The story broke via NPR, but I’m quoting Jay Bookman’s blog at the AJC because the NPR link hasn’t been updated to report her death yet:
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, an Arizona Democrat beginning her third term, has reportedly been shot in the head at a public appearance in a Tucson supermarket.
NPR, citing the local sheriff’s office, reports that GIffords and six others have died.
The gunman is in custody. There is no information available regarding his identity or motive. Other victims reportedly include congressional staff members.
For more information on the shooting and on Giffords, here is the NPR link.
Update: Giffords’ spokesperson says Giffords is alive and in surgery. Via Wapo blogger Felicia Sonmez.
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65 responses to “Breaking: Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Shot in AZ”
This is horrible.
Reporting now, she is alive. In critical condition. Praying for her.
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/congresswoman-gabby-giffords-shot-point-bank-head-town-hall-event-tucson
CNN is reporting conflicting statements of Cong. Giffords death – the hospital is supposed to have a news conference shortly.
This is just so horrible.
I just checked on C-Span, and the link that I posted earlier which reported her death has been changed…
A friend just posted this link – the wording of the ad is chilling.
http://www.blogforarizona.com/blog/2010/06/jesse-kelly-event-is-this-wording-intentional.html
WTH?
OMG!
Sick. And I’m no lawyer, but is this actionable? Definitely reads as an invitation to violence.
Look at the graphic here from Sarah Pac. They used crosshairs on her district!
That website has now been scrubbed. The referenced item has been replaced with a picture of the Congresswoman and some drivel from Boehner.
I think they smell LAWSUIT there.
This is unbelievable, hope they can save her. I am sick to my stomach.
Takes me back to too many other assassination attempts (JFK, RFK) and the hospital reports. I find this so repugnant that I feel ill. For what purpose, why? I think the lady died on scene, but I’m hoping that I’m wrong for once. What about all the other folks who were shot – are they all deceased? Geebus, this is so sick.
Saying at least 4 dead and I heard one was a child and one was a staffer, not sure because of all the conflicing info. Horrific.
I’m sick about this.
Hospital spox on cnn now saying she’s in surgery, supposed to have press conf soon
Jane at FDL has a good article up on the kind of violence incited by her rival in the last election:
Giffords Opponent, Jesse Kelly, Held June Event to “Shoot a Fully Automatic M16″ to “Get on Target” and “Remove Gabrielle Giffords”
You may recall she was one of the congressional people who was put on a map by Palin with a rifle site graphic. You can see that graphic there also.
Oh great. Will her fans defend that too?
I can imagine they will.
did you see the article at hillbuz.. about a piece on huffpost.. crazy deomcrat supporter says “she’s dead to me” after she voted against pelosi… huff post nas edited tje original but hillbuz has the screen shot…. I’m more inclined to think a crazy obot did it… seeing as we are all seemi g to make wild guesses here.
no, it’s a tea party person he has a my space page and a you tube channel.
According to what I’m hearing on Fox News right now, the guy who did it is one of the anti-Fed, goldbug types. IOW, a right winger. He shot a little 9-year-old girl, who is now dead.
I watched his you tubes. It was an odd rant against the Treasury issuing some new currency. Also, a there’s a diatribe on bad English grammar using incredibly bad English grammar. Also, some rant about anti-Federalist laws. The Feds took his myspace down but there’s also some pictures of him floating around. His favorite youtube has a picture of a US flag in the desert with the background music “let the bodies hit the floor” which is done by heavy metal artists Drowning Pool
The Gray Lady reports:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/us/politics/09giffords.html?src=mv
Reutrers, NPR, et al retracting their reports that Giffords has died. Hospital spokesperson reporting that she is in critical condition and undergoing surgery.
Thank goodness. I hope she makes it.
There’s also a 10 year old boy on the victim list. They’re not saying how severe his wounds are … what kind of monster this person shooter must be.
This is so sickening….I hope she makes it.
Fox News says she’s in critical condition. Five are confirmed dead. 19 in total shot with an automatic weapon.
Looks like damage control is being done everywhere, just in case. Pages showing/mentioning crosshairs are being taken down by Palin, Kelly and others. Just 20 min ago this still existed:
http://www.votejessekelly.com/news/2010/09/05/kelly-……places-crosshairs-squarely-rep-giffords
Now the link just takes you to the generic “we lost” page. Again, I really hope it wasn’t politically motivated… :-/
h/t Jason Kelley
RT @joshtpm: BREAKING: Fed Judge among those shot in AZ http://tpm.ly/eQjDxw
This has all the fingerprints of a right wing domestic terrorist.
