TUCSON – One year ago this Sunday, a lone assassin walked up to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords outside a suburban supermarket and shot her in the head, then continued blasting away at others who were waiting to see the congresswoman.
It's an anniversary that no one in Arizona wants to celebrate but all will remember.
As smoke cleared and sirens wailed, a federal judge, a 9-year-old girl and four others lay dead or dying. Giffords, D-Ariz., was wounded along with 12 other victims. And 22-year-old suspect Jared Loughner, subsequently diagnosed as psychotic, was pinned to the ground by bystanders.
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