http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/gop-baseball-practice-shooter-identified-as-66-year-old-james-t-hodgkinson/
The man who shot at Republicans at their early morning baseball practice Wednesday has been identified as 66-year-old James T. Hodgkinson.
The Washington Post reports that Hodgkinson is a resident of Belleville, Illinois and is the owner of a home inspection business. Records in St. Clair County, Illinois show that Hodgkinson in April 2006 was charged with battery and aiding damage to a motor vehicle.
His Twitter profile shows that Hodgkinson is a left-wing supporter of Bernie Sanders who has also posted several memes on his Facebook page critical of President Donald Trump. He also called Georgia Republican congressional candidate Karen Handel a “b*tch” for saying she didn’t support a living wage during a debate with Democratic rival Jon Ossoff.
Charles Orear, a 50-year-old restaurant manager from St. Louis, tells the Washington Post that he and Hodgkinson met while campaigning for Sanders in Iowa in 2016.
Left wing terrorist, I'll call it. I'll have to add this to my domestic terrorism thread.
As a leftist/moderate, I have a problem with them not being straightforward and saying 'this was politically motivated'. I hate the way this looks for us, but call a spade a spade. Terror is terror. From the left, of the right.
It took 4 hours to release his name I bet this guy had died in custody before his name got out.
Why are they playing the cards so close with this?
Edit: posted in wrong thread, appended here and deleted that post:
Trump just gave a short speech expressing solidarity. Apparently, the shooter died from his wounds in custody. He asked one of the Congressmen what political affiliation he was, as he was leaving. He told him Republican, and the guy walks away..
...and comes back with an M4. Manages to shoot off at least 50 rounds, hits 5 people, two cops. One of the cops managed to return fire after being wounded, struck the suspect
If high level Rebuplicans weren't present (leadership gets a security detail), I honestly think all these dudes would be dead. The cops were outgunned, no cops would have meant death clusterfuck.
I'm glad no one died, please keep these people in your prayers
Dude was a supporter of Bernie Sanders. That's the only ideological affiliation they have attributed so far.
They should find out what motivated an assault of this kind, this has nothing to do with Gun Control issue, opening fire on lawmakers must be have taken a lot of grievance on the part of the old man.