January 8 – 2011 Tucson shooting

The 2011 Tucson shooting was an incident in which U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and eighteen other people were shot during a public meeting; six of those shot died, including Arizona Chief Judge John Roll and one of Rep. Giffords' staffers. The mass shooting occurred in a Safeway supermarket parking lot in Casas Adobes near Tucson, Arizona USA, on 8 January 2011. Giffords was holding a constituent (= person who elects someone to represent it in the governement) meeting called "Congress on Your Corner" in the parking lot when Jared Lee Loughner drew (= took out) a pistol and shot Giffords in the head, before firing on other people.



According to court records, Loughner had two previous offenses (= crimes), one of which was for drug possession. U.S. Army officials said that Loughner had attempted to enlist, but his application had been rejected as "unqualified" for service in 2008. They declined further disclosure due to confidentiality rules, although an administration official indicated to the media that this was due to a failed drug test.



Police reports reveal he had purchased a Glock pistol at a Sportsman's Warehouse store less than six weeks before and attempted to buy additional ammunition for the pistol at a Walmart on the morning of the shooting.

> Giffford’s political position about gun rights and gun control measures