PHOENIX – A US congresswoman and six other people were shot to death in Tucson, Arizona by a gunman who opened fire at a public event, National Public Radio reported, citing the local sheriff’s office.
NPR said at least nine other people were wounded in the attack at a grocery store where the Democratic lawmaker Gabrielle Giffords was hosting a “Congress on Your Corner” event with constituents. The wounded included three of her staffers.
It said the suspect ran off and was tackled by a bystander before being taken into custody, and that witnesses described him as being in his late teens or early 20s. Andrea Gooden, a witness who was in an office across the street, told Fox News she heard a burst of gunshots and “immediately after that there were people racing across the parking lot.”
Another witness told CNN he heard 15-20 shots and saw people running from the scene and screaming before police and firetrucks arrived around two minutes later. Hospital sources, however, said that Gooden was alive and being treated.
US congresswoman, six others killed in shooting
