Wife: Man who shot congressman wanted to work on tax policy

Schaumleffel called the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department. He injured four people, including Majority House Whip Steve Scalise, before being shot dead by police.

The FBI is investigating Hodgkinson’s social media activity and what the Belleville, Illinois resident was doing in Alexandria.

A picture is building of the prime suspect in the shooting ambush on Republican congressman at a baseball game in Alexandria, Virginia.

James Hodgkinson was killed in a gunfight with Capitol Police after the shootings.

Acquaintances described him as stubborn and opinionated, but they were also shocked to hear Wednesday’s news.

The shooter supported Bernie Sanders and posted numerous anti-GOP messages, including one that read “Trump is a traitor”.

The FBI has swarmed the IL home of James Hodgkinson, combing through evidence trying to understand what could’ve led the 66-year-old man to the shooting rampage at a Republican congressional baseball practice.

Sanders took to the senate floor on Wednesday, shortly after he was informed the 66 year-old alleged gunman had volunteered with his presidential campaign.

He also belonged to many Facebook groups with names like “Terminate the Republican Party” and “Donald Trump is not my President”.

Her husband was at home all day with them, she said, and she thought he might have wanted a break.

Hodgkinson grew up here in the very part of the country many say is left out of the political conversation.

“I never saw him get mad when people were talking good, bad or ugly about any of the political parties”, Euille told The Associated Press.

At her weekly news conference, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said she was “personally heartbroken” over Scalise’s injuries. Clinton criticized Sanders on the issue as her husband, Bill Clinton, signed the bill in 1993. “For them to be so sanctimonious is something that I really am nearly sad that I had to go down this path with you because I don’t think it’s appropriate for us to have the fullest discussion of it”.

Sue Hodgkinson, who works at a tax firm, said she and James didn’t see much of each other from January to March because of her job.

“ATF has conducted traces on these weapons and has determined that both were purchased by the shooter from federal firearms licensees”, the FBI said in a statement.

Shimkus – who was not at the practice – says it feels as if a brother was shot.

Congressional staffer Zach Barth was shot in the leg and has since been released from the hospital.

The special agent in charge of the FBI’s investigation said there was no immediate indication of the shooter’s motive, and that it was too early to tell if Republicans were targeted.