Arizona's district attorney announced Sunday five charges, including murder and attempted murder, against a man accused of shooting nearly 20 people, including a US congresswoman, in Tucson.
Jared Lee Loughner is "suspected of shooting US Representative Gabrielle Giffords, Chief Judge John Roll, Giffords' staff member Gabriel Zimmerman and approximately 16 others Saturday in Tucson," the prosecutor said.
Naming him officially for the first time, US district attorney for Arizona Dennis K. Burke said Loughner will make an initial appearance in court on Monday in Phoenix.
The charges include attempting to kill Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head in the shooting at a public event outside a Safeways supermarket on Saturday, and killing federal judge John M. Roll.
Giffords, 40, was in a medically-induced coma but could respond to basic verbal commands, doctors said Sunday, a day after the shooting spree which also killed a nine-year-old girl.
Earlier Sunday the sheriff in charge of investigating the attack said that six people had been killed and 14 injured.
Monday's court appearance will set dates for a preliminary hearing and a detention hearing. A formal indictment must be issued within 30 days of his initial appearance, after evidence is reviewed by a grand jury.
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