Hodgkinson left his home in Belleville, Ill., in March and drove to the Alexandria area, where he then lived in his auto at a YMCA across the street from the baseball field. He had been living in Alexandria since March 2017 and found in a storage unit he had been renting in Alexandria since April 6 a piece of paper that include the names of six members of Congress and a sketch of several streets in Washington, D.C. The latter document was ruled not significant.
Investigators also found that Hodgkinson had visited his unit at a storage facility more than 43 times from April to June. "In the shooter's vehicle, located at the scene of the shooting, we found another laptop computer, a cell phone, and a digital camera".
The man who shot U.S. Majority Whip Steve Scalise and four others a week ago fired more than 60 shots - 50 of them from a modified, semi-automatic rifle - during the ambush attack and had more bullets on him before he was stopped by return fire from police.
Shortly after that parking lot encounter, according to the FBI, Hodgkinson went to his van, retrieved his rifle and donned a holstered 9 mm handgun. He also visited the office of independent Sen.
Scalise, who was shot in the hip and suffered grave internal injuries, remains hospitalized.
In Belleville, Hodgkinson also had a record of arrests on various criminal charges dating back to 1988, according to St. Clair County, Ill., Circuit Court documents.
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The gunman who attacked congressional Republicans at a baseball field in Alexandria had in his possession a list naming six Republican congressmen including Rep. Morgan Griffith. Bernie Sanders' office as a tourist.
The gunman who shot four people including a Republican member of Congress at a baseball field last week acted alone and was not connected to terrorism, FBI investigators said Wednesday. Slater declined to name the officials whose names were on the note or say whether they were Republicans or Democrats or were at the baseball practice.
"Congressman Steve Scalise continues to make good progress". Investigators said they still don't know exactly why Hodgkinson traveled to Alexandria or why he carried out the shooting. Mika's family is encouraging people to instead donate to a GoFundMe page for Capitol Police Special Agent Crystal Griner, who was shot in the ankle while engaging in a gun battle with Hodgkinson.
The unemployed former home inspector from Belleville, Illinois, was known to have anger management issues, was running out of money and on prescription medication before the attack, Slater said.
Tracing his online activity, "Hodgkinson made numerous posts on all of his social media accounts espousing anti-Republican views, although all the posts reviewed thus far appear to be First Amendment-protected speech", the Federal Bureau of Investigation statement says.
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