Rep. Giffords (D-AZ) Shot By Gunman
Rep. Giffords and 19 other people were shot by a gunman in Tucson, AZ. Six of them have died, including a nine-year old girl and John Roll, chief judge of the U.S. District Court of Arizona.
- Last tweet from Rep. Giffords prior to the shooting:
- First tweets from the scene:
- User-generated video from a person near (but not at) the scene of the shooting:
- Some of the first news reports of the shooting:
Congresswoman Shot In Arizona : NPR
A gunman opened fire during a public forum in Arizona on Saturday, shooting Democrat Gabrielle Giffords and at least five other people.
Arizona Congresswoman Shot Outside Grocery Store (Update)A gunman indiscriminately fired into a crowd at a gathering for Democratic representative Gabrielle Giffords outside a Safeway in Tucson, Arizona this morning. Giffords and at least five others were shot, according to NPR. The gunman was tackled and arrested.
Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 5 others shot in Arizona. : politicsIf you think your submission has been autobanned, please use the moderator inbox to inform us. report a submission just because you don't like it. The report function is for spam . TIP - This reddit is for U.S. politics. You can consider - /r/WorldPolitics for non-US political content.- Recent videos of Rep. Giffords, including her reading the First Amendment on the House floor last week, and a previous "Congress In Your Community event," similar to the one she was hosting at a Tucson Safeway when she was shot:
- As everyone scrambled to report on the situation, a lot of information made its way on air and online. And reports that the congresswoman had died quickly proved to be incorrect:
