AZ Shooting Victims: Christina Green, Judge John Roll and More

Doctor: No change in Giffords' condition
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- The condition of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, shot in an attack at a Tucson political event, was unchanged Monday, and a doctor said that was positive news. "We're not out of the woods yet," said Dr. G. Michael Lemole, section chief of Neurosurgery at University Medical Center in Tucson. "At this phase in the game, no change is good and we have no change," Lemole said at a briefing on the condition of Giffords and others wounded in the Saturday shooting rampage outside o...

Clerk: Judge John Roll 'greatly dedicated to his family,' 'family of his staff"
Arizona shooting Six people were killed and 14 others wounded, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona. A photo of U.S. District Judge John Roll sits at a makeshift memorial....

Supreme Court Changes Rotine to Remember Shooting Victims
In an unusual early start to Monday's Supreme Court session, Chief Justice John Roberts announced that the justices and others in the courtroom would participate later this morning in the national moment of silence for the Victims of the weekend shoot-out in Tucson. The court convened five minutes ahead of its normal 10:00am start to allow for sufficient time between its two scheduled hour-long arguments to make sure the silent moment didn't disrupt the flow of either case. Roberts called Saturd...

Knights of Columbus Mourns Death of Judge John Roll in Arizona Shooting
The Knights of Columbus, a prominent Catholic group know for its pro-life work, is today mourning the death of one of the Victims of the Arizona shooting Saturday. In addition to the death of Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Judge John Roll, who was nominated by former President George Bush, was killed along with four other people. Roll, who was the chief judge for the District of Arizona, was a Fourth Degree member of the Knights of Columbus, and was a charter member of a Knights council in ...

Blame debate rages over Tucson shooting
Four US Marshals guard the house of US District Judge Cindy Jorgenson, checking the bags, identification and cars of those who draw up outside her house, a 25-minute drive from Tucson. She spent Sunday trying to work out how to deal with the Court Cases that her friend and colleague Judge John Roll was no longer going to be able to hear. Judge Roll was killed on Saturday, one of six fatalities of the mayhem that erupted in Tucson on what should have been a normal weekend. Cindy Jorgenson is calm...

Obamas observe silence for Arizona shooting victims
The President and the First Lady hold a minute's silence outside the White House in memory of those killed in Tuscon, Arizona....

Thumbnail sketches of victims in Tucson shooting
John Roll, 63: Named Arizona's chief Federal Judge in 2006, U.S. District Judge Roll won acclaim for a career as a respected jurist and leader who pushed to beef up the court's strained bench to handle a growing number of border-related cases. Roll was appointed to the federal bench in 1991 by President George H.W. Bush. Christina Taylor Green, 9: Even though she was only 9, the third-grader already was an aspiring politician. Her parents say Christina had just been elected to the Student counc...

Moment Of Silence For Arizona Shooting Victims To Be Led By Obama
WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama steps out on the South Lawn of the White House Monday morning, the thoughts of the nation will turn to Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the other Victims of an Assassination attempt against her. Obama will lead the nation in a moment of silence to honor the congresswoman and the six people killed and 13 others wounded in Saturday's shooting outside a Tucson Supermarket. "It will be a time for us to come together as a nation in prayer or reflect...

South Florida lawmakers to observe moment of silence for Arizona shooting victims
South Florida lawmakers elected to Congress will hold swearing-in ceremonies in Miami and Fort Lauderdale on Monday morning that will include a moment of silence for Victims in this weekend's Arizona shooting. In Miami, newly elected Sen. Marco Rubio is scheduled to be joined by U.S. Rep.'s Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Mario Diaz-Balart, David Rivera and Frederica Wilson at 10 a.m. in the courtyard in front of the Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. federal Courthouse in downtown Miami. U.S. District Chief Judge ...

2 Tucson Shooting Victims Have Strong Local Ties
RUTHERFORD, N.J. (CBS 2) — Two of the Victims of the massacre in Arizona have strong ties to our area, Kathryn Brown reports. Phyllis Schneck, 79, grew up in Rutherford, met her husband at Rutherford High School, and still spent summers in New Jersey to see family. The grandmother was better known for her macaroni and cheese than her involvement in politics, but on Saturday, she went to a community event for Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and became one of six Victims killed during a sho...

Obama leads silence for shooting victims
US President Barack Obama led a nationwide moment of silence Monday to honor the Victims of the shooting in Arizona, where six people died and 14 people were wounded by a lone gunman. At precisely 11:00 am (1600 GMT), Obama and his wife Michelle emerged from the White House, took a few steps toward the South Lawn and stood, heads bowed, the only sound the somber ringing of a bell. After the observance, they returned to the building without making a statement. The silence was also observed outsid...

President calls for moment of silence in honor of Tucson shooting victims
Stumble This! President Barack Obama called on Americans to observe a moment of silence Monday at 11:00 a.m. EST to honor the Victims of the shootings in Tucson, Arizona. "It will be a time for us to come together as a nation in prayer or reflection, keeping the Victims and their families closely at heart,” the president said in an advisory. Obama will observe the moment of silence with White House staff on the South Lawn. Flags are to be flown at half-staff in accordance to the president...

Shooting victims' physician begins treating emotional trauma
Dr. Peter Rhee, the medical director at University Medical Center gave an update on the status of the eight Tucson Shooting Victims the facility is treating, saying they're beginning to treat the "person and the patient as a whole." Rhee told reporters at a Press Conference that two patients remain in the intensive care unit, one of whom is in critical condition; five others are in serious condition; and two others are in good and fair condition. Some patients will require further su...

