Tucson, Arizona
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was concerned for their safety long before she was seriously injured in a shooting that killed six people in Arizona, her husband said in an interview.
"We have discussed many times," Mark Kelly told CNN affiliate KVOA-TV Tucson. "He felt that there was a possibility, more or less what had happened. ... There have been threats against him and other members of Congress."
Gifford hosted a meeting of voters outside a supermarket in Tucson, when a gunman opened fire on January 8. Besides the six dead, including a girl of 9 years were 13 others injured.
Kelly said the affiliate that he and his wife were concerned about the heated debates and political divisions, but his passion for public service was a priority in spite of fear.
"She did what she loved, she was representing the people of southern Arizona," said Kelly. "She felt it was very important for them to be able to walk to her and say what they think. "
Kelly said that the legislature will continue its public service "stronger than ever", as he pretty well. He predicted returns to the stage of recovery.
"Love the southern Arizona more than anything else," he told CNN affiliate KGUN-TV Tucson. "He is here every week, doing things" Congress on your Corner "and I'm sure the first thing you do when he is finished, the" Congress on the Corner "at that Safeway, where the shooting occurred.
Demonstration of support was great, Kelly said, including an elementary school student who sent her $ 2.85 in spending money for Gifford with a card.
"I sealed up, and we are going to give her back," Kelly said. "It 's almost made me cry right there in the room, only to see the boy put his money in his lunch bag."
Surveillance video shows the suspect walk from Jared Loughna Giffords and shooting in the face about 2 or 3 meters, the Washington Post reported Tuesday, citing two sources who have seen surveillance videos.
The ball hits his head just above his left eye and evacuated to the rear of his skull, officials said.
Gifford remains in critical condition at University Medical Center in Tucson. Another victim, no name is listed in good condition.
The video shows that the legislature after the shooting, the suspect shot the other attendees.
One of the victims, District Judge John Roll, was killed while covering Giffords district director Ron Barber, the sources said.
"Judge Barber roller begins to grow in the ground and putting up Barber, and begin to run around under the table, but the roll is at the top," said one source, the newspaper said.
The director was injured, was killed Roll.
police officer said the federal and local authorities have made more than 300 interviews in the surveys.