Hodgkinson Wife: 'I'm Sorry He Did This'

Colleagues who visited Scalise, including House Speaker Paul Ryan, sounded generally upbeat, but spoke more in terms of hopes than the confident predictions of the immediate aftermath a day earlier.

In this April 17, 2012, photo, James Hodgkinson of Belleville protests outside of the United States Post Office in Downtown Belleville, Ill.

"Belleville has hit the news for something we really don't want to be on the news for", Grafe said.

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Wanda Ashley Stock, 17, lived with James Hodgkinson, 66, and his wife for a few months in 1996. Sue Hodgkinson was at work when a reporter called and said her husband was the suspected Republican baseball practice shooter. "She had no idea he felt as strong as he did", Wagner said. "I can't wrap my head around it, okay?"

Thursday afternoon Hodgkinson's wife of thirty years said her husband sold nearly everything and left for Washington to work with people to help change the tax brackets.

"I'm sorry that he did this but there's nothing I can do about it", she said.

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The FBI has already recovered two weapons: a 9 mm handgun and a 7.62 caliber rifle. And there's no evidence so far that they were purchased illegally.

Schaumleffel said he's yet to speak to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. And that vehicle was parked across from the scene of the shooting.

"He seemed like a loner", said Mr William Euille, a former Alexandria mayor who came to know Hodgkinson during regular morning stops at the YMCA. The charges were eventually dropped. One neighbor told us that he and his family really kept to themselves.

Others say things like this just don't happen where they are from. And she was shocked by the news, says it was totally unexpected. Here's what she said.

"He was very to himself, very aloof... he didn't show a lot of emotion to Eli... you'd think when your grandson is hugging you [you'd show some some emotion]", Knepper said. He noted that staff members are often familiar with people who frequently contact their offices, and those staffers have a good handle on when something is unusual.

The last big talk of the town was here in Belleville? The St. Clair County Sheriff's Department responded. "How dare they?" retorted Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, pointing to a year of venomous attacks by Republicans, including President Donald Trump.

"He would get politically aggressive".