Rep. Giffords in Intensive Care After Being Shot in the Head at Public Event
Published January 08, 2011
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In this Jan. 5, 2011 file photo, House Speaker John Boehner reenacts the swearing in of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP)
Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is in an intensive care unit following surgery for a gunshot wound in the
head at close range, the University of Arizona Medical Center announced Saturday afternoon.
Dr. Peter Rhee, a surgeon and chief of the trauma, critical care and emergency surgery, said he is "very
optimistic" about the congresswoman's recovery.
However, Federal District Judge John M. Roll was shot and killed during the town-hall style event outside
a Safeway grocery store in Tucson.
At least 19 people were shot at Giffords' "Congress on Your Corner" event, including three members of
the Democratic congresswoman's staff in Arizona. Five have died, including one of Giffords' aides and a
9-year-old girl. Several others are in critical condition at the university hospital.
State Sen. Linda Lopez, a close friend of Giffords', told Fox News that the three-term congresswoman
was shot in the temple and the bullet exited through her forehead. Lopez said Giffords was responding to
commands.
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