he attended the marana school district. >> congresswoman giffords was shot. we have a photo to show you of the suspected shooter. he is 22 years old. we are waiting to get more information about this person. as soon as we do, we will bring it to you. jessica has been following this story. she is going to join us in just a moment. pima county sheriff's department is the lead agency on this case. we heard from sergio just a few moments ago. apparently, there was some kind of suspicious package at gabrielle giffords' office. those who had gathered there for a vigil have all been forced to move. we also understand from a law enforcement perspective -- president obama told us he was sending the director of the fbi to tucson. >> we are about 17 minutes away from another news conference by ima county sheriff's authorities. this cut is going to be the one covering that news conference for us. >> can you hear me? >> yes. >> it has turned into the pima county sheriff's headquarters. earlier, they did a great fuss several hours ago, probably around 3:00 p.m. we were giv

i had an incident when i served on the board of supervisors in marana county, when we had a case and a supervisor was shot. and it was one of those things that we have for whatever reason disturbed people in the community that do terrible, violent things. and sometimes those who serve as elected officials are the target. at that time i was concerned, but i wasn't afraid. and security was beefed up. and security was beefed up down here. i believe that government should be open and people should be free access the facilities. i think it's important that i assume in the circumstances we have seen today that the security in some manner will be increased. >> the president (inaudible) what did you tell him? >> the same thing. it was very gracious. it was totally nonpartisan. not political. he wanted to assure me that the president of the united states, what they could do, they would send their resources. they would be there for what was needed. they would be working with my team. i made sure that the numbers were conveyed to their staff. and we would be posted. he indicated that the f.b.i.