[Infowarrior] - Clarification -- AZ Congresswoman, 6 Others, Killed By Gunman

[Richard Forno]

Reuters reporting Congresswoman sitll alive in surgery at 1437.    More to follow once confirmed.

-- rick

On Jan 8, 2011, at 14:30 , Richard Forno wrote:

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> Congresswoman, 6 Others, Killed By Gunman
> January 8, 2011
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> http://www.npr.org/2011/01/08/132764367/congresswoman-shot-in-arizona
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> Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and six others died after a gunman opened fire at a public event on Saturday, member station KJZZ in Phoenix has confirmed.
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> The Pima County, Ariz., sheriff's office told news director Mark Moran the 40-year-old Democrat was killed.
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> Giffords, who was re-elected to her third term in November, was hosting a "Congress on Your Corner" event at a Safeway in northwest Tucson when a gunman ran up and started shooting, according to Peter Michaels, news director of Arizona Public Media.
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> Giffords was talking to a couple when the suspect ran up and fired indiscriminately from about four feet away, Michaels said.
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> The suspect ran off and was tackled by a bystander. He was taken into custody. Witnesses described him as in his late teens or early 20s.
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> Giffords was first elected to represent Arizona's 8th District in 2006. The "Congress on Your Corner" events allow constituents to present their concerns directly to her.
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> Giffords was married to astronaut Mark Kelly, a veteran of Desert Storm. They have two children.
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