Way to go, Jared Loughner: Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D) shot in head

goodm0urning · January 9, 2011, 2:11am

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot and possibly killed Saturday. NPR previously reported that Giffords was dead, but has since retracted that. The local sheriff, Clarence Dupnick, has told MSNBC that she is still alive and a hospital spokesman has also told MSNBC that Giffords is alive and in surgery. She was hosting a public event at a Safeway grocery store on the north side of Tucson.

NPR says Giffords and 6 others were killed. According to Dupnick, 5 people were killed and 6 wounded.

The motives of the attacker, who was detained on the scene and taken into custody, are at this point unknown. Fox is reporting that the gunman “ran up and began shooting indiscriminately as Giffords addressed supporters.” According to the New York Times, the Tuscon Citizen is reporting that Giffords was shot at close range.

Witnesses say that the gunman was in his “late teens or early twenties.” An eyewitness who contacted Gawker says that he was young, mid-to-late 20s, white clean-shaven with short hair and wearing dark clothing." According to their source, he looked like a “fringe character.”

Giffords was first elected represent Arizona’s 8th district in 2006. She was married to astronaut Mike Kelly.

Man, it just seems like you don’t see attempted assassinations anymore, at least in this civilized country where the really volatile people get it all out by bitching on the Internet. Arizona: bringing it back, baby!

shatterstar · January 9, 2011, 2:13am

And Bush is still alive?

yeah, “Go Arizona”. [/sarcasm]

Dragonfave723 · January 9, 2011, 2:13am

Shooter’s Youtube channel: YouTube - Classitup10’s Channel

One of his favorite books: Mein Kampf :xeye:

Tanner · January 9, 2011, 2:18am

Ironically he puts people on blast for bad grammar when his own grammar is shit.

goodm0urning · January 9, 2011, 2:24am

UPDATE: U.S. District Judge John Roll, one of the victims in the shooting, has died.

Rhio2k · January 9, 2011, 2:25am

And The Communist Manifesto…kid coulda had a future as a white house aid.

Alidfe · January 9, 2011, 2:27am

Rhio2k confirmed for douchebag.

goodm0urning · January 9, 2011, 2:30am

Where did your previous post go that basically said the same thing before the Communist Manifesto was added?

Tanner · January 9, 2011, 2:32am

Some other articles say Giffords doctors are “optimistic” about her recovery. I’m not sure what that really means but hopefully it’s a little good news.

Rhio2k · January 9, 2011, 2:36am

Found some more info on the freakazoid, so I got rid of it and re-posted…okay, it WAS a little douce-y, but hey, BO himself said that in college he sought out and surrounded himself with communists and socialists. maybe that’s changed, maybe it hasn’t…shrug

goodm0urning · January 9, 2011, 2:41am

And this is somehow relevant either way?

Trying to get in the first spin before someone inevitably points out the possibility that this guy was a huge right wing asshole who figured he might go out and off some uppity lefties?

Alidfe · January 9, 2011, 2:41am

They say she’s notdead and responding to commands.

edit: Apparently this is Sarah Palin’s fault.

Stuart_Hayden · January 9, 2011, 2:44am

Man, the past year or so Arizona has been off the walls fucking crazy.

Rhio2k · January 9, 2011, 2:46am

We’ll know soon enough. In the meantime turns on ps3…

goodm0urning · January 9, 2011, 2:52am

There was apparently some retarded-ass ad with a gun scope on takebackthe20.com, which is curiously unavailable right now.

Not that a reasonable person can be provoked into a shooting rampage by a campaign ad, but in retrospect, it may have been in poor taste.

pherai · January 9, 2011, 2:52am

I’m looking forward to seeing how this aspect of the story gets spun.

kenuran · January 9, 2011, 3:01am

Fucking brain slushie interrupting my football watching.

Shaft_Agent · January 9, 2011, 3:10am

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RoninChaos · January 9, 2011, 3:13am

Really, dude? Really?

Stuart_Hayden · January 9, 2011, 3:16am

You’re better than this, man. Don’t get baited by the obvious.