Saturday, January 8, 2011

UPDATED U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona is not Dead


From NPR
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot outside a grocery store in Tucson while holding a public event, Arizona Public Media reported Saturday.

The Democrat, who was re-elected to her third term in November, was hosting a "Congress on Your Corner" event at the Safeway in northwest Tucson when a gunman ran up and started shooting, according to Peter Michaels, news director of Arizona Public Media.

At least five other people, including members of her staff, were hurt. Giffords was transported to University Medical Center in Tucson. Her condition was not immediately known.

Giffords was talking to a couple when the suspect ran up firing indiscriminately and then ran off, Michaels said. According to other witnesses, he was tackled by a bystander and taken into custody.
Giffords was first elected to represent Arizona's 8th District in 2006. The "Congress on Your Corner" events allow constituents to present their concerns directly to her.
UPDATE: Congresswoman Giffords is dead.
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and six others died after a gunman opened fire at a public event on Saturday, the Pima County, Ariz., sheriff's office confirms. The 40-year-old Democrat was outside a Tucson grocery store when a gunman ran up and began firing indiscriminately. The suspect was taken into police custody.

The 40-year-old Democrat, who was re-elected to her third term in November, was hosting a "Congress on Your Corner" event at a Safeway in northwest Tucson when a gunman ran up and started shooting, according to Peter Michaels, news director of Arizona Public Media.

At least nine other people, including members of her staff, were hurt. Giffords was transported to University Medical Center in Tucson. Her condition was not immediately known.

UPDATE: She is still alive. Sorry for the multiple reports.

5 comments:

Kyle Leach said...

V, this is absolutely horrible.

Major Mack said...

Awwwweeee thats to bad

Anonymous said...

I hope she recovers, and I hope she goes back to Congress. That should be interesting times.

Anonymous said...

This is getting very interesting. The news reports are focusing more and more on Palin's hit list.

Keir said...

Self-appointed and elected leaders, who have a responsibility to serve all people respectfully and responsibly. Instead of calling on us to be 'armed and dangerous' or to 'reload', and instead of name-calling and conspiracy theories, elected leaders ought to be bringing people together to solve the major challenges we face.

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