news alert: Congresswoman shot
Jan. 8th, 2011 02:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rmFor those of you not watching TV or following along on Twitter:
There are conflicting reports regarding the condition of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords after she was apparently shot in the head at close range at a public event at a local grocery store (some sites have her as dead; some have her in surgery -- the news is highly chaotic right now).
At least 11 other people are also reported shot, and there are multiple fatalities being reported.
Gunman reported tackled and arrested.
No motive is currently known for the attack.
It is worth noting that Congresswoman Giffords' district was one in the crosshairs graphics on Sarah Palin's website. The site seemed to go down (whether from traffic load, to pull the graphic or other unrelated issue, I don't know) shortly after the news of the shooting broke.
Get thee to CNN.
ETA: I have to leave the house, so updates/corrections/clarifications to this post are not possible at present.
There are conflicting reports regarding the condition of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords after she was apparently shot in the head at close range at a public event at a local grocery store (some sites have her as dead; some have her in surgery -- the news is highly chaotic right now).
At least 11 other people are also reported shot, and there are multiple fatalities being reported.
Gunman reported tackled and arrested.
No motive is currently known for the attack.
It is worth noting that Congresswoman Giffords' district was one in the crosshairs graphics on Sarah Palin's website. The site seemed to go down (whether from traffic load, to pull the graphic or other unrelated issue, I don't know) shortly after the news of the shooting broke.
Get thee to CNN.
ETA: I have to leave the house, so updates/corrections/clarifications to this post are not possible at present.
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Date: 2011-01-09 07:31 pm (UTC)I can't even imagine what the families are going through. Politically motivated or not, people have died at the hands of a complete whackjob. It was cruel and heartless.