Just after 7am, in Alexandria Va., a man opened fire with his M-4 rifle and loosing off as many as 100 shots at Republicans practicing baseball.
James Hodgkinson, 66, died from gun injuries on Wednesday hours after he opened fire on a group of Republican congressmen and their aides who were practicing for a congressional baseball game in the Washington, D.C. suburb. Steve Scalise, the third-most senior House Republican, and four others were injured.
- Scalise is critically ill after surgery for a hip wound.
- Two other Congressional staffers were wounded but are stable and the two hero Capitol Hill Police officers who stopped his spree were also hurt but will recover.
The shooter ... creeped out female bar staff at BBQ restaurant where he spent Happy Hours - after moving to D.C. to protest against the president he hated.
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Creeped out: Female bar staff found Hodgkinson strange, workers at the Pork Barrel BBQ told DailyMail.com
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- He was apparently sleeping in his Ford E-series van and had told his wife on Tuesday that he was coming back to Belleville, Illinois, because he missed her and his dogs
- The man ... drank by himself watching golf, staffers at the restaurant told the DailyMail.com
Hodgkinson was a staunch Sanders supporter and campaigned for the senator to get the Democratic nomination for president last year. His family said he was distraught over Trump's November election win and revealed that he had been living in Alexandria out of a gym bag and sleeping in his car for the last two months,... spending time in the lobby of a YMCA, where he showered daily, hunched over his laptop.
In a statement on the Senate floor, the Vermont senator said that he was aware the shooter 'apparently volunteered on my presidential campaign' - and condemned his actions.
He was seen there about 7am Wednesday morning, minutes before he opened fire at the neighboring Simpson Field.
A married union tradesman with a home inspection business, Hodgkinson had threatened to 'destroy' the president and his administration on social media but was not known to Secret Service.
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His criminal record included a 2006 arrest for punching his female neighbor in the face as she tried to shield his underage daughter from him.
'He definitely creeped out all our female bartenders,' said Jamie Craig, a bartender at the restaurant. 'I tried to shy away from him… just a feeling, he gave me a weird, odd vibe.' Craig said Hodgkinson would come to the bar alone, usually dressed in a collared shirt and jeans. He would order Budweiser, but usually only drank one or two.
'He definitely creeped out all our female bartenders,' said Jamie Craig, a bartender at the restaurant. 'I tried to shy away from him… just a feeling, he gave me a weird, odd vibe.' Craig said Hodgkinson would come to the bar alone, usually dressed in a collared shirt and jeans. He would order Budweiser, but usually only drank one or two.
Hodgkinson didn't talk about politics, said Craig, and he didn't mention his personal life.
They would usually discuss the weather or different types of craft beer, but Hodgkinson usually kept to himself and seemed to be staring out the windows daydreaming.
'He would always have one or two and leave. He did seem to be staring a lot out the windows,' said Craig.
'He was quiet, definitely not a socialite,' she added. 'He was not the friendliest of people. I remember he was a bit of a rude person sometimes.'
She said Hodgkinson would often look angry and annoyed when he tried to get the bartenders attention during busy times at the bar.
Two Capitol Police officers who were accompanying Scalise were the only other armed people on the scene. They returned fire with their pistols but were shot themselves.
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