Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Shot In Arizona

mimi · **Posted:** Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:24 pm

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Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Shot In Arizona

by NPR Staff
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January 8, 2011

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.

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 man ran up, firing indiscriminately, and then ran off, Michaels said. According to other witnesses, the was tackled by a bystander and taken into custody.

http://www.npr.org/2011/01/08/132764367 ... in-arizona

I don't know any more. I did google and see that she is a Democrat.

A Legal Lohengrin · **Joined:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 9:56 pm **Posts:** 9315

Damn. She's a good one, too.

TexasFilly · **Joined:** Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:52 pm **Posts:** 10639

Dear God. A few internet reports say she was shot in the head. CNN is reporting 12 people were injured.

Adelante · **Posted:** Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:41 pm

My God, how awful.

mimi · **Posted:** Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:47 pm

TexasFilly wrote:

Dear God. A few internet reports say she was shot in the head. CNN is reporting 12 people were injured.

Unsubstantiated. Just twitter stuff:

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Witness says about 15 shots - (2 dead, up to 6) Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Shot (some reports say "point-blank in the head")

A Legal Lohengrin · **Joined:** Tue Oct 26, 2010 9:56 pm **Posts:** 9315

Adelante wrote:

My God, how awful.

She is on Sarah Palin's kill list.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities ... -on-site/1
http://www.takebackthe20.com/

mimi · **Posted:** Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:49 pm

Fox news does say she was shot in the head.

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Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head by a gunman Saturday morning outside a grocery store in Tucson while holding a public event, Fox News has confirmed.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01 ... z1ATH2PPou

Sterngard Friegen · **Posted:** Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:49 pm

MSNBC:

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U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head outside a grocery store in Tucson while holding a public event, U.S. National Public Radio reported Saturday.

At least three of her staff members were also shot by an unidentified gunman who ran up and began shooting indiscriminately, according to media reports

Adelante · **Posted:** Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:51 pm

From Huffington Post, August 10, 2009

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Town hall disruptions around the country have led to some outbreaks of violence. Unions participating in town halls have received death threats. At an event held by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) last week, the threat of violence led her aides to call the police after one attendee dropped a gun.

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"Yelling and screaming is counterproductive," she told the Sierra Vista Herald at a Congress on Your Corner event last week. There, one visitor dropped a gun at the meet n' greet held in a Douglas Safeway, her staff says.

That has aides, who called police to the event, concerned for her safety.

"We have never felt the need before to notify law enforcement when we hold these events," said spokesman C.J. Karamargin.

One of the callers to the Service Employees International Union said, "I suggest you tell your people to calm down, act like American citizens, and stop trying to repress people's First Amendment rights... That, or you all are gonna come up against the Second Amendment."

Sterngard Friegen · **Posted:** Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:53 pm

A Legal Lohengrin wrote:

Adelante wrote:

My God, how awful.

She is on Sarah Palin's kill list.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities ... -on-site/1
http://www.takebackthe20.com/

Literally. Note the target bullseyes:

Edit: Sarah Palin, the second amendment remedies postergirl, has scrubbed her website. She hopes we will forget that she put up bullseyes suggesting we murder representatives who didn't vote the way she and her ilk desired.

Sarah Palin, you are scum of the earth. I hope you do not sow what you reap but I can understand why you will now walk around armed and with armed guards protecting you. May you fail miserably at everything you do.

tjh · **Joined:** Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:18 pm **Posts:** 2472

Live TV (But MS Silverlight required) at

http://www.kold.com/Global/category.asp?C=5166

mimi · **Posted:** Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:55 pm

tweet:

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http://twitter.com/Rep_Giffords/

Foggy · **Posted:** Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:03 pm

Local Tuscon newspaper site seems to have crashed from too much traffic. Can't get any update on her condition.

TexasFilly · **Joined:** Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:52 pm **Posts:** 10639

As distasteful as it is, Faux News does have local footage on it's broadcast. It's stomach churning horrible.

Suranis · **Joined:** Sat Nov 20, 2010 8:04 am **Posts:** 5234

Reuters is saying she has died.

TexasFilly · **Joined:** Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:52 pm **Posts:** 10639

CNN has an eyewitness calling in. He says he heard 15 to 20 shots, it was a "continuous shooting", with no breaks. He also reports several bodies in the parking lot, presumably dead.

mimi · **Posted:** Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:12 pm

If I don't give link, it's just from twitter, with no substantiation. Like this:

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KOLD reporting 4 people dead.

also, ad from her opponent from race:

http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2011/1 ... 091/21#c21

mimi · **Posted:** Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:13 pm

Arizona congresswoman among 12 shot at Tucson grocery

post is here:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/08/ari ... 1&iref=BN1

gentrfam · **Joined:** Wed Aug 05, 2009 4:22 pm **Posts:** 728

Gifford, 6 others killed

tjh · **Joined:** Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:18 pm **Posts:** 2472

Local TV has : Rep. Giffords shot; 4 dead and at least 7 injured

mimi · **Posted:** Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:16 pm

twitter says NPR radio says she is dead.

mimi · **Posted:** Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:17 pm

Congresswoman, 6 Others, Killed By Gunman
http://www.npr.org/2011/01/08/132764367 ... in-arizona

Suranis · **Joined:** Sat Nov 20, 2010 8:04 am **Posts:** 5234

BBC News has confirmed she has died.

tjh · **Joined:** Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:18 pm **Posts:** 2472

[ All local websites are being hammered. ]

Reality Check · **Posted:** Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:22 pm

There is blood on Palin's hands for this one.

http://www.takebackthe20.com/ is giving a "500 Internal Server Error" now.

Falsehoods unchallenged only fester and grow.

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