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Arizona congresswoman among 12 shot at Tucson groceryBy the CNN Wire Staff
January 8, 2011 -- Updated 2016 GMT (0416 HKT)

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was holding a constituent meeting at the grocery store when she and others were shot..

(CNN) -- U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was critically wounded Saturday in a shooting at a Tucson, Arizona, grocery store in which at least 11 other people were injured, officials said.

Darci Slaten, a spokeswoman for University Medical Center in Tucson, said Giffords was undergoing surgery Saturday afternoon for a gunshot wound to the head.

A federal judge from Arizona was among the 11 others shot in the incident, a law enforcement source told CNN.

The shooting happened shortly after 10 a.m. MST, Pima County Sheriff's Department spokesman Jason Ogan said.



Shooting at Tuscon grocery store Giffords, 40, was holding a constituent meeting at the Safeway grocery store when the shooting occurred, according to a schedule posted on her website.

An FBI spokesman said the agency was sending agents to the scene, and two senior Obama administration officials said the White House is monitoring the situation. They said they believed that a congressional staffer may have been killed.

Pictures from the scene showed a Giffords banner hanging from the storefront.

At least two victims with gunshot wounds were transported at Northwest Medical Center, according to spokesman Richard Parker.

The conditions of the 11 others shot were not immediately known.

The motive for the shooting is unclear, Ogan said.

"We're just trying to sort this out right now," he said.

An employee of a nearby business, Jason Pekau, told CNN that he did not see the shooting, but heard "15 to 20 gunshots."

Giffords, a Democrat, was first elected in 2006. She has served as chairwoman of the House Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee and also holds seats on the House Science and Technology and Armed Services committees.

She won her third term in a closely contested race against a Tea Party-sponsored candidate and was one of three Democratic legislators who reported vandalism at their offices following the March vote on health care reform.

She is married to Navy Capt. Mark Kelly, a NASA astronaut who is scheduled to lead a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station.

House Speaker John Boehner said he was "horrified" by the shooting.

"An attack on one who serves is an attack on all who serve," he said. "Acts and threats of violence against public officials have no place in our society."
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Interesting.
 
I just heard about this on the news.... Sadly.... a nine year old child was killed too.

From what I understand, the Congresswoman had been targeted prior to this. I'm not sure why....
 
and an 8 y.o shot himself in the head with an Uzi over there a day or 2 ago also, whilst his dade watched......its a joke.:mad:thumbdown

Thank fuck for our strict gun laws.
 
Alien Allen said:
first i have heard of this

sucks no matter the reason but I hope it does not devolve into the rights are loons and the left are innocent bystanders or visa versa..
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Definitely not a left or right issue here.

This will turn out to be some psycho with a gun and an agenda. It very well may be a politically motivated killing with either the federal judge or the congress woman being the target. But it wasn't perpetrated by a right-wing nut job, just a nut job.

I just hope that he wasn't pushed over the edge by the likes of psycho glenn beck or limpballs. We have enough crazies in the world and we don't need them getting their marching orders by right-wing nutbag talkers.
 
Tim said:
She was targeted because she voted for the health care reform.

I'll keep quiet on my views for now... but it's a real shame
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targetted being the key word

check out the Sarah Palin web site that had a map of the US with cross hairs against the states where democratically elected congress men and women were voting for obamas reforms onh ealthcare

arizona was included , this woman openly criticised palin for doing this
 
porterjack said:
targetted being the key word

check out the Sarah Palin web site that had a map of the US with cross hairs against the states where democratically elected congress men and women were voting for obamas reforms onh ealthcare

arizona was included , this woman openly criticised palin for doing this
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not only was arizona included, this congresswoman was named specifically.

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The kid is a little sick in the head. You can tell that just from his youtube page and the images he posted on his myspace today. (plus! who even uses myspace anymore?! :p)
 
porterjack said:
thanks for that link was just looking for it to back up my post

whilst I do not think for one minute that Sara Palin wanted people shot there are nut jobs with access to guns who may have read this the wrong way

a tradegy
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that's what my thoughts are. The guy's crazy, he took the image a little too literally. I think he knew what he was doing, though.
 
So sad. But ultimately unsurprising given the language used by the likes of Palin. The US is such a divided country, and politicians like Palin play on that, demonising the other side to the point where they actually become targets. Using any kind of weapon symbolism, like the targets in Palin's leaflet, is disturbing to the extreme.

Ultimately, you've got to blame the mainstream media for giving these muppets a soap box. Someone like Palin doesn't even deserve to be anywhere except at the butt of a joke.
 
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