While details are trickling in, what we do know is that earlier today, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and ll others were shot by one or more assailants at a town hall-style meeting in the parking lot of a Safeway supermarket, in Tuscon, Arizona. So far, reports indicate that five of the injured have died. The condition of Rep. Giffords is unknown, but each of the surviving victims is in critical condition, and are undergoing surgery. Three of the dead were Congressional aides. One of the victims is an Arizona state judge.
