Police believe that Hodgkinson opened fire on Republican lawmakers at a congressional baseball practice Wednesday, June 14, 2017 in Alexandria.
The man suspected of opening fire on Republican lawmakers as they played baseball on Wednesday raged against Republican U.S. President Donald Trump on social media and idolized Bernie Sanders, who he saw as the only politician who understood the working class.
Hodgkinson has been in the area since March, living out of his van, said Washington FBI Special Agent In Charge Tim Slater.
"I see a rifle, and I see a little bit of a body and then I hear another bam and I realize there's still an active shooter". Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.), his voice breaking, told CNN that "at least five" people were shot at the field, while Sen.
"They were screaming, 'It's a shooter!"
Sanders, an independent who ran as a progressive populist but was defeated by Hillary Clinton, said the suspect had "apparently volunteered" on his campaign.
A search of online newspapers shows that Hodgkinson frequently wrote letters to his local newspaper, the Belleville News-Democrat, which published almost two dozen of them between 2010 and 2012.
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Hodgkinson was still in IL as recently as March, when the St. Clair County Sheriff's Department responded to a "shots fired" call and found Hodgkinson shooting a hunting rifle.
"My thoughts and prayers are with my colleagues who were at the Congressional Baseball Game practice this morning, their staff, Capitol Police, and first responders", Wittman's statement said. Hodgkinson was said to have been among 1,000 volunteers around Davenport, but Becker said, "Nobody has a recollection of this guy coming in".
Hodgkinson's home inspection license expired last November, records show. Court records show that his legal trouble started in the 1990s.
In his White House statement, Trump praised Scalise as a "friend", a "patriot" and a "fighter", saying that he will make a full recovery and that Washington DC, the country, and the world was praying for him.
In 2006, he was arrested for battery after allegedly punching a young woman in the face and striking and choking another individual. Hodgkinson did not stop, he added, so he filed a report with the sheriff's office. He said Hodgkinson spent most of his life building homes but in recent years turned to home inspections. We will focus on reports from police officials and other authorities, credible news outlets and reporters who are at the scene. In the same incident, he fired a shotgun.
Rep. Jeff Duncan of SC said he had just left the practice and encountered the apparent gunman in the parking lot before the shooting.
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