Would-be gunman launched into Trump tirade before shooting

Authorities say James Hodgkinson from IL opened fire Wednesday morning on a group of republican lawmakers, as they practiced for an annual congressional baseball game in Virginia.

The ATF is running a trace on two weapons, to include a rifle and a handgun.

“We have no evidence to suggest that the purchases were not lawful”, the statement said.

When he went outside, he saw Hodgkinson shooting a rifle into a cornfield. According to the, a account that appeared to be associated with Hodgkinson was found to have anti-Republican and anti-Trump posts and had posts supporting Sanders. They were in good spirits despite the heat and humidity as they prepared for the congressional baseball match that pits Republicans against Democrats.

Proceedings were canceled for the day in the House, and instead Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California issued their own calls for unity.

“He sat in the Y’s lobby for hours and hours”.

As majority whip, Scalise is the third highest ranking congressman in the House of Representatives.

Matt Mika, a lobbyist for Tyson Foods, is also in critical condition. U.S. Capitol Police and D.C. Metropolitan Police Department also declined to comment. One Capitol Hill police officer suffered a gunshot wound and another officer twisted an ankle, an official said.

USA media identified Hodgkinson, who died following a shootout with police in the Washington suburb of Alexandria, as a 66-year-old from Belleville Illinois, a suburb of St. Louis. The 66-year-old IL man later died at a hospital.

Investigators continued to search every inch of the ball park for evidence on Thursday.

The baseball field, a parking lot and YMCA facility remained closed Thursday, as did several streets in the area.

The FBI said the shooter’s white van has been processed. “We’re going to look over our shoulder a little bit”, she said. He used exercise bikes to sit and watch political news shows, not work out. “Let’s work to get this country back”, he wrote. “He was clearly barking at the Republican side of the aisle”.

But Hodgkinson also suggested to the mechanic that he was planning to head back to IL; he asked whether the newly inflated tires would be able to carry him back to the Midwest.

“It wasn’t the Del Ray way”.

“It’s just very freaky to think that this guy who was just sitting in there for weeks, not really doing anything, actually turned out to shoot at people”, Brennwald told Reuters.