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The tragic shooting in Tuscon, Arizona, that injured congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and left six dead at a Safeway supermarket, has ties to two Hollywood actresses ... Gwyneth Paltrow and One Tree Hill's Sophia Bush.

Paltrow, whose late father Bruce is the first cousin to U.S. Representative Giffords, released the following statement to Entertainment Tonight:

    "Although I have never had the pleasure of meeting congresswoman Giffords, my thoughts and prayers are with her and her family as well as the other victims of this horrible act of senseless violence."


Actress Sophia Bush is the second cousin to 9-year-old Christina Green, who was killed in the shooting. Bush tweeted:

    "There are no words to explain what my cousin's family is going through in Arizona. How can this be? Violence is never the answer...Devastating."


Jared Loughner, 22, has been charged with the shooting.