Obama leads silence for shooting victims
US President Barack Obama led a nationwide moment of silence Monday to honor the Victims of the shooting in Arizona, where six people died and 14 people were wounded by a lone gunman. At precisely 11:00 am (1600 GMT), Obama and his wife Michelle emerged from the White House, took a few steps toward the South Lawn and stood, heads bowed, the only sound the somber ringing of a bell. After the observance, they returned to the building without making a statement. The silence was also observed out...

All eyes remain on Tucson
The weekend attack on Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords appears likely to consume the nation’s business Monday, as prosecutors begin to make their case against Giffords’s would-be assassin and a debate continues to unfold over the political implications of the shooting. President Barack Obama plans to lead the nation in a moment of silence at 11 a.m. in honor of the Victims of the attack, which claimed the lives of six Arizonans, including U.S. District Judge John Roll and a 9-year-o...

'Get Down! Get Down!' As Gunfire Erupts in Arizona
Monday, January 10, 2011 By Pauline Arrillaga, Associated Press Tucson, Ariz. (AP) - She arrived right on time - smiling, as Gabrielle "Gabby" Giffords so often did, as she made her way through the small crowd that had assembled for her first "Congress on Your Corner" gathering of the new year. The meetings had become one of her hallmarks as a congresswoman, a way to get face-to-face with the people she served and hear them out, from those who cheered her close re-election to those who oppo...

Thumbnail sketches of victims in Tucson shooting
(01-09) 18:03 PST (AP) -- John Roll, 63: Named Arizona's chief federal judge in 2006, U.S. District Judge John M. Roll won acclaim for a career as a respected jurist and leader who had pushed to beef up the court's strained bench to handle a growing number of border crime-related cases. Roll was appointed to the federal bench in 1991 by President George H.W. Bush. He previously served as a state trial judge and as a judge on the midlevel Arizona Court of appeals, and as a county and state pros...

Thumbnail sketches of victims in Tucson shooting
Named Arizona's chief Federal Judge in 2006, U.S. District Judge John M. Roll won acclaim for a career as a respected jurist and leader who had pushed to beef up the court's strained bench to handle a growing number of border crime-related cases. Roll was appointed to the federal bench in 1991 by President George H.W. Bush. He previously served as a state trial judge and as a judge on the midlevel Arizona Court of appeals, and as a county and state prosecutor. Bishop Gerald Kicanas of the Roman ...

Shooting Victim Died Saving Wife
Huffington Post reports: The longtime pastor of 76-year-old Dorwan Stoddard, one of the six Victims of Saturday’s Arizona shooting, says he had a conversation with Stoddard’s wife in the Hospital that leads him to believe Stoddard died trying to protect her from the spraying bullets. “According to Mavy when I talked to her in the hospital, when the gunshots went off Dorwan pulled her down and ended up on top of her,” Michael Nowak, pastor of the Mountain Avenue Church o...

N.C. delegation reacts to Giffords shooting; Shuler plans to carry gun more often
In light of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Politico reports that North Carolina Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) said in the future, he will take extra precautions of his own during public events: “After the Elections, I let my guard down. Now I know I need to have [my gun] on me. We’re going to need to do a much better job of with security at these events.” Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) reacted on her Twitter account, “Distressed about Shooting of Rep. Giffords. A...

Judge in Loughner hearing probably knew judge who was killed
Lawrence O. Anderson, the magistrate judge who will preside over Jared Loughner's initial court appearance Monday, is a Phoenix native who was appointed to his role in 1998 after eight years as a Superior Court judge in Maricopa County. He was a star athlete in college at the University of San Francisco who suffered a severe injury that left him without the use of his legs, said Alan P. Bayham Jr., president of the Arizona Bar Association. He administers his courtroom from a Wheelchair. Anderson...

The Six Victims Killed in Saturday's Shooting
As the investigation continues into 22-year-old Jared Lee Loughner, the main suspect in the Tucson shooting of Congresswoman Giffords, Dean Reynolds reports on the other Victims. Rep. Giffords Heavily Sedated after Attack (CBS/ AP) From a judge to a janitor, the victims killed in Saturday's shooting in Tucson, Ariz., targeting Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords were all caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. CBS News correspondent Dean Reynolds reports that C.J. Karamargin, Giffords' commun...

Profiles of the Arizona shooting victims
The bullets did not discriminate. Sprayed from the barrel of a 9mm Glock semiautomatic pistol by a man whose actions may never make sense, they killed six people and wounded 14 more. Those whose lives ended violently Saturday were participating in a basic democratic exercise. They had come to meet the woman who represents them in Washington, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. A Democrat who had won her third term by a sliver, Giffords was the intended target of the shooter's attack, authorities said. Amo...

President Obama leads national moment of silence for shooting victims
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WATCH: White House Observes Moment Of Silence For Arizona Shooting Victims
Today at 11:00 a.m. ET, the nation will be observing a moment of silence to honor the Victims of the shooting in Arizona. "Tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. eastern standard time, I call on Americans to observe a moment of silence to honor the innocent Victims of the senseless tragedy in Tucson, Arizona, including those still fighting for their lives," said President Obama in a statement Sunday. "It will be a time for us to come together as a nation in prayer or reflection, keeping the Victims and their...