This will be my last update on this issue. Congresswoman Giffords has apparently made it through surgery with the chief of intensive care stating his extreme optimism on her recovery — although he was unwilling to presently commit to whether or not it would be a “full” recovery.

4:03 PM ET Surgeon ‘Very Optimistic’ About Giffords, One Dead, Five Critical
A surgeon is “very optimistic” about Rep. Giffords. He adds that she was shot in the head “through and through.”

“We cannot tell what kind of recovery but I’m about as optimistic as it can get in this situation.”

He also says that there are 10 patients from the shooting, one has died, five are in critical condition. The dead patient was a child — the only one that came to the hospital.

From Judgepedia – http://judgepedia.org/index.php/John_Roll:

Judge Roll in 2009, faced death threats after presiding over a $32 million civil-rights lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed by illegal immigrants against an Arizona rancher. After Judge Roll ruled the case would be certified, threats came from talk-radio shows which fueled controversy and spurred audiences into making threats against the judge.

The threats materialized after one show, Judge Roll’s name logged more than 200 phone calls as some callers threatened the judge and his family.

This resulted in the judge and his wife were under a protection detail for one month as Judge Roll was given twenty four hours a day, seven days a week security by the US Marshals Service. An US Attorney’s investigation ruled that four men were identified as threat makers, but no charges were filed.

Additional source material: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/07/09/20090709threats0709.html

Our deepest condolences to Judge Roll’s family during this tragic time.