ALERT! ALERT! CRITICAL CONDITION for U.S. Representative for Arizona's 8th congressional district Gabrielle Giffords http://ping.fm/jRpYb The 2011 Tucson shooting happened at 10 a.m. MST on Saturday, January 8, 2011, when 19 people were shot during a Congresswoman's meeting in a Safeway grocery store parking lot in Casas Adobes, near Tucson, Arizona, United States. Six people were killed, including a congressional aide and Federal Judge John McCarthy Roll. U.S. Representative for Arizona's 8th congressional district Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head at close range and is in critical condition. Twelve to eighteen people were wounded. A 22-year-old man named Jared Lee Loughner has been arrested in connection with the shooting. 2011 Tucson shooting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://ping.fm/z3uJF