Posted on 01/08/2011 10:30:27 AM PST by tcrlaf
This guy wasn’t sober or sane.
He wanted to draw attention to himself and used You Tube, My
Space etc. to that end.
To get even more attention, he did this awful thing.
The event was very informal: Gifford had set up a table outside the Safeway and about 20-30 people were gathered to talk to her. The gunman, who may have come from inside the Safeway, walked up and shot Gifford in the head first. According to Rayle, who is a former ER doctor, Gifford was able to move her hands after being shot.
After shooting Gifford, the gunman opened fire indiscriminately for a few seconds, firing 20-30 rounds and hitting a number of people, including a kid no older than 10 years old. Rayle hid behind a concrete pole and pretended to be dead. When the gunman apparently ran out of ammunition he attempted to flee, but a member of Gifford's staff tackled him. Rayle helped hold the gunman down while waiting for the sheriff to arrive, about 15-to-20 minutes later. The EMS came about 30 minutes later. Rayle said he was "stunned" by how long it took medical help to arrive.
The gunman was young, mid-to-late 20s, white, clean-shaven with short hair and wearing dark clothing and said nothing during the shooting or while being held down, although he struggled at first. He didn't look like a businessman, but more of a "fringe character," Rayle said. The sheriff's department arrived, arrested the gunman and cordoned off the parking lot.
If this takes awhile to post, it's because I'm a new member here and apparently my posts have to be approved by a moderator.
Welcome to Free Republic.
I’d take the reported time of 20 minutes for LEO and EMT to respond with a big grain of salt. It was reported they were on site almost immediately.
I first read the story on Yahoo today. It mentioned that a person with a gun had been detained at a previous event. Can anyone confirm or deny and provide specifics?
If true, my question is why she didn’t have more security - even if she provided it herself. Lord knows she had the cash from that tire business ...
We've all gone through that, Gena. Stick around, and your posts will come up right away soon enough. Good job on your first post!
Are you her accountant? How do you know that she did not have more security? If she did, they could have been among those that were shot.
Just curious - the article did not say much more than there had been a previous incident. None of the TV news reports I’ve seen has said anything about her having security.
In fact, I think it was one of her staffers and a doctor who tackled the guy - no mention of a security detail ...
Thanks! Took about nine hours or so for the moderators to approve my post. Guess they're pretty busy today with everything that's been going on.
No ..the system is very slow...likely due to this Red Hot Topic...it has happened before....
Moderators get involved after the fact ...always... I am pretty sure...
KOS: My CongressWOMAN [Giffords] voted against Nancy Pelosi! And is now DEAD to me!
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And see ETL's posting at #45...regarding why he and I believe Jim posted it....
KOS uses the bullseye with regard to Gifford....
Nine hours?
VANITY - Post links to left wing political adds with targets and such!
Yep. That's OK. Looks like the "post instantly" switch for my account has now been activated.
Ah, good idea thank you for the link!
Been looking for one thread to keep up with this all...but with FR being down half the day it’s hard to find one.
The sheriff of Pima County should be ashamed of himself.
It took the president less than 6 hours to speak to the country after this madman went berserk killing 6 and injuring many more. It took him days to speak to the country after the Ft. Hood massacre.
There really is a sickness permeating our country. Famous people and newspapers jumped breathlessly to conclude this is the fault of Rush, Beck, Palin and the Tea Party. No one is walking back on that either. FOX stayed fairly reasonable and focused on what’s clear- this is a seriously demented young man.
I don’t know where I live.
Shooter’s mom...listed as a ‘key Pima County employee’ (page 2)
http://friendsofaguacaliente.org/FOAC_News_May.pdf
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