Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Shot In Arizona

Doctors 'Cautiously Optimistic' About Gabrielle Giffords' Condition
Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head in Tucson on Saturday during a Shooting Spree in which she was the apparent target, is able to understand and "follow simple commands" after two hours of Brain Surgery and doctors say they are "cautiously optimistic" about her condition. Dr. Michael Lemole, chief of Neurosurgery at University Medical Center, said the gunman's bullet had entered Giffords' brain on the left side, from back to front. While any wound of that type means her co...

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...

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...

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...

Openly Gay Intern Daniel Hernandez Jr. Credited With Saving Life Of Rep. Giffords
Daniel Hernandez Jr., the 20-year old Student intern credited with saving the life of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, confirmed to the Dallas Voice this morning that he is Openly Gay. Hernandez, who confirmed that he is gay in an interview with Instant Tea on Sunday morning, is a member of the City of Tucson Commission on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues. “She’s been a great ally to the LGBT community,” Hernandez said of Giffords during the brief interview across a bad connection.

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...

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 ...

After Giffords Shooting, Blame Game Begins on Abortion
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head at close range outside a Grocery Store in Tucson, Arizona on Saturday morning as a gunman opened fire and shot her and more than a dozen other people. Giffords was holding a public event at the grocery store, her first “Congress on Your Corner” event of the year designed to meet local constituents. Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said the gunman, 22-year-old suspect Jared Lee Loughner, waited in line to approach Giffords and s...

The Tragedy of Gabrielle Giffords
Life seldom fails to humble us. Events strip bare the illusions of certainty and control that ground our aspirations, forcing us to check in with our priorities and the deeper meaning of our purpose. Such is the case for me with the senseless shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords. You see, I had the chance to met Representative Giffords in the early months of her First Term in 2007.  Democrats had been returned to the majority in the House, and the Congresswoman had taken a sea...

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....

SEEING THINGS WHOLE: Some Reporting about the Giffords Shooting
One of the themes of the SEEING THINGS WHOLE series, which ran here on NSB mostly, but not only, in the first half of 2008, is that the world is interwoven in subtle but important ways- i.e. that THERE ARE CONNECTIONS among things that are not only of the blatant kind. With this shooting, much remains unknown. But this report sketches some connections that quite possibly -I would guess probably- are relevant and worth keeping visible as the country digests this terrible even...

'I played dead to escape gunman'
A US congresswoman is in critical condition after a gunman shot her in the head and killed six people in an Arizona Shooting Spree. Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords was shot at close range at a public meeting in a Tucson Supermarket. Doctor Steven Rayle was at the scene and described how he lay down on the ground and pretended to be dead to avoid getting shot. Watch Can 'street cricket' change lives? This page is best viewed in an up-to-date Web Browser with style s...

Jared Lee Loughner Identified As Gabrielle Giffords Shooter
© AP/Arizona Daily Star Jared Lee Loughner has been identified as the man suspected of shooting Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.). Loughner was described by eyewitnesses at the Arizona shooting as a young white man who looked like a "fringe character," in his mid-to-late 20s, clean-shaven with short hair and wearing dark clothing. Loughner was quickly arrested after he allegedly shot Giffords and some 12 others at a public event at a Safeway Grocery Store in Tucscon. He reporte...

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 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

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. ...

US REPRESENTATIVE GABRIELLE GIFFORDS SHOT IN HEAD in Arizona! 15 People Shot!
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) was shot today at a rally outside a Grocery Store in Tucson, Arizona. Gunman in custody. YNet is reporting Giffords was shot in the head. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head outside a Grocery Store in Tucson while holding a public event, Arizona Public Media reported Saturday. 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...

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...

US politicians shot in Arizona: reports
An Arizona congresswoman was shot on Saturday along with 11 other people at a political event in Tucson, Arizona, media reports said. Representative Gabrielle Giffords was shot outside a Grocery Store, ABC News reported. Other Television Networks said 11 other people were also were wounded in the attack....

Doctors Talking Positively about Rep. Giffords Chances of Survival Video Report 1/9/11
Here is a video report on the shooting yesterday in Tucson, Arizona of U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 17 other people. It gives a recap of what happened, and says doctors are “talking positively” about Giffords’ “chances of survival” following emergency surgery. My prayers go out for her and the others wounded in this attack, and for the families of those who were killed. I know many of you are doing the same. ...

Report: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Shot In Head At Town Hall In Arizona
NPR is reporting that Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has been shot in the head in front of a Grocery Store in Arizona. No word on her condition or that of the gunmen as of this time, but she has been transported to University Medical Center in Tuscon. The full report from NPR: 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 he...

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords shot in Arizona
Information is still coming in, but at this point, this has been confirmed: 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, according to Peter Michaels, news director of Arizona Public Media. Update: W...

Congresswoman Giffords Shot in Arizona
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 northwest Tucson when a gunman ra...

Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Shot in Tuccson
The Washington Post reports: Arizona Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot on Saturday morning while hosting an event outside a Tucson Grocery Store, according to local news reports. National Public Radio reported Saturday that Giffords, who in November narrowly won Reelection to a third term, was hosting her first “Congress on Your Corner” event when a gunman ran up and began shooting. According to a local news report, Giffords was shot in the head at point-blank range. She...

Christina Greenes Mother Remembers Her Daughter
Dot on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Shot — Thread II. . . myrtle on DHS Memo Linking Loughner to Racist Group, American Renaissance, Leaked. American Renaissance Denies. 9-11 Infidel on DHS Memo Linking Loughner to Racist Group, American Renaissance, Leaked. American Renaissance Denies. Larry7 (prev. just Larry) on Communist Party USA Jumps on The Blame Palin/GOP/Tea Party Bandwagon Just heartwrenching. (FNC) — The mother of a 9-year-old girl gunned down in Saturday’s shoot...