2:29 am UTC Jan. 8, 2021
Emma McMahon and her family were near the end of a line in front of a Safeway supermarket outside Tucson. It was a sunny January Saturday morning and they were waiting to see Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was hosting an event she called Congress on Your Corner, a chance for constituents to bring questions and concerns.
Emma, then 17, was a senior at Salpointe Catholic High School. She had worked as a page for Giffords in Washington, D.C., but somehow she d never gotten a picture of herself with the congresswoman. That was her goal for the
day.
Today marks 10th anniversary of Tucson mass shooting
It has now been 10 years since the January 8, 2011 shooting in Tucson.
and last updated 2021-01-08 21:07:20-05
TUCSON, AZ â Today marks 10 years since the mass shooting in Tucson that claimed the lives of six people.
The shooting also left 13 people wounded, including then-U.S. Congresswoman Gabby Giffords.
Giffords was the target at the meet-and-greet event with constituents outside a supermarket and was gravely wounded after being shot in the head.
Today, my heart and mind are with those we lost in the Tucson shooting:
Christina-Taylor Green
Dorothy Morris
Their memories are a blessing that keeps me going, even when times are tough. pic.twitter.com/57KO2422Gr Gabrielle Giffords (@GabbyGiffords) January 8, 2021
Capitol uprising reminds Gabby Giffords of the day she was shot, six were killed 10 years ago
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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords had just been sworn in to her third term representing Arizona’s 8th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives.
On Jan. 8, 2011, she was in Pima County, Ariz., near Tucson, meeting with constituents during a “Congress on Your Corner” event outside a Safeway grocery store.
On that day, 10 years ago, a man with a gun ran up to her and others and began shooting.
Giffords, 40, was shot in the head at close range. Six people – including a federal judge, a child and Giffords’ director of community outreach – were killed.
Jan. 8, 2021, is the 10th anniversary of the Tucson shooting, which killed six and wounded 13 people who were gathered for Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ 21st Congress on Your Corner. Jan. 8, 2011, was a beautiful, crisp Tucson morning. The attendees were lined up waiting to have a few private moments with their Representative The Congress on Your Corner started promptly at 10 a.m. At 10:10 am the shooting started. In 19.6 seconds, the shooter discharged 33 bullets from his handgun. I saw Gabby shot in the head and go down. That memory is embedded in my mind. After Gabby, I was shot twice. I also will never forget seeing my deputy, Gabe Zimmerman, fall at my feet. As I looked at his face, I knew he was dead. On the other side of me, Judge John Roll was being given CPR by a nurse who was shopping that morning. He did not survive. Four others died that day: Christina-Taylor Green, Dorwan Stoddard, Dorothy Morris and Phyliss Schneck.