Thursday, May 5, 2011

Arizona Tragedy

Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head when a assailant opened fired outside a grocery during a meeting with constituents.
Killing at least five people and wounding several others in rampage that rattled the nation.
Giffords was among at least 10 people wounded and the hospital said her outlook was optimistic and that she was responding to commands from the doctors.
The hospital said a 9 year old child was among the killed, and a US Marshal said a federal judge was also fatally shot in the attack.
Giffords spokesman C.J. Karamargin said an unspecified number of her staff members were injured in the shooting.
Pima County Sherriffs officials said he used a pistol to carry out the shooting spree.
The President Barack Obama called the shooting an unspeakable tragedy.
Obama sent his FBI director to oversee the investigation




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