Filed under: Arizona, Stanford, Pac-10
TUCSON, Ariz. -- A banner hung from the facade of a small church on the edge of the University of Arizona campus. "Violence Solves Nothing," it read. A few blocks further away, the flag at the front of a baptist church flew at half-staff. Well, not flew really, but hung motionless from the flagpole on a windless winter day, adding to the feeling of heaviness in the heart of this city.
Five blocks away from the McKale Center, at University Medical Center, the national media had gathered - dozen of satellite trucks clogging the hospital entrance -- to keep vigil after Saturday's horrific mass shooting in front of a grocery story on the other side of town.
Six people were killed, 14 others were wounded, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was holding a constituents' meet-and-greet on a brisk Saturday morning days after she was sworn-in for a third term.
Giffords is recovering from brain surgery and the news was positive on Sunday morning as doctors said she was able to communicate, though she remained critical.
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