-By Warner Todd Huston
BREAKING: An obviously insane moron rushed up to a grocery store where Democrat Representative Gabrielle Giffords (Arizona, 8th District) was appearing and began shooting a pistol indiscriminately.
Several of Gifford’s staffers were hurt and the Congresswoman herself was rushed to University Medical Center in Tucson. Her condition is not yet known. One report has her having been hit in the head.
The assailant was tackled by bystanders and held for police.
UPDATE 01
Reuters is reporting that Rep. Giffords has died of her wounds.
UPDATE 2
…but KOLD TV News is saying the representative is still surgery.
UPDATE 3
Fox News just reported that Federal Judge John Roll was also shot in the attack. News is also out that representative Gifford is responding to questions from medical staff and is not as grievously injured as feared.
See further coverage HERE.
Publius Coverage on Giffords Shooting
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- Even As Arizona Shooting Story Unfolds, Some Media Already Blaming Tea Party/Sarah Palin
- Murderous Attacker of Judge and Congresswoman, Anarchist, Communist, Currency Conspiracy Nut (Full text of killer’s crazy manifesto)
- Rep. Giffords Shot in Arizona! (Update: Fed Judge Also Shot)
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Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago based freelance writer. He has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and before that he wrote articles on U.S. history for several small American magazines. His political columns are featured on many websites such as Andrew Breitbart’s BigGovernment.com, BigHollywood.com, and BigJournalism.com, as well as RightWingNews.com, RightPundits.com, CanadaFreePress.com, StoptheACLU.com, AmericanDaily.com, among many, many others. Mr. Huston is also endlessly amused that one of his articles formed the basis of an article in Germany’s Der Spiegel Magazine in 2008.
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