A picture is building of the prime suspect in the shooting ambush on Republican congressman at a baseball game in Alexandria, Virginia.
James T Hodgkinson, who shot and wounded congressman Steve Scalise and injured four others, was carrying an assault rifle and pistol, according to authorities.
Alexandria shooter was 66yo Bernie Sanders supporter radicalized by John Oliver, Rachel Maddow, The Daily Show, Bill Maher and Robert Reich. pic.twitter.com/VVvsbjZSdz
— Chris Menahan (@infolibnews) June 14, 2017
Five people including two police officers were taken to Washington DC-area hospitals. Hodgkinson died in the firefight with the congressional security detail.
The 66-year-old was from Belleville, Illinois, a small city just across the Mississippi River from the city of St Louis, Missouri.
He was self-employed until recently and worked as a home inspector.
Michael Hodgkinson, the suspect’s brother, told the New York Times that James had become upset about the election of President Donald Trump and had moved to the Washington DC area “out of the blue” to protest.
If we go by the standards they use for AltRight, we have to conclude James Hodgkinson was “radicalized” by the mainstream media.
— Virginia Dare (@vdare) June 14, 2017
Former Alexandria mayor Bill Euille told the Washington Post that he had seen James Hodgkinson every morning for the last month and a half at the local YMCA gym, using the showers.
Mr Euille said he was helping Hodgkinson look for a job in…