(Correction. It was a neighbor who took the child to the event.)
Federal judge dead, congresswoman among 12 wounded in shooting
By the CNN Wire Staff
January 8, 2011 8:16 p.m. EST
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
NEW: Giffords aide Gabe Zimmerman is among the six dead, press secretary confirms
The aide, a federal judge and four other died in a shooting outside supermarket
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was wounded along with 11 others
A suspect is in custody; law enforcement sources identify him as Jared Lee Loughner
(CNN) -- A federal judge was killed and a congresswoman gravely wounded Saturday in a shooting outside of a Tucson, Arizona, grocery store, according to police and government officials.
In all, six people died and 12 were wounded in the shooting, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Arizona, according to Rick Kastigar, bureau chief for the Pima County Sheriff's Department.
President Barack Obama later said Chief Judge John Roll of the U.S. District Court for Arizona was among the dead.
Gabe Zimmerman, the director of community outreach in the congresswoman's Tuscon office, died in the attack, Giffords' press secretary C.J. Karamargin said, as did a 9-year-old girl, according to authorities.
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The girl is one of four victims whose identity has not yet been released.
An Arizona law enforcement source and a federal law enforcement source identified the suspect as Jared Lee Loughner. Other law enforcement sources put his age at 22. U.S. Capitol Police said the suspect was in custody.
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Federal judge dead, congresswoman among 12 wounded in shooting
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