Profiles of Arizona shooting victims

Cantor observes moment of silence with staff in Henrico
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-7th, and his staff paused for a moment of silence Monday in honor of Victims of Saturday's shootings in Arizona. Video by Penelope M. Carrington/Times-Dispatc ... (more) » Article: Ariz. suspect in court; nation mourns fallen House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-7th, observed a moment of silence Monday in his Henrico County office in honor of the Victims of Saturday's shootings in Arizona. His local staff assembled for the 11 a.m. moment of silence as ...

Giffords wrote to Harvard, seeking dialogue on civil discourse
US Representative Gabrielle Giffords wrote an e-mail Friday, a day before she was grievously wounded, congratulating the new director of Harvard’s Institute of Politics and saying she wanted to talk with him about ways to tone down the political debate. Kentucky’s Secretary of State — Trey Grayson, a Republican who was named to the Harvard post earlier that day — had become friends with the Arizona congresswoman. They met when both were Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellows in P...

Friends mourn 9-year-old shooting victim
TUCSON, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Classmates of Arizona Shooting Spree Victim Christina-Taylor Green observed a moment of silence Monday for their friend and the other victims. The Arizona Daily Star reported the Mesa Verde Elementary School Students walked into the schoolyard and stood in a circle for the memorial event. A nearby fence was adorned with teddy bears and roses in memory of the 9-year-old Shooting Victim who was one of six people killed when a gunman opened fire at a meet-and-greet event Sa...

US falls silent for shooting victims
PRESIDENT Barack Obama led a minute's silence yesterday for the Victims of this weekend's Arizona shooting in which six people died and 14 were wounded, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. • At the White House, the Obamas observe a minute's silence in memory of the Shooting Victims. Picture: AFP/Getty Mr Obama said Democratic Representative Giffords is "still fighting" after being shot in the head. In total, 19 people were shot in the attack; among the six killed were Arizona's chie...

Suspect in Arizona shootings appears in court
By David Schwartz PHOENIX, Arizona | Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:42pm EST PHOENIX, Arizona (Reuters) - A troubled 22-year-old College Dropout made his first court appearance on Monday on five federal charges, including the attempted Assassination of Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who remained in critical condition with a bullet wound to the head. His hands manacled together, Jared Lee Loughner said understood the charges against him that stem from a Shooting Spree in Tucson on Saturday that left s...

Suspect in Arizona shootings appears in court
By David Schwartz PHOENIX, Arizona | Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:42pm EST PHOENIX, Arizona (Reuters) - A troubled 22-year-old College Dropout made his first court appearance on Monday on five federal charges, including the attempted Assassination of Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who remained in critical condition with a bullet wound to the head. His hands manacled together, Jared Lee Loughner said understood the charges against him that stem from a Shooting Spree in Tucson on Saturday that left s...

Spaceman leads US shooting tribute
Scott Kelly, a crew member of the mission to the International Space Station, left, and his brother, Mark Kelly, also an Astronaut and husband of Gabrielle Giffords. Photo: AP Space station commander Scott Kelly led NASA in a moment of silence as he struggled with the shooting of his US congresswoman sister-in-law as well as six people who were killed. It was part of the national observance on Monday for all the Victims of Saturday's shooting in Arizona. His identical twin brother, Mark Kelly, i...

After attack, a leadership test for Obama, Boehner
(01-10) 19:30 PST WASHINGTON, CA (AP) -- On opposite sides of the political spectrum, President Barack Obama and new House Speaker John Boehner suddenly face the same challenge: rise above the anger, suspicion and hostility of their liberal and conservative bases to help a rattled nation deal with the deadly outburst of violence in Arizona. But what comes after the easy moment of silence? For now, both men are stepping past the question of what role, if any, the vitriol of the past election ca...

