| Provo resident’s granddaughter killed in Arizona shooting | | Print | |
| Wednesday, 12 January 2011 19:02 | |||
 Part-time Providenciales resident Dallas Green’s 9-year-old granddaughter was one of six people killed Jan. 9 when a crazed gunman opened fire at a public appearance by a U.S. congresswoman in Tucson, Arizona.Christina Green was killed in the hail of bullets in the assassination attempt on U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords as she waited in line to meet the congresswoman. The ambitious 9-year-old was growing up with dreams of becoming a politician and was recently elected to student council at Mesa Verde Elementary School in Tucson, where she had moved when her dad became a scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Philadelphia Daily News reported. On Jan. 9, Christina stood in line with a neighbor, eager to meet Giffords in front of a neighborhood Safeway about 10 a.m. Moments later, a gunman shot Giffords in the head with a semiautomatic weapon and then sprayed the crowd, killing U.S. District Judge John M. Roll; Giffords’ aide Gabe Zimmerman, 30; Dorothy Morris, 76; Dorwin Stoddard, 76; and Phyllis Schneck, 79. Christina, the bright-eyed, vivacious girl who was born in Pennsylvania, died from a bullet that struck her in the chest. Jared Lee Loughner, 22, is in custody and has been charged, but it is not clear what exactly inspired his deadly rampage. In addition to the six killed, 14 people were injured by the time two people tackled Loughner and another tried to pull a clip away from him before he could reload, but the damage had already been done. “From the very beginning, she was an amazing child,” Christina’s mother, Roxanna Green, told the New York Times. “She was very bright, very mature, off the charts. She was the brightest thing that happened that day.” Roxanna, a registered nurse by training, was a stay-at-home mom. Grandfather Dallas Green was a former Phillies pitcher and the field skipper for the team when they won the World Series in 1980. He still works for the team as an executive adviser and lives on Providenciales during the off season. Christina reportedly loved animals and was a passionate dancer with a thing for ballet, hip-hop, jazz and gymnastics. She was an athletic girl who enjoyed swimming with her 11-year-old brother, also named Dallas.
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