Balta1701 Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was among at least 12 people shot today at a Tuscon, Arizona, grocery store, a Democratic source told CNN's Dana Bash. The source called her injuries "pretty serious." The only link I have to the type of injury is currently not loading so I'm not including a link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 Source on CNN is currently suggesting up to 6 killed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Lemon Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Meanwhile, the only ex-tire dealer in Congress found passage of the health¬care bill a shattering experience, both literally and figuratively. The Tucson office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was vandalized the morning of March 22, just hours after Rep. Giffords cast her vote in favor of the healthcare bill. The glass in the office’s front door was shattered, as was an adjacent glass panel. http://www.tirebusiness.com/subscriber/hea...p;id=1293547390 http://www.fox11az.com/news/local/Vandalis...e-88838197.html Apparently, she has been targeted before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 Giffords is a Democrat from Tuscon, first elected in the 2006 election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 It's hard to interpret but it sounds like they may have been holding a town hall meeting at the store, I can't tell for sure yet. According to KOLD, a Tucson CBS affiliate, the shooting occurred just after 10:00 AM local time at a Safeway grocery store. Giffords was talking to a couple when the suspect ran up firing indiscriminately and then ran off, Michaels said. According to other witnesses, he was tackled by a bystander and taken into custody. Rep. Giffords was shot point blank in the head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot along with three of her aides by a gunman Saturday morning outside a grocery store in Tucson while holding a public event, Fox News has confirmed. Twelve others were shot as well at Giffords' "Your Corner" event held at Safeway. The gunman is in custody. Giffords was taken to a hospital but the condition of those shot was not immediately known, a senior congressional aide told Fox News. The three staffers who were shot worked out of Giffords' Arizona office. Giffords has held multiple "Your Corner" events over the past four years, the aide told Fox News, adding that she had held three previous events that this venue before. Giffords was re-elected to her third term as representative of Arizona's 8th Congressional District. She is married to astronaut Mark Kelly. Fox gives a little mroe details. If this was a public event, it sounds like this was an assassination attempt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 Her Wikipedia page is saying she is dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 on Twitter, DNC Western States Director says source tells him gunman called out names of targets as he shot them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 NPR is now stating that Congresswoman Giffords is among 7 people dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 Her Husband, Astronaut Mark Kelly, is scheduled to fly as the commander of the space shuttle Endeavour on STS 134 later this spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 CNN also confirming that the Congresswoman is dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Can't really say i'm surprised, unfortunately. except that it hasn't happened yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Balta1701 Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 There are now conflicting reports saying that she is alive and in surgery. Confirmed on MSNBC per hospital spokeswoman and law enforcement. RT @daveweigel Giffords still in surgery, per her office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Ugh. How awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 If anyone remembers...a few months ago SarahPAC released this image that I want to post but I can't even convince myself to insert into the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Did they catch the terrorist who did this? Or if white, the bad guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 8, 2011 -> 02:48 PM) Did they catch the terrorist who did this? Or if white, the bad guy? Yes. All sources say he was taken into custody on site. He is reportedly a 21 year old male. Some reports say he was tackled on site by a bystander after the shooting stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Fun campaign event: "Help remove Gabrille Giffords from office. Shoot a fully automatic M16 with Jesse Kelly" http://yfrog.com/h5p7wp via Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_genius Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 FOX news is reporting she is still alive. critical condition and in surgery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Hopefully the young terrorist gets life without parole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 8, 2011 -> 01:45 PM) If anyone remembers...a few months ago SarahPAC released this image that I want to post but I can't even convince myself to insert into the post. Sullivan comments on this topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 8, 2011 -> 03:03 PM) Sullivan comments on this topic. I don't want to take the step he takes and assign blame, I really don't. That image just now moves from frustrating to eerie and creepy and fairly disturbing, even if politics winds up having nothing to do with it. I'd say more at this point that this is why you don't put together those sort of images, because if something actually happens...it looks just F***ing awful for the person who put the image out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 (edited) QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 8, 2011 -> 02:04 PM) I don't want to take the step he takes and assign blame, I really don't. That image just now moves from frustrating to eerie and creepy and fairly disturbing, even if politics winds up having nothing to do with it. He didn't assign blame in the piece I linked. At least it didn't come off that way to me. EDIT: I think the jist of what he wrote is the last sentence you added. Edited January 8, 2011 by BigSqwert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 8, 2011 -> 03:05 PM) He didn't assign blame in the piece I linked. At least it didn't come off that way to me. The word "irresponsibility" is why I read it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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