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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: 2) by Phoenix666 on Thursday June 15 2017, @09:35PM
You mean the same James Clapper that lied to Congress (with impunity) about the existence of the NSA's police state surveillance system? Yeah, that guy's totally credible.
I'm glad you retain some faith in people in the federal government, but as for me I have practically none left. Even Elizabeth Warren, who had she run for President I would have bled for, has shown herself to be a farce after rolling over for Hillary.
Trump is an asshole, and everybody else in DC is an asshole, but at least with Trump we get to see the assholes really fighting each other. And with each wounding blow struck, we get to see the assholes suffer. The rest of the American people and the world have been suffering because of them for decades, so it's gratifying to see them join the party. I say we erect a barrier around the Beltway, throw running chainsaws in to them, and chant, "a million assholes enter, one asshole leave!"
Washington DC delenda est.