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Identified Shooter posted Anti-Trump material on his Facebook-- Assailant is now dead

Shooter identified by law enforcement officials as James T. Hodgkinson



The shooter at the GOP congressional baseball practice this morning is James T. Hodgkinson of Belleville, Ill., according to law enforcement officials. Hodgkinson, 66, owns a home inspection business. His home inspection license expired in November 2016 and was not renewed, state records show. Hodgkinson was charged in April 2006 with battery and aiding damage to a motor vehicle, according to online records in St. Clair County, Illinois. The charges were dismissed, records show. -- More...

UPDATE: Identified Shooter posted Anti-Trump material on his Facebook

Reports are claiming the shooter at the GOP congressional baseball practice this morning is James T. Hodgkinson of Belleville, Ill., according to law enforcement officials. Hodgkinson is 66 years old. He owns a home inspection business, which his license for expired in November 2016 and was not renewed, state records show. -- More.. [url=https://www.facebook.com/jthodgkinson]https://www.facebook.com/jthodgkinson[/url]

GUNMAN: 'KILL AS MANY REPUBLICANS AS POSSIBLE'

Rep. Mark Walker says gunman targeted congressional baseball practice 'to kill as many Republican members as possible' Shortly after the shooting Wednesday morning at a congressional baseball practice, Rep. Mark Walker (R-N.C.) told NBC News that it appeared the "gunman was there to kill as many Republican members as possible." Walker, who was at the practice for the upcoming annual congressional baseball game in Alexandria, Virginia, confirmed he was "shaken but okay." Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) recounted an "odd" encounter he had as he was leaving the field just minutes before the shooting: "There was a guy that walked up to us that was asking whether it was Republicans or Democrats out there, and it was just a little odd," DeSantis told Fox News. -- MORE...

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It’s Time to Demand the Obama-led Resistance to STOP THE HATRED! It was only a matter of time before the wishful thinking of the progressive left, who celebrate the decapitation and assassination of President Donald Trump in comedy and ‘art’, manifested itself in real life. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise shot at Republican baseball practice in Virginia House Majority Whip Steve Scalise was shot in the hip and multiple Congressional aides were hit by a gunman with a rifle who opened fire at a baseball practice in Virginia Wednesday morning, Fox News confirmed. President Trump Statement on Congressmen Shot

Congressional Shooter Recently Wrote, "It's Time To Destroy Trump & Co." The gunman who opened fire this morning on Republican congressmen and staffers recently declared in a Facebook post that, “It’s Time to Destroy Trump & Co.” The accused shooter, James T. Hodgkinson, 66, posted a link to a Change.org petition in late-March that included the notation that, “Trump is a Traitor. Trump Has Destroyed Our Democracy. It's Time to Destroy Trump & Co.” -- More

Belleville suspect killed in congressional shootout belonged to anti-GOP groups

James Hodgkinson of Belleville protests outside of the United States Post Office in Downtown Belleville in this file photo. Hodgkinson is part of the “99%” team drawing attention to the disproportionate amount of money and political power the top 1 percent of Americans have acquired. Derik Holtmann Derik Holtmann/BND
The shooter who was killed during gunfire at practice for a congressional baseball game Wednesday morning was from Belleville. The shooter was James T. Hodgkinson of Belleville, who belonged to a number of anti-Republican groups, including one called “Terminate the Republican Party.” -- MORE...


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