Arizona Congresswoman Reportedly Killed by Gunman, Eleven Others Shot

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Reportedly Shot
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, an Arizona Democrat first elected in 2006, has been shot in the head during a public event at a Tucson Grocery Store, according to several news reports. According to NPR, at least nine others, including members of her staff, were injured as well. Giffords' condition is not yet known. From NPR's report: 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 s...

Congresswoman Giffords Shot in Arizona
photo: Freedom to Marry via Flickr Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was holding a constituent service day in her Arizona district this morning, was shot in the head and wounded along with some of her staff. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot outside a Grocery Store in Tucson while holding a public event, an eyewitness reported Saturday. Giffords, who was re-elected to her third term in November, was hosting her first “Congress on Your Corner” event at the Safeway in ...

Congresswoman responds to commands after being shot at point blank range in the head in mall rampage
Provide feedback to the multimedia producers. Thank you. Your feedback was successfully sent. Video will begin in 5 seconds. What type of connection do you have? Your video format settings have been saved. US Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona is shot in the head at point blank range at a constituency meeting in Tucson. A US congresswoman is in a critical condition but has responded to commands after being shot through the head when a gunman opened fire on a crowd at an Arizona politic...

BREAKING: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Killed in Arizona
UPDATE: At least six others were killed in the shooting. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords died after being shot in the head at a public event on Saturday, 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. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head and killed outside a Grocery Store in Tucson while holding a public event, Arizona Pu...

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Shot in Arizona
Politico reports (as of 1:36pm ET): Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) was shot Saturday outside a Grocery Store in Tucson, Ariz., while holding a public event. NPR reported that she and six others were killed, but her office denied she had died. “That report is incorrect.” Giffords spokesman C.J. Karamargin said. Karamargin said he could not comment about whether other Giffords Staffers were struck in the shooting, but that he was not hit. Giffords, who was first elected in 2006, was hosti...

congresswoman shot
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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., Others, Reported Wounded In Shooting
What is this? "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. Gif...

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords responsive but critical
Stumble This! A US congresswoman was in a medically induced coma Sunday but responding to commands after being shot through the head when a gunman opened fire on a crowd at an Arizona political event. A nine-year-old girl and a Federal Judge were among six people killed and at least 12 others were wounded before bystanders tackled the alleged gunman, 22-year-old local resident Jared Lee Loughner, who was arrested at the scene. Police have released a Surveillance camera photo of a possible accom...

Gunman was tackled by wounded woman
A woman who tackled the gunman who shot congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords, and 19 other people in Arizona has been praised by police. Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik told Journalists the woman grabbed a magazine of bullets from the man as he was trying to reload his gun. She had also been shot by him. Two men then grabbed him. Six people died in the shooting, which happened as Ms Giffords was meeting constituents at a Supermarket in Tucson. Watch Can 'street cricket' change ...

Westboro Sludge Plans to Picket Funeral of 9-Year-Old Killed in Tuscon
Saturday the Westboro Baptist Church, always hungry for negative attention, gave thanks to their God for shooter Jared Lee Loughner. Loughner is being held for the shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords that took place Saturday morning at a Supermarket in Tucson. Members of Fred Phelps's Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) plan to picket memorial services of Loughner's Victims. You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of ...

Political Violence
I haven't felt this way for a long time, but one of the reasons (there were many shifting ones depending on circumstances) I blogged anonymously for awhile was, I think, a legitimate fear of violence. There was intensity leading up to the Iraq War. The Keyboard Kommandos were doing their part to save the world by getting rid of Saddam Hitler, and even though their team controlled everything and their lovely little war was inevitable, all they could really do was direct their ire at the True Ene...

BREAKING NEWS !
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. Giffords, who was re-elected to her third term in November, was hosting her first "Congress on Your Corner” event at the Safeway in northwest Tucson when a gunman ran up and started shooting. At least five other people, including members of her staff, were hurt, according to Peter Michaels, news director of Arizona Public Media. Giffords...

Details of suspect in US rampage slowly emerge
An initial portrait of the man accused of shooting Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in the head in an attack that also killed six people outside a Tucson Grocery Store slowly began to emerge, as authorities described a young man with a troubled past and neighbors recalled a 22-year-old who often kept to himself. One former classmate said the accused gunman, Jared Loughner, often did his own thing. Another described him as a Student who disrupted class with occasional outbursts. ...

