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posted by takyon on Wednesday June 14 2017, @04:15PM   Printer-friendly
from the no-baseball-jokes dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 15 2017, @12:30AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 15 2017, @12:30AM (#525773)

    the current investigation with the person in charge being fired by the suspect being investigated

    Except there was no investigation. You know this and yet you spread lies. I suspect you are a paid shill working to attempt to stir dissent.

    You may be right about an upcoming civil war, but this time we won't lose.

  • (Score: 2) by edIII on Thursday June 15 2017, @01:54AM

    by edIII (791) on Thursday June 15 2017, @01:54AM (#525814)

    Yes, there very much is an ongoing investigation, and I'm not spreading lies. If you want to get fucking cute about it, Comey said that Trump was not under criminal investigation, but that there also different kinds of investigations. He basically admitted that Trump could be an "unwitting accomplice", and that the FBI often investigates people in these contexts.

    This isn't about investigating Trump as much as it is about investigating Russian interference in our election. At the moment it is centered on many individuals within the Trump campaign, but not Trump specifically at the moment.

    That, and you have one hell of a logic failure. You can't fire somebody for investigating something if they aren't actually investigating something. Trump is on record as saying he fired Comey BECAUSE of the investigation.... but there is no investigation? Really? There are even reports he is considering firing Mueller, who is investigating it now. Is this one of those investigations, but not an investigation?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 15 2017, @03:42AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 15 2017, @03:42AM (#525855)

    The majority of US citizens are against you pal, not a chance of winning no matter how much toilet paper you've stockpiled