Gabrielle Giffords: First Photos Since Tuscon Shooting Released

The first photos of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) have been released since she was shot in the head during a tragic massacre that occurred outside a Tuscon strip mall in early January of this year. Two images were released, see the second image below:

AP reports:

Both pictures show the congresswoman outside. In one she is alone and smiling at the camera, her hair trimmed short with the skin on the side of her head slightly disclored but with no clear sign of any scarring. In the other, she is sitting with a woman.

Giffords has been in a Houston rehab facility since two weeks after the Jan. 8 shooting. Six people were killed and 13 were injured, including Giffords.

Since the shooting, the only time the public has gotten a glimpse of Giffords was April 27 as she boarded a plane to Florida to watch astronaut husband Mark Kelly launch into space. The grainy footage, taken from afar, showed Giffords slowly but purposefully walk up the airplane’s stairs.

The second image:

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