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A gunman opened fire at U.S. Congressmen and others who were gathered at a practice this morning for the Congressional Baseball Game. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and at least four others were reportedly injured. The gunman, who has been identified by unnamed sources as James T. Hodgkinson III, was taken to a local hospital where he died from his injuries:
A gunman unleashed a barrage of gunfire Wednesday at a park in Alexandria, Va., as Republican members of Congress held a morning baseball practice, wounding at least five people, including House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (La.).
The suspected gunman is James T. Hodgkinson III, 66, from Illinois, according to multiple law enforcement sources. President Trump announced that the gunman, who was wounded in a shootout with officers, has died at an area hospital.
The wounded also included two Capitol Police officers and a congressional aide, according to one law enforcement official and witness accounts.
Congressman Scalise was shot in the hip and is in stable condition.
Hodgkinson's motive may have already been identified by the media:
A Facebook page belonging to a person with the same name includes pictures of Democratic presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders, and rhetoric against President Trump, including a post that reads: "Trump is a Traitor. Trump Has Destroyed Our Democracy. It's Time to Destroy Trump & Co."
Charles Orear, 50, a restaurant manager from St. Louis, said in an interview Wednesday that he became friendly with Hodgkinson during their work together in Iowa on Sanders's campaign. Orear said Hodgkinson was a passionate progressive and showed no signs of violence or malice toward others.
Also at LA Times, Reuters, The Atlantic, The Hill, and CNN.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by jmorris on Wednesday June 14 2017, @05:55PM (1 child)
I don't want to remove the RTKBA from the Black Panthers because they are black, I want most of them in jail because that is where violent felons belong. The rest of the people, rich, poor, white, black, brown, etc., in the Blue Hells that people like them prey upon should be able to carry as a defense against them, who always seem to have firearms regardless how 'strict' the gun laws are btw. Which is kinda obvious, that laws disarm law abiding people but do little to stop the lawless. Especially when law enforcement is given orders to turn a blind eye to certain groups.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 14 2017, @06:06PM
Oh man you are so deluded by propaganda and have no idea what reality actually is. You are in the matrix, except it isn't sci-fi high tech amazement, it is a matrix of bullshit. You are living in a half-reality of bullshit propaganda, it is terrifying to think that so many people literally believe in a reality that doesn't exist.
Here I am wasting some bytes on something you won't engage with because it goes against your personal narrative, but here you go anyway: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_Party [wikipedia.org]
Become less ignorant, help yourself and everyone you interact with.