Saturday, January 8, 2011

An American member killed in a shootout

A U.S. House and six others were killed Saturday, Jan. 8 in Arizona by a gunman who opened fire during a rally, according to the U.S. public radio. Gabrielle Giffords was killed by a bullet in the head while she was on a public outing, reports NPR. A gunman emerged and fired at it in all directions, hitting a dozen other people outside a grocery store in Tucson near the Mexican border, add Fox News and NPR.

The gunman was arrested, according to Fox News. According to NPR, the man who did no more than two decades, sought to flee and was tackled to the ground by a witness before being arrested. According to NPR, at least nine others, including members of the team that elected Democrat Gabrielle Giffords representative, were injured in the shooting.

According to Fox, who speaks four dead, a child would be among those killed by the gunman, who had acted alone. Gabrielle Giffords, aged 40, was elected a Democratic House of Representatives. She entered Congress in January 2007. She was one of ten elected Democrats harassed because of their support for the reform of American health care system.

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