Slain Judge Roll Sought to Thank Giffords for Help With Court's Caseload - Bloomberg

One thing that is missing in all this analysis is that in this assassination, one of the dead is a Federal Judge.

I don't know why this man's murder is being lost in the discussion. What about this? Was he a bystander? Was he a target?

Judges are murdered as an attempt to end a prosecution or to intimidate the judiciary. Lone gunmen may assassinate politicians, but criminals and gangsters assassinate judges.

This article says that it was a happenstance, but I have to wonder. One person, Ed Espinoza, says he was told that the shooter called out names as he shot people.

Slain Judge Roll Sought to Thank Giffords for Help With Court's Caseload - Bloomberg