This has hit my family very hard today. As many of you know, my wife is a democratic political consultant. She moved from Alabama to Tucson, where she grew up from junior high through high school, and is the same age as Gabby. In fact she has known Gabby since high school (although they went to seperate schools), and has been much closer friends with her now since she was first elected to Congress. Ironically, I have only met Gabby twice, very briefly, but my wife is just devasted right now. She is in the family room right now, and literally glued to the reports on the news; and has been frantically calling and texting friends from Tucson. I held her when we first saw the reports, while she bawled her eyes out.
I have been to the strip mall where the shootings occured many times. It is at the corner of Oracle and Ina roads. In fact we were married nearby at Tohono Chul Park, there in the Sonoran desert. My wife is terrified that many other close personal friends may have been there today as well. This is just a very sad, sad situation.
Our prayers are certainly with her and the other victims of this terrible, senseless tragedy. This is just fucking crazy.