Thursday marks 15 years since former Democratic Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot and critically wounded at a supermarket outside Tucson.
Giffords was meeting with constituents at a grocery store just north of Tucson when a gunman carrying a 9 mm killed six people and injured 13.
On Thursday, she posted a video on social media reflecting on that day, as well as the progress made in that time to reduce gun violence.
Today marks 15 years since a gunman tried to assassinate me. He shot 19 people and killed six.
— Gabrielle Giffords (@GabbyGiffords) January 8, 2026
I almost died, and think of those who did every day.
As I look back on the years since I was shot, I’m reminded of how much is possible when we reach across divides and find common… pic.twitter.com/98NHVt8lnt
The video includes photos of the victims from that day including 9-year-old Christina-Taylor Green who would have turned 24 last September.
The gunman was sentenced in 2012 to seven consecutive life sentences plus 140 years.
