Gabe Zimmerman

Gabe Zimmerman, one of three staffers of Gabrielle Giffords who were shot today at her Tuscon community event, has been named as one of those who died.   The other two are expected to survive.  Zimmerman was a former social worker who served as Giffords’ director of community outreach.

Zimmerman was 30 years old and engaged to be married.  He is the second to be named of the five who apparently died in the shooting, the first being Judge John McCarthy Roll.  A young girl, apparently 9 or 10 years old, has also died.

There were apparently 18 people injured in the shooting,