Heartbreaking.
The shooter is in custody. There are so many victims. I can’t but think the hateful
rhetoric promoted by the last several campaigns contribute toward physical violence.
Neither party has clean hands.
So senseless – tragic.
Suspect is 21 years old.
Latest from CNN: Six people killed, 12 others injured, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, in shooting at Tucson store, officials say.
about the Congress Woman.
Condition of Gabrielle Giffords is “optimistic.” A young child is dead.
Link was updated at 3:57 pm.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/rep-gabrielle-giffords-at-12-shot-tucson-grocery-store/
So many people shot by one person – the link states 18 people were shot.
Shooter had an automatic weapon. Those things are made for maximum killing.
Yup. As we feared. TEA PARTY extremist.
They’ve taken his myspace down, but the youtubes are pretty weird. Something about a currency conspiracy and a rant about grammatically correct English written in grammatically incorrect English.
Shooter confirmed as white male, 21 year old Jared Lee Loughner
That YouTube is so weird. It has to be some kind of code.
He’s most likely psychotic.
Yup. Definitely untreated mental illness.
Some one got some screen grabs of us MYSPACE before the Feds took it down.
http://yfrog.com/h2vlzp
I can’t watch the youtubes–I’m too freaked out just by looking at the dates of when they were uploaded– a month to three weeks ago.
Spoken like the father of a daughter:
Saw that. So tragic that this animal murdered an innocent little girl.
Congresswoman Giffords is responding to commands even though the bullet went right through her head. She was shot point blank. Doctors are optimistic for her recovery.
Shooter’s favorite books: The Communist Manifesto and Mein Kampf. WTF?!
From what I’m hearing them read on Fox from his writing, he sounds psychotic. He’s the right age to get Schizophrenia, but he was apparently in the military, so he could have PTSD.
The right wing blogs are trying to make him into a leftie …
How many lefties do you know that obsess on people knowing english grammar, currency from the Treasury instead of gold, and consider Mein Kampf one of their favorites?
Also, the site scrubbing is going on like crazy. They’re bringing down all those Palin’s graphics of the rifle sites and they’re taking down stuff from Gifford’s last tea party challenger.
They’re trying to make him into a left wing commie.
VERY SAD. Mostly it sounds like a psychotic break.
This is heartbreaking and sickening at the same time.
Here’s an article on threats of violence against Congresswoman Giffords. Standing up against the right wing is a dangerous job. I can personally attest to that.
Congresswoman Giffords on MSNBC in March, talking about calls, e-mails, death threats, and a break-in at her office.
http://kateoplis.tumblr.com/post/2655554409/msnbc-talks-to-rep-gabrielle-gifford-about-the
This confirms the maddess that we have been talking about this week. It’s coming from all corners, and our system is not up to task of promoting mental health services to people.
I reviewed the Palin map, how in the hell did she get away with this kind of targeting and hurt? I hope she suffers the consquences for idenifying states that she threaten.
It’s truly gruesome.
You apparently forget the Democrat’s map in 2006 with their “targeted” districts. There is a lot to be exercised about but a political expression is hardly one of them.
We would all be better served by toning down our rhetoric and focusing on what should be done to keep these mass shootings from happening. There seems to be an outbreak of them lately and, so long as societal pressure keeps going up, there will be even more.
Ralph, I did not know about the Dem’s map in 2006. Like I said it’s coming from every corner. I wasn’t aware of Palin’s map, until today.
My condolences to the families, and a speedy recovery to all us injured.
Did that map use rifle sites for pointers?
I feel a need to clarify my statement. It is because she made the choice to use such image (target/map), and that she should be called out, and we should take a stand against
this kind imaging. And it’s not just about her, but the many, many others who have created images of hate.
She of all people should know better, lest she forget the image of herself being lynched in a red dress. The same was done to Hillary during her campaign.
We called this out, we stood together, and nothing was done,
nothing from the media, nothing from the politicians, and nothing from the citizens.
I did take the time to see the dems map in 2006, in which they used bulleyes to place targets throughout the county on repubicans districts. I’d put the map up, but do not know how to download it.
I was discussing with a friend of mine last night that the new thing in the mental health world is that one gets only 3-4 sessions with a therapist, maybe 6 if one is lucky. That’s not enough to effectively treat anybody with a mental health problem. I guess that in Loughner’s case he could have used medication.
File under isn’t this ironic?
Just heartbreaking…the immediate, almost instantaneous right wing mop is remarkable.
their actions means they connected the dots and they don’t want the public to do so as well.