Gabrielle Giffords, a Democratic congress woman in Arizona, was killed today in a public ceremony outside a grocery store. A spokesman for the Pima County Sheriff says that at least 12 people were killed, with at least six deaths. The Tucson Citizen reports that Representative Giffords is "shot point blank in the head."
Rep. Giffords, a Democrat from Arizona, was first elected to the House in 2006. She represents the eighth district of the state of Congress.
A police official told The Associated Press that the gun used in a shooting that killed a federal judge and wounded a U.S. Congressman in Tucson, Arizona, was purchased legally. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head in the morning at an event with voters in front of a local supermarket. U.S. District Judge John Roll, and at least five others were killed in the attack.
The official, who has been briefed on the investigation, spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss details of the case. Authorities have identified the shooter as 22-year-old Jared Loughna of Tucson. Deprivation of liberty. The Washington Post reported Saturday that Loughna bought the gun from the November 30 sports store in Tucson.
The shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is a landmark in many ways, some of which still can not know, but one of the clearest and simplest is this: Congress and its members are about to be permanently quarantined , isolated physically, he and the people they represent.
Thirty years ago, there was no such thing as security in the Congress or members. Members of the public were free to roam the halls, and the police presence was virtually invisible. There were no barricades around the grounds, and even leadership rarely had any protection. Hill was the very model of the people in place - and in that sense it was an inspiring symbol of our democracy.
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Rep. Giffords, a Democrat from Arizona, was first elected to the House in 2006. She represents the eighth district of the state of Congress.
A police official told The Associated Press that the gun used in a shooting that killed a federal judge and wounded a U.S. Congressman in Tucson, Arizona, was purchased legally. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head in the morning at an event with voters in front of a local supermarket. U.S. District Judge John Roll, and at least five others were killed in the attack.
The official, who has been briefed on the investigation, spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss details of the case. Authorities have identified the shooter as 22-year-old Jared Loughna of Tucson. Deprivation of liberty. The Washington Post reported Saturday that Loughna bought the gun from the November 30 sports store in Tucson.
The shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is a landmark in many ways, some of which still can not know, but one of the clearest and simplest is this: Congress and its members are about to be permanently quarantined , isolated physically, he and the people they represent.
Thirty years ago, there was no such thing as security in the Congress or members. Members of the public were free to roam the halls, and the police presence was virtually invisible. There were no barricades around the grounds, and even leadership rarely had any protection. Hill was the very model of the people in place - and in that sense it was an inspiring symbol of our democracy.
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