In a pall, official Washington a stunned place
(01-10) 19:32 PST WASHINGTON, CA (AP) -- The nation's capital lumbered to work in a pall Monday, somber from the Congress to the White House, as official Washington absorbed an Assassination attempt against one of its own. Giving voice to the grief, President Barack Obama conceded that everyone was still in shock. By the end of the long day, Obama had secured plans to travel on Wednesday to Tucson, Ariz., to speak at a memorial service for the Victims of the deadly attack. White House spokesma...

Was the Arizona Shooting Sheriff Dupnik's Fault?
By RightKlik It's pretty clear at this point that Jared Loughner was the Lone Wolf shooter solely responsible for the carnage in Tuscon, Arizona on Saturday. But without a shred of evidence, liberals in this country want to blame the "usual suspects," including Sarah Palin, the tea partiers and conservative Talk Radio. Let's cast the net wider. On Saturday, we began asking pointed questions about Tuscon Sheriff Clarence Dupnik: A congresswoman got shot point-blank in the head in Pima County, A...

Judges Purpose in Seeing Giffords Could Be Legally Significant
Was U.S. District Court Judge John M. Roll just being sociable when he dropped by an appearance by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) in Tucson on Saturday, or was he planning to discuss official business? Does it even matter, given the horror of that morning? Yes, it could matter, legally speaking. At first glance, Roll’s state of mind might appear irrelevant, given the tragedy that unfolded on Saturday morning, when Roll was shot dead and Giffords gravely wounded in a rampage that killed ...

On the Tucson shooting
This is going to come out like a disjointed rant. I don't care - that is what it is. OK, I've had enough. This did it for me.AT THE DIRECTION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE United States, THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES SHALL BE FLOWN AT HALF-STAFF UPON RECEIPT OF THIS MESSAGE, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, IN HONOR OR THE Shooting VictimS IN Tucson, Arizona. FURTHER GUIDANCE WILL BE PASSED UPON RECEIPT AS TO THE DURATION OF THIS HALF-STAFFING OBSERVANCE. THE FLAG SHALL BE FLOWN AT HALF-STAFF ON ALL DEPARTMENT ...

Auburn-Oregon Party, Tucson Tragedy = An Emotional 3 Days for Arizona
In a cruel twist of timing, the eyes of the nation focused on Arizona on Monday – not because of the Tucson shooting rampage Saturday that left six dead and 14 wounded. Instead, the center of attention had moved by Monday afternoon about 125 miles north to Glendale, where the BCS national Championship Game was set to be played. Certainly the day was filled with reflection and remembrances related to the devastating attack on U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and people who had stopped at a shop...

Slain Federal Judge Was Champion for Greater Court Resources
U.S. District Judge John M. Roll, who was killed in the Arizona shooting Saturday, was a bystander in the attack aimed at Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, according to news reports. It was not a coincidence, however, that he had come to the Grocery Store where Giffords was holding a meet-and-greet that morning; he came to talk with Giffords about greater resources for his court, The National Law Journal reports. "Such a discussion would have been typical for Roll," The NLJ explains. "He ...

Arizona shooting sees Americans bow their heads in mourning
guardian.co.uk, Monday 10 January 2011 21.19 GMT President Barack Obama observes a moments silence alongside his wife Michelle. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA Americans from Tucson to the White House and the International Space Station bowed their heads in mourning today tempered by shock and anger over the killing of six people and wounding of 14 others in Saturday's Assassination attempt against the Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. The accused shooter, Jared Lee Loughner, was expe...

Gunman in Arizona Shooting Held Without Bail, Assigned Lawyer Who Defended McVeigh
PHOENIX -- The nation got its first look on Monday at the 22-year-old loner accused of trying to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Jared Loughner, head shaved, a cut above the right temple and his hands cuffed, scanned a packed courtroom and sat down. His attorney, who defended Oklahoma City bomber Timothy Mcveigh and "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski, whispered to him. The judge asked Loughner if he understood that he could get life in Prison -- or the death penalty -- for killing Federal Judge John...

