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insaid they were able to get her to this trauma center, get doctors working on her and for now at least have saved her life. we heard from witnesses on the scene that described it like this. it was inside and outside a safeway store. she is gathering with hundreds of people to have a congress on your corner and all of a sudden a man starts shooting. he is not just shooting widely place after place, she is going up to people and shooting them in the head at point blank range. among those said to be dead, family members have to be notified first. the long and short of it, i can give you generalities, one of those dead is a child. a number of those who were shot are the congresswoman s staff and volunteers. an incredible day which has brought a phone call from the president of the united states who said that the representative
back in 2009 that i found reference to. in an event held by representative giffords in august of 2009. the threat of violence made her a aides call police after one person dropped a gun. yelling and screaming is non-productive. at a core event last week, august of 2009, their visitor dropped a gun at a meet and greet at at douglas safeway. very interesting, shep. shep: she has been a lot while serving people of the district and is going through the challenge of her life today. the last man or woman to interview representative giffords was our friend bill hemmer who anchors a show here. i ve listened with great
holding an event outside the safeway. it had been organized for the constituents to come and tell her how they feel about things. the temperature in arizona is, just in the weather, politics has been heated there. they deal with immigration problems that are unique to many parts of the country. it s my understanding there were united states, as some guy walks through the crowd and shot people point blank in the head. is that right? reporter: that is what we re hearing from witnesses and authorities. we expect to have someone on the ground with specifics talking to people that saw it firsthand, but there were hundreds of people in that parking lot. congress on your corners. the congresswoman has done it three times since bee re-elected for her third term to the eighth congressional district. a blue dog democrat, moderate
people of tucson this afternoon. good news the suspect is in custody. authorities were searching for the possibility of a second suspect. it is my understanding that if that possibility still remains, but i have to tell you, it feels to me from authorities with whom we re working, it feels like they are just making sure there was no accomplice. there was no guy watching out. there was no one being a spotter or a getaway car driver. they have no reason to believe at this point that there was an accomplice. nevertheless they are searching for an accomplice and we have no idea what is going on inside the cell where the suspect is now sitting. whether she responding to authorities or has lawyered up. if he had a s, what has he told them about what motivated him to leave his house, presumably this morning, to go to that safeway supermarket where congresswoman on your corner and change events