Police depict a busy, focused Loughner on morning of shooting

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Loughner pulled over before shooting

In the hours before the assassination attempt against Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Jared Loughner went to Walmart, was pulled over for running a red light and ran from his father after an angry confrontation.

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After dropping off a roll of film at Walgreens on Friday, Jan. 7, he made a purchase at a Circle K store at 12:24 a.m. the next morning, then checked into a Motel 6 about five minutes later.

Less than two hours after he checked in, Loughner returned to Walgreens to pick up the developed film. He posted his final MySpace entry at 4:21 a.m. and made purchases at several stores, including buying more ammunition and a black, backpack-style diaper bag at a Super Wal-Mart.

He was stopped by an officer with the Arizona Game and Fish Department at 7:30 a.m. for running a red light.

Then, sometime over the next two hours, Loughner drove home, where he was confronted by his father, Randy. According to earlier accounts, his father, seeing him take the black bag out of the car, exchanged words with him, and Jared Loughner fled on foot.

At 9:41 a.m., Loughner got into a taxi at a Circle K store and was driven to the Safeway where Giffords was holding a meeting with constituents.

When Loughner and the driver arrived, they went into the Safeway together to get change for the $20 bill he was using to pay the fare. They entered the store at 9:54, according to the timeline.

The events that followed are captured on a security video from the store, according to law enforcement authorities who have seen the footage.

They said the video shows Loughner coming out of the store, then circling around outside pillars to the area where Giffords was holding her event. The camera then captured Loughner rushing forward, with his handgun to his side at first, and moving toward the table where Giffords was standing.

"While the video of the shooting was not perfect, it was pretty close," one source said.

Another law enforcement source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the record, said the footage shows the shooting "in grisly detail. . . . This is not a video you want to see."

This source said the video appeared to "clearly" show a man resembling Loughner shooting. "There's no question," the source said. The FBI will not release the footage publicly because it probably will be used as evidence in a trial of Loughner, who is being held in federal custody without bail.

At 10:11 a.m., one minute after the shooting began, 911 operators received the first of nearly 20 calls placed by bystanders. Meanwhile, several onlookers tackled the gunman when he paused to reload.