James Hodgkinson, whom the Federal Bureau of Investigation identified as the man who opened fire on Congress members and staffers at a GOP baseball practice Wednesday morning, was a fierce opponent of President Donald Trump, according to initial accounts and a review of his social media profiles. They believe he had not lived there since March, when he arrived in Virginia.
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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.
Former Alexandria Mayor Bill Euille, who chatted with Hodgkinson at the gym, said he assumed the man was homeless because he wore pretty much the same outfit every day and carried a bag full of extra clothes.
Clark could not recall any specific extreme political views Hodgkinson may have held. Sen.
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"Looking back with 20/20 hindsight, I can see how the guy was troubled, but at the time I thought he was working", Brennwald said.
The gunman, identified by law officials as James Hodgkinson, died after the shootout. Steve Scalise as someone who should lose his job, to shooting Scalise with a high-powered rifle, is only just starting to become clear.
Texas Rep. Roger Williams said one of his aides, Zack Barth, was shot but was doing well and expected to recover fully. Two Capitol Police officers were among those wounded.
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The flat-hitting Pliskova, who had a 2-5 win-loss record at Roland Garros entering the tournament, was happy with her performance. Bacsinszky needed strapping added to her right thigh at 4-3 in the first set but it did not seem to affect her movement.
Stephen Brennwald, an Alexandria resident and attorney, said he realized after seeing Hodgkinson's photo on the news that Hodgkinson was the same man who had been hanging out for at least the last several weeks in the lobby of the YMCA adjacent to field where Hodgkinson opened fire. And he was just as politically active online as he was in person.
When he left, she said, Hodgkinson told her he was going to Washington, D.C.to "work with people to change the tax brackets".
"I think it's a sad state of affairs for people to exploit a tragedy like this for their own political ends", he said. He ran a home inspection business until a year ago, when he lost his license.
Sanders, 75, unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination against Hillary Clinton.
The FBI on Wednesday confirmed the gunman's identity as 66-year-old James Hodgkinson of Belleville, Illinois.
One of Hodgkinson's neighbors, Aaron Meurer, told the Belleville News-Democrat that Hodgkinson had been absent for the past two months and that he wasn't sure if Hodgkinson was still with his wife, Suzanne. Many included complaints about income inequality, the AP reported.
Law enforcement records show that Hodgkinson had been arrested on suspicion of battery and motor vehicle damage, among other arrests. According to the court clerk, the charges were dismissed in November of that year. Records indicate he has not been involved in any legal cases since 2011. When he went outside, he saw Hodgkinson shooting a rifle into a cornfield. He was squeezing off five or six shots at a time and, according to the report of the incident, fired about 50 shots in all.
So be it. I abhor this shooting, and I abhor all such shootings.
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