Leftist Congresswoman Assassinated In Tucson
NPR: 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, 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 three other people, including members of her st...

Obama expresses full support for Giffords' husband
President Barack Obama has spoken with the husband of wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and expressed his "deep concern and full support." White House spokesman Nick Shapiro says the president spoke with Astronaut Mark Kelly on Saturday, after a gunman fired on Giffords and a crowd in Tucson, Ariz. Kelly has piloted Space Shuttles Endeavour and Discovery. Arizona Rep. Giffords shot, at least 5 killed Journalists urged caution after Ft. Hood, now race to blame Palin after Arizona shootings Journali...

Giffords Responsive But In Critical Condition
Dr. Peter Rhee, right, speaks about the condition of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, as Dr. G. Michael Lemole, Jr., looks on at University Medical Center during a news conference in Tucson. With cautious optimism Gabrielle Giffords has been kept in critical condition. Doctors say the Congresswoman has been able to respond to simple commands, a rarity for the type of head wound she was given. —JCL Representative Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona Democrat who was gravely wounded in a shooting ...

Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords shot in the head
(01-09) 04:00 PST Tucson -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head Saturday by a gunman who opened fire outside a Grocery Store during a meeting with voters, killing a Federal Judge and five others in an attempted Assassination that rattled the country and left Americans questioning whether divisive politics had pushed the suspect over the edge. Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said Giffords was the target of a gunman whom he described as mentally unstable and possibly act...

Arizona Rampage Could Have Been "Catastrophe' if Gunman Was Able to Reload
The gunman accused of shooting Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Gifford and 19 others was trying to reload his semi-automatic weapon, but the efforts of bystanders and a new magazine that failed prevented what Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said could have been "a huge greater catastrophe." Speaking at a Sunday Press Conference in Tucson, Dupnik said that suspect Jared Lee Loughner was attempting to change magazines after his initial volley of shots when "a woman went up and grabbed the magazine and ...

Obama: Near fatal shooting of Congresswoman is a 'tragedy for our entire country'
Representative Gabrielle Giffords, the first Jewish woman elected to Congress in Arizona, was critically wounded when shot outside a Grocery Store; Shooting Spree shocks local Jewish community....

Surgeons say Giffords showing positive signs
TUCSON, Ariz. — Doctors treating wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords provided an optimistic update Sunday about her chances for survival, saying they are "very, very encouraged" by her ability to respond to simple commands along with their success in controlling her bleeding. The FBI said Law Enforcement could bring charges against the gunman as early as Sunday, and House Speaker John Boehner said normal House business this week has been postponed in the aftermath of the shooting. Surgeons s...

Pamela Geller, Big Government: The Jared Loughner Shooting of Rep. Giffords and the Left Wing Smear Machine
I refuse to "play" by a set of rules demanded by our oppressors. On the one hand, we should not exploit this horror, this mass slaughter for political purposes. Of course we shouldn't. But the left has been rabid. Vultures. Vampires. And we should not stand by while they destroy us and our most effective leaders and voices. Paulo in Brazil left this comment in a previous thread: I've just watched a report in Wolf Blitzer(CNN) about the shooting. They mentioned the name Sarah ...

Congresswoman, 6 Others, Killed By Gunman
Source: NPR 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. Read more: https://www.npr.org/2011/01/08/132764367/congresswoman-s... ...

Congresswoman, 6 Others, Killed By Gunman
Source: NPR 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. Read more: https://www.npr.org/2011/01/08/132764367/congresswoman-s... ...

Docs say hard to predict brain damage in Giffords
Doctors say they are optimistic about Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' odds. But it can take weeks to months to learn the level of Brain Damage she might suffer from the gunshot blast to the head on Saturday. Dr. Peter Rhee, a trauma surgeon in Tucson where she was shot, said the bullet traveled the length of the left side of the Arizona congresswoman's brain, from back to front. That offers a better outlook than if it had entered the brain's center or both sides of the brain. She is also responding non...

Congresswoman fights for life after shooting
Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, was fighting for her life on Sunday following a shooting rampage that left at least six people, including a nine-year-old girl and a Federal Judge dead. Ms Giffords, a 40-year-old member of the House of Representatives who first took office in 2007, was shot in the head at close range while attending a public event called “Congress on your Corner”, at a Supermarket in Tucson, Arizona, on Saturday. EDITOR’S CHOICE Congresswoman fights for life a