Pia Carusone, the chief of staff for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), has released the following statement about today’s shooting: Read More
The death of U.S. District Judge John Roll in today’s Tucson shooting has been overshadowed by the wounding of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, in part because it appears that Roll was not the target of the shooter but was, in the words of the local sheriff, in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Nonetheless, the U.S. marshall’s service, which is in charge of security for federal judges, tells TPM that it is taking “appropriate actions to ensure the security of the federal judiciary.”
Gabe Zimmerman, director of community outreach for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, was among those who were killed in this morning’s shooting spree.
From last year Rep. Giffords (D-AZ) responds to earlier vandalism incident at her office and being placed on Sarah Palin’s ‘crosshairs’ list.
“We’re on Sarah Palin’s targeted list. But the thing is the way that she has it depicted has the crosshairs of a gun site over our district. People do that they’ve got to realize there’s consequences to that action.”
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President Obama sends FBI Director Mueller to Arizona to help oversee investigation.
Here’s what appears to be the Youtube channel of suspected shooter Jared Loughner.
President Obama will speak shortly from the White House on the Giffords shooting.
The lead trauma surgeon at University Medical Center is currently holding a press conference. He says that Rep. Giffords is alive. She has come out of surgery. And the surgeon says that he is “very optimistic about [her] recovery.” He later said: “I’m about as optimistic as I can be in this situation”
He confirmed that Giffords was shot through the head, with the bullet exiting her head on the side opposite to the entry wound.