BREAKING: Rep Giffords (D-AZ) shot in head point-blank

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona reportedly shot
Multiple injuries reported in shooting outside Tucson grocery store

U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head while holding a public event in Tucson, National Public Radio reported Saturday.

Other news agencies reported up to 11 other people had been injured after an unidentified gunman ran up and began shooting indiscriminately as Giffords addressed supporters.

Giffords was shot point blank in the head, according to Fox News.

Giffords, who was re-elected to her third term in November, was hosting her first "Congress on Your Corner" event at the Safeway in northwest Tucson, NPR reported.

The gunman was in custody, according to media reports.

Giffords, 40, a Democrat, is married to U.S. astronaut Mark Kelly. She took office in January 2007, emphasizing issues such as immigration reform, embryonic stem-cell research, alternative energy sources and a higher minimum wage.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40978517/ns/politics/

I am without words.... The piece-of-slime that did this is beneath contempt... Hmmmmm.... Who, in Arizona, would shoot a Democrat in the head that they didn't agree with over things like health-care legislation, immigration reform legislation, embryonic stem-cell research .....

I will personally drop the dime on this pond-scum.

LJ, you beat me to it..wow, I hope she is going to make it..the sob who shot her should get taken out to the woodshed and _________ fill in your own blank. Prayers for her and the others wounded!

I'll pause here for the usual "It probably wasn't a teabagging, right-wing, gun-toting neo-nazi slimebag" responses....

UPDATE: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., has died after being shot in the head - NPR

Phoenix news reports that 6 others also died.....what a horrible, horrible crime.

LadyJazzer wrote: I'll pause here for the usual "It probably wasn't a teabagging, right-wing, gun-toting neo-nazi slimebag" responses....

Looney Jerk, you're a sad commentary of the left.

Prayers for the Gifford and Kelly family. It's a sad day in America.

Out of those killed was a child, that's all I know at this time..

Mixed reports now that 5 are confirmed dead, and that the Congresswoman is clinging to life right now, but no suggestion on whether she will make it or not.

several media outlets claim she has passed away...

All major news outlets are reporting the passing of Rep. Gifford. Three staffers shot. Six reportedly killed. Pima County sheriff have a suspect. Witness say the suspect is in his early twenties.

UPDATE: Gifford is alive and in surgery. 1:09 p.m. MST Saturday