment

The U.S. Attorney in Arizona has filed two murder, and three attempted murder charges, against Jared Lee Loughner in connected with yesterday’s shooting:

Two counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder have been filed in U.S. District Court against suspected Tucson gunman Jared Loughner, 22, accused of opening fire outside a Safeway Saturday killing six people and wounding 14.

The five counts involve the alleged shootings of five federal employees, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who is in critical condition after a bullet pierced her brain, and the death of U.S. District Judge John Roll, a beloved figure who was just stopping by on his way home from church, officials say.

Investigators said that Loughner, accused of opening fire with a Glock 9mm gun on a crowd, gathered to hear Giffords and tried to reload the weapon that killed six and injured 14, but it failed to reload.

Federal investigators will probe Loughner’s writings on Myspace and other activity on the Internet.

Furthermore, “we have reason to believe he attended a similar event back in 2007 and the specifics will come out in the course of the legal proceedings,” Mueller said.