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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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Somewhat important updates:
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.
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.