Showing posts with label Gunman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gunman. Show all posts

Saturday, January 08, 2011

Arizona Rep Gabrielle Giffords Shot in Head is Alive but in Critical Condition

Arizona Rep Gabrielle Giffords Shot in Head is Alive but in Critical Condition
Saturday, January 08, 2011
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Image taken from her official website here
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U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was hosting her first “Congress on Your Corner” of the year late this Saturday morning at a supermarket in northwest Tucson, Arizona when shots rang out from a lone gunman. Sadly she was hit near point blank to the head and was soon after reported dead by Fox News... but later updated to saying she was in surgery and was alive but in critical condition.
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Our thoughts and prayers go out to Congresswomen Giffords and to all her family and friends.
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Raw Video: Aftermath of Tucson Shooting
About this Raw Video Footage: Congressional officials say Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has been shot in the head while meeting with constituents in her district in the area around Tucson. (Jan. 8)
This video posted on YouTube by AssociatedPress.
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Post Update: 3:25pm CST
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19 people are now being reported to have been shot in total. Sadly 5 of them are reported dead including a 9 year old girl and Federal District Judge John M. Roll.
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Also... The Shooter is being reported as a 22 year old white male and yes... he is in custody..
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Post Update: 7:45pm CST
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During tonight’s press briefing that ended a while back... an Arizona Sherriff said Congresswomen Giffords was the target of today’s shooter. The shooter has been identified as a 22 year old, white male named Jared Lee Loughner, but for whatever reason his name would not be released during tonight’s briefing when asked by reporters.)
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* Keep up with the latest news on today’s shooting at AzCapitolTimes.com
- Tucson, Arizona local News -
- KVOA.com
Above link has STREAMING LIVE Coverage of shooting at Giffords event
- Arizona Daily Star
- FOX11AZ.com
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Hospital Update on Tucson Shooting

This video also posted on YouTube by AssociatedPress
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In memory of those that lost their lives today in this senseless shooting...
AubreyJ.........
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More to come as more info comes in so check back...

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Accused Holocaust Museum Gunman Charged With Murder

Accused Holocaust Museum Gunman Charged With Murder
Jewish Institutions around the country increase security after Wednesday’s Museum Shooting
Thursday, June 11, 2009
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* Fox News has the following report up on their website today and it begins like this… The accused Holocaust museum gunman who allegedly shot and killed a black security guard had been growing more angry, hateful and desperate in recent weeks, according to those who know him… James W. Von Brunn, 88, told friends his Social Security benefits had been stopped, and he warned in a mass email message to white supremacist associates that they may not hear from him again…
Read the full report at link below…
Holocaust Museum Shooting Suspect Had Been Growing More Hateful and Desperate
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DC Mayor: Museum Gunman Charged With Murder

About this News Video: District of Columbia officials say an 88-year-old white supremacist will be charged with murder in connection with a deadly shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial and Museum. (News Video originally posted June 11th)
This News Video Posted on YouTube by
AssociatedPress
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AubreyJ………

Tuesday, January 01, 2008

Gunman Kills U.S. Foreign Service Diplomat John Granville and Driver in Sudan

Gunman Kills US Foreign Service Diplomat
John Granville and Driver
in Sudan
Tuesday, January 01, 2008

An American diplomat [John Granville, 33] working toward restoring peace in war-torn Sudan was shot and killed along with his driver early Tuesday as he headed home from a New Year's party in the Sudanese capital...
Read this tragic report in full at CNN.com
* Has Video

* AFP.Google.com has this report...
A US official and his driver were killed in a pre-dawn shooting in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Tuesday but the authorities insisted it was not a terrorist attack... "Early this morning, January 1, 2008, in Khartoum, Sudan, an American officer with the United States Agency for International Development was shot and wounded," the US embassy said in a statement... "A locally employed Sudanese national was killed in the same incident. This afternoon, the American officer succumbed to his injuries and passed away. We are working closely with local authorities to investigate the incident."...
Read the rest at link below...
US official killed in Sudan shooting

* Telegraph.co.uk reports...
US diplomat dies after Sudan shooting

John Granville, mother Jane, pose in this handout photo

Friday, April 20, 2007

Johnson Space Center Building Evacuated After Report Of Gunman

Authorities have evacuated Building 44 at the Johnson Space Center because of reports of a man with a weapon, according to a JSC spokeswoman.
There were reports that several shots were fired, but NASA spokesman Bill Jeffs would not confirm that... Houston Police were at the scene...
This is an ongoing story.
Link below should update as needed...
JSC building evacuated after report of gunman
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>>> MSNBC has this take on the story...
NASA building evacuated amid gun reports
Has Video
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5:30pm CDT..
This incident has now come to a close
with the death of one hostage,
the gunman killing himself
and another hostage freed and alive.
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Johnson Space Center photo from NASA website