The shooter's wife told the press she thought her husband went to Washington, D.C., to work on tax policy.
Suzanne Hodgkinson talks to members of the media reporters about her husband, James Hodgkinson, as St. Clair County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Richard Wagner, right, listens Thursday, June 15, 2017, in Belle. She said they had been married 30 years, but hadn't been on the best of terms before he sold most of his possessions and departed early this year. "I just want you all to go away and leave my neighbors in peace".
"I can't believe he did this, I can't believe", she said, adding that her husband left for Washington in March, and she hadn't seen him since then. "He was exhausted, I guess, of the politics going on", Walsh said. There have been protests against President Donald Trump on the main street here.
According to his Facebook page, Hodgkinson was a fervent supporter of Sanders, the feisty independent who nearly defeated Hillary Clinton past year in a tough fight for the Democratic White House nomination.
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.
Hodgkinson was killed by Capital Police. Sue Hodgkinson was at work when a reporter called and said her husband was the suspected Republican baseball practice shooter.
Mr Scalise, the House Majority Whip, remains in a critical condition in hospital. "They don't deserve this, I don't deserve this, my daughters don't deserve all this".
Fox News reported that it had confirmed the existence of a list found in Hodgkinson's possession, containing names of Republicans.
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He shared a first-wicket stand of 128 with Azhar Ali (59) and then put on 72 with Babar Azam (46) for the second wicket. But Pakistan veteran Mohammad Hafeez's quickfire 57 not out, including three sixes, took Pakistan well beyond 300.
After getting out of a black SUV that drove down Rolling Hills Lane from the Hodgkinson home, Sue Hodgkinson stood next to a federal agent in front of a gaggle of reporters.
"He said, 'I understand, ' and said he needed to take the gun to a range to shoot it, Watson said".
Hodgkinson's weapons, a 9 mm handgun and a 7.62 mm caliber (.30-caliber) rifle, were recovered at the scene, according to a joint statement issued Thursday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and several state and local law enforcement agencies. The FBI said the 66-year-old home inspector had been living out a van near the park since March.
Over the last several weeks, Hodgkinson spent time at a YMCA near the site of the shooting, sitting with a computer in the lobby or at a table in an exercise area that overlooked the baseball field.
"Everyone on that field is a public servant", Trump said, his tone somber, America's acrimonious politics set aside for the moment.
Throughout the day, Alexandria residents who had had chance encounters with him continued to look back on them.
She said she wasn't sure if there had been a catalyst for him leaving.
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