Gabrielle Giffords Shot: Congresswoman Shot In Arizona (LIVE UPDATES)

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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head Saturday and an unknown number of others were wounded when an assailant opened fire in an area where the lawmaker was meeting with constituents, officials said.

There were varying accounts on Giffords' condition, but a hospital spokesman said the Democrat was in critical condition. An aide to the Democrat was killed. An unknown number of others was injured, officials officials said, including additional aides to the lawmaker.

Congressional officials said one of the victims died soon after the attack, and others were taken to a nearby hospital. The officials said the wounded included some of Gifford's aides who were with her at the time.

Read more here.

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Crazy stuff ...

Somewhat important updates:

3:42 - Richard J. Kastigar, the bureau chief for the Pima County Sheriff's Department, tells CNN that 18 individuals were shot and six are dead. He adds that Giffords is "gravely" wounded.

3:44 - Via Brian Stelter, state senator Linda Lopez tells Fox, "We just heard that [Giffords] is responding to commands. She made it through surgery."

3:47 - The judge who was killed at today's shooting has been identified as John Roll (a district judge btw).

3:50 - MSNBC reports that Tucson's deputy city manager says that doctors expect Rep. Giffords to pull through.

If you read more updates worth posting and I didn't get to it, feel free to post them yourself below. The Huffington post is usually pretty good about their updates.

 

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/08/jared-lee-loughner-gabrielle-giffords-shooter_n_806243.html

Those are some strange videos... for someone who rants about illiteracy and lack of grammatical knowledge, he sure does fail at constructing fluid sentences.

 

[Wummi]

Wow, this is just crazy. She's really leet, surviving a headshot. Thankfully, she didn't die.
God bless those others who were gunned down.

 

[sqrage]

Wow, this is just crazy. She's really leet, surviving a headshot. Thankfully, she didn't die.
God bless those others who were gunned down.

Well depending on where she got shot, it's not such a great thing she's surviving. She'll either have lost memory, impaired ability to think, or messed up motor skills. Either of which I'd personally hate living with.

It's not surprising that something like this happens in Arizona. A state as red as they get.

 

[Monsterous]

A state as red as they get.

You mean Communism?

But no seriously, good luck to those whom were injured.

 

[FireCat]

This is insane! and a terrible tragedy for all involved and their families

The hospital said a 9-year-old child was among the killed

Just hope the other victim will be okay.

 

[Nherwyziant]

Holy Macaroni!

 

[The Helper]

Holy Crap here is the killers youtube video

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[sqrage]

That video made 0 sense to me.

 

[FireCat]

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There is Just one word for it. "INSANITY!"

 

[The Helper]

I guess no story is complete until Westboro Baptist Church and Fred Phelps have there say

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[The Helper]

School releases YouTube post from Loughner

Jared Lee Loughner, now accused in the shootings of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 18 others, walked through campus last fall rambling about his 'genocide school.' The video led Pima Community College to suspend him.

Rambling and agitated, Tucson shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner strode through Pima Community College, camera in hand — alternately laughing and voicing anger at his "genocide school," which he called "one of the biggest scams in America" in a video released by college officials late Friday.

The nearly four-minute video, which was posted on YouTube on Sept. 23 and later removed, appeared to show Loughner on campus at night, moving briskly through buildings and a series of open courtyards.

"All right, so here's what we're doing. We're examining the torture of students," Loughner said as he began his narration of the video. He broke off when he appeared to recognize a man leaving a nearby building. "How's it going?" Loughner shouted. "Thanks for the B – I'm pissed off."

Watch the Video here.