Congressman, others wounded in shooting in Va.

Ten years earlier, a foster daughter committed suicide by dousing herself with gasoline and setting herself on fire inside her vehicle, the Belleville News-Democrat reported.

Congressman John Shimkus was not at the practice for the annual Congressional Baseball Game.

Sue Hodgkinson said she was married to James Hodgkinson for almost 30 years, but they have not been together since March, when he moved to Washington, D.C.

James Hodgkinson, 66, from Belleville, Illinois, was shot dead by police after opening fire in Alexandria, Virginia, on Wednesday. Convinced that Trump and his Republican allies are largely to blame for the nation's acrimonious political discourse, many bridle over any suggestion to the contrary. "Trump Has Destroyed Democracy".

This level of hostility is stunning.

U.S. Capitol Police officer Crystal Griner was shot in the ankle and remains hospitalized in good condition, according to The Washington Post. Bernie Sanders, an independent who past year made an unsuccessful presidential bid. Sanders said he denounced the violence "in the strongest possible terms". Two Capitol Police officers sustained relatively minor injuries. Staffer Zack BarthZack Barth, a legislative correspondent for Austin Congressman Roger Williams, was shot in the calf. And that vehicle was parked across from the scene of the shooting. Authorities said James Hodgkinson expressed grievances online about the president and Republicans, but they're still working to determine a concrete motive for the shooting. Rep. Mo Brooks, an Alabama Republican, said his colleague "crawled into the outfield, leaving a trail of blood".

But my low opinion of the GOP doesn't prevent me from recognizing evil when it rears its head on the left and condemning the liberals who stoke it.

When the president intoned three words he said have brought Americans together for generations - "Let's play ball" - cheers rang out. Jeff Flake of Arizona, who was at the practice. Barton said his son, Jack, got under an SUV.

Moreland said her friend often came over to her house to escape Hodgkinson who was angry much of the time. "I think he just wanted a break", she said.

He followed groups on Facebook like "Terminate the Republican Party" where he was a regular partaker of extreme left-wing rhetoric in an extreme climate of hate. The man thanked him.

David Bailey threw out the ceremonial first pitch on crutches at the charity Congressional game that Mr Scalise, the House of Representatives majority whip, had been due to play in. Also wounded was former congressional aide Matt Mika, who now works for Tyson Foods in its Washington office. He also had two previous domestic charges.

The list of mass shooters with previous records of domestic violence is long, but a separate problem is the fact that many mass shootings are directly related to intimate partners.

He said this reinforces the need for security at any gathering of members of Congress or any lawmaker's public town hall.