Arizona shooting suspect appears in court
PHOENIX, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- A federal magistrate in Phoenix Monday ordered the man accused of shooting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and 19 others during the weekend held without bond. Jared Loughner, dressed in a tan detention uniform and shackled, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Lawrence Anderson, who appointed federal public defender Judy Clark as Loughner's attorney, The Arizona Republic reported. Anderson ordered Loughner held without bond, the Arizona Daily Star reported. Loughner is acc...

Giffords Shooting: Christina-Taylor Green, 9-Year-Old Killed In Arizona Shooting, Was Daughter Of Dodgers Employee
Los Angeles — Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt is expressing condolences about the 9-year-old girl killed by a gunman who opened fire at an Arizona congresswoman's event. She is the granddaughter of former Philadelphia Phillies manager Dallas Green and the daughter of a Dodgers scout. Christina-Taylor Green was shot outside a Tucson grocery story when she went to see Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was meeting with constituents there. McCourt says the team lost a member of the Dodger...

Arizona Shooting Victims' Neighbor: High School Sweethearts 'Were Very Devoted'
Don and JoAnn Newland met their neighbors George and Dorothy Morris when the couple moved to their Oro Valley, Ariz. Retirement community in the late 1990s. "They were our neighbors," JoAnn Newland told HuffPost on Monday. "We would see them at the mailbox and we would talk." Dorothy Morris, 76, was one of six people killed Saturday by a crazed gunman at a "Congress on the Corner" event hosted by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.). George Morris is still in the Hospital after reportedly sufferi...

Obamas observe silence for Arizona shooting victims
The President and the First Lady hold a minute's silence outside the White House in memory of those killed in Tuscon, Arizona....

Beshear orders flags at half-staff for Arizona shooting victims
FRANKFORT — Gov. Steve Beshear has ordered flags at all state Office Buildings be lowered to half-staff immediately through Friday, Jan. 14, in honor of Victims of Saturday’s shooting in Tucson, Ariz.. that wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed six people. “Saturday’s senseless act of violence is truly unthinkable and its repercussions have affected not only the citizens of Arizona, but this entire nation,” said Gov. Beshear. “I ask that Kentuckians ...

AP source: Obama to visit Arizona on Wednesday to attend memorial for shooting victims.
Alleged Ariz. gunman Jared Loughner had prior run-ins with police Feds investigate if alleged Ariz. gunman sent explosive packages to Md. FSU Student killed, Fla. man wounded in accidental shooting Five teens found dead in Fla. motel, police believe carbon monoxide poisoning to be cause of death Click here to cancel reply. You must be logged in to post a comment. Who is Jared Loughner? Who is Jared Loughner? ...

AP source: Obama to visit Arizona on Wednesday to attend memorial for shooting victims.
Frenzy surrounds Ariz. shooting suspect's hearing Will public blame Republicans for Arizona killings? National Journal cover story, features, include violent Rhetoric! Journalists urged caution after Ft. Hood, now race to blame Palin after Arizona shootings Sheriff says Ariz. rampage suspect not cooperating ...

South Florida lawmakers to observe moment of silence for Arizona shooting victims
South Florida lawmakers elected to Congress will hold swearing-in ceremonies in Miami and Fort Lauderdale on Monday morning that will include a moment of silence for Victims in this weekend's Arizona shooting. In Miami, newly elected Sen. Marco Rubio is scheduled to be joined by U.S. Rep.'s Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Mario Diaz-Balart, David Rivera and Frederica Wilson at 10 a.m. in the courtyard in front of the Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. federal Courthouse in downtown Miami. U.S. District Chief Judge ...

Arizona's chief fed judge among shooting victims
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - U.S. District Judge John M. Roll, the chief Federal Judge for Arizona, died Saturday, a Victim of a Mass Shooting. Roll was 63. Roll was shot while attending an event for constituents held by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was badly wounded in the shooting. Roll was appointed to the federal bench in 1991 by President George H.W. Bush. Roll previously served as a state trial judge and as a judge on the midlevel Arizona Court of appeals. He previously worked as a county a...