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By JACQUES BILLEAUD and JULIE WATSON, Associated Press


      PHOENIX (AP) - The parents of a man charged with trying to
assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords are devastated and
guilt-ridden, a neighbor said, mourning their own tragedy as Tucson
residents prepared Tuesday for a community memorial service and a
visit from the president.

      Jared Loughner's mother has been in bed, crying nonstop since
the shooting rampage on Saturday, neighbor Wayne Smith, 70, told
KPHO-TV. Amy and Randy Loughner want to know where they went wrong
with their 22-year-old son, who is charged with trying to kill the
Democratic lawmaker and killing a federal judge.


      "I told them they didn't fail. They taught him everything about
right and wrong," Smith said. "We all know you can teach someone
everything and have no control how it works out."


      Loughner's parents have not appeared publicly or spoken since
the incident, though Smith said the father plans to release a
statement.


      Meanwhile, the parents of one of Jared Loughner's close friends,
Zach Osler, described a troubled relationship between the shooting
suspect - an only child - and his parents.


      In an interview with The Associated Press, George and Roxanne
Osler recalled the only time they met the rest of his family.


      In 2008, the Loughner parents showed up at the Osler's doorstep
looking for their son, who had left home about a week before and
broken off all contact, George Osler IV said.


      Jared often spent time at the Osler's place, sometimes watching
conspiracy-theory movies with Zach and his younger brother, George
V.


      Mrs. Osler said she was struck by how unfailingly polite he was
- far more so than their son's other teenage friends.


      With the Loughners at his house, Zach Osler told them the name
of the local hotel where their son was staying. The Loughners were
able to patch things up and Jared moved back in with his parents,
Zach's father said.


      After that, the elder Osler sometimes would see Mrs. Loughner at
the local supermarket, though they didn't chat much. He recalled
that every time he saw her she had at least one 30-pack of beer in
her cart.


      Jared Loughner grew up on a typical Tucson block of low-slung
homes with palm trees and cactus gardens out front.


      Loughner's father moved into the house as a bachelor, and
eventually got married and the Loughners had Jared, longtime
next-door neighbor George Gayan said. Property records show Randy
Loughner has lived there since 1977.


      Gayan said he had "differences of opinion but nothing where it
was radical or violent." He declined to provide specifics.


      "As time went on, they indicated they wanted privacy," Gayan
said. Friends of Jared Loughner have described him as a loner.


      Unlike other homes on the block, the Loughners' is obscured by
plants.


      Amy Loughner got a job with the county just before Jared was
born, and since at least 2002 has been the supervisor for Roy P.
Drachman Agua Caliente Park on the outskirts of the city. She earns
$25.70 an hour, according to Gwyn Hatcher, Pima County's human
resources director.


      Randy Lougher apparently has not worked for years - at least
outside his home. One thing he did do was fix up cars. Gayan said
he had three "show cars" and two of Jared Lougher's friends said
he bought a junker '69 orange Chevrolet Nova and made it pristine.


      On Monday, Jared Loughner appeared in court wearing a beige
prison jumpsuit and handcuffs and sporting a pink gash on the
hairline of his shaved head. He spoke just a brief reply when the
judge asked if he understood that he could get life in prison - or
the death penalty - for killing federal Judge John Roll.


      Loughner was being held without bail.


      Meanwhile, residents of Tucson prepared for memorial services
Tuesday for the six killed in the shooting.


      A Mass for all the victims at St. Odelia's Parish in Tucson -
was set for Tuesday evening, and President Barack Obama was
scheduled to arrive in Arizona Wednesday for a memorial service
days after calling the attack a tragedy for the entire country.

      Loughner's court appearance in Phoenix on Monday gave the nation
a first look at the man authorities say is responsible for the
shooting that also left 14 injured outside a Tucson supermarket
where Giffords had set up a booth to hear the concerns of
constituents.


      Giffords, a three-term Democrat, was in critical condition at
Tucson's University Medical Center, gravely wounded after being
shot through the head but able to give a thumbs-up sign that
doctors found as a reason to hope.

      Speaking to NBC's "Today" show early Tuesday, Dr. Michael
Lemole, chief of neurosurgery at the University of Arizona, said
there was no change overnight in Giffords' condition.


      When asked about swelling in her brain on the third day, which
is when brain swelling often reaches its peak after an injury,
Lemole said a CT scan early Tuesday showed no increase in swelling.
But he cautioned that it can sometimes take longer for brain
swelling to reach its peak.


      "Just the fact that she's able to respond to those commands
implies that there's not a great deal of pressure in the brain,"
he said.


      Giffords' family is by her side, receiving constant updates from
doctors. On Monday, two well-known doctors with extensive
experience in traumatic brain injury were traveling to Tucson to
help consult on Giffords' case.


      Her doctors have declined to speculate on what specific
disabilities the 40-year-old congresswoman may face.


      Two patients injured in the shooting were discharged from the
Tucson hospital Sunday night. Seven others remained hospitalized.

      Eric Fuller, one of the survivors, said Tuesday on the CBS "The
Early Show" that he felt the bullet that hit his knee but didn't
know he had also been hit in the back.


      "Not wanting to leave the world very soon, and not thinking
that I could do very much except maybe get killed trying to stop
him from the vantage point that I was at, I fell to the ground, as
other people were doing - and expected the worst to occur after
that," he said.


      Loughner is charged with one count of attempted assassination of
a member of Congress, two counts of killing an employee of the
federal government and two counts of attempting to kill a federal
employee. Those are federal charges.


      His newly appointed lawyer is Judy Clarke, who defended
"Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski.


      Associated Press writers Julie Pace in Washington, Marcia Dunn
in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Paul Davenport, Jacques Billeaud and Julie
Watson in Phoenix, and Terry Tang, Pauline Arrillaga and Alicia
Chang in Tucson, Ariz., contributed to this report.
      

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