Saturday, January 8, 2011

Pray for U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her family and ALL Public Officials

Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was among the people critically wounded in the shooting at a public event in Tucson, and several people were killed, including a federal judge and a 9-year-old boy. Read more

Latest Update: 3:30 pm, Jan. 8, 2011
VIDEO: Arizona Congresswoman Survives Shooting

Watch: Rep. Giffords Survives Shooting

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio reenacts the swearing in of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Congresswoman shot at Ariz. appearance

U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and others were at a grocery store when a gunman fired. Reportedly shot in head

Representative Giffords shot in Arizona, gunman held

Gabrielle Giffords, Tim Bee AP – FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, shows Democratic Rep. …

TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) – Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona shot in the head while meeting constituents at a grocery store in Tucson, NPR reported on Saturday.

Giffords, a 40-year-old Democrat in her third term in Congress, was shot point blank by an unidentified gunman who fired indiscriminately into the crowd, NPR and other U.S. media said.

About a dozen others at the meeting were shot and the gunman was wrestled to the ground and taken into custody, Fox said, citing an eyewitness.

Giffords was airlifted to a hospital to a hospital after the shooting.

Re-elected in the November 2 election, Giffords focused on immigration reform, military issues, stem cell research and alternative energy while serving in Congress. She was married to U.S. astronaut Mark Kelly.

(Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Writing by Paul Simao, editing by Bill Trott) Read Source

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CBC.ca

Congresswoman Giffords Shot in Tucson

New York Times - David Goodman
A congresswoman from Arizona was shot on Saturday along with several others during at public event at a grocery store in Tuscon, according to her spokesman, CJ Karamargin.
Congressional Officials Say Congresswoman Shot ABC News
Arizona congresswoman dies in shooting Atlanta Journal Constitution
Wall Street Journal - Telegraph.co.uk - Reuters - Detroit Free Press

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