‘The man, wearing a black cap and baggy pants and shirt, rushed by a table separating him and Giffords, raised an arm, and then came shots, Villec, 19, told The Associated Press.’
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The gunman, identified by media as Jared Lee Loughner, on Saturday shot 17 people, killing six of them, including a 9-year old girl and a federal judge, John Roll. The gunman was tackled and arrested.
Giffords (D-Ariz.) remained in critical condition Sunday morning after being shot in the head.
Giffords was outside one of her signature “Congress at your corner” events outside a Safeway in Tucson, the district she represented, when a gunman approached and shot her in the head on Saturday. Giffords staff member, Gabe Zimmerman, 30, organizer of the event, was one of the six people killed in the attack.