Great news for Congresswoman Giffords. Sadly, a child who was shot at the event has died according to the hospital update. KGUN:
Officials at University Medical Center have confirmed that U.S. Rep Gabrielle Giffords is alive. She is out of surgery. Doctors are optimistic about her chances of recovery.
The news is a dramatic reversal of previous reports circulated on some national news cable channels and local media claiming that Giffords and up to 6 others were dead.
Doctors say she had suffered from a gunshot wound to the head but is responsive.
