Shooting at Ark. Democratic Party Headquarters

[Chris_]

Arkansas Democratic Party Chairman in Critical Condition Following Shooting

LITTLE ROCK — The chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party was hospitalized in critical condition Wednesday after an incident at the party headquarters, a party executive said. A television station reported that three shots were fired and that a man escaped the area in a blue truck.

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Time to break out the tin foil.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Oh, they're already in full victim/Wellstone mode over at the DUmp.   

[Chris_]

And the usual chorus of idiots chime in, right on cue.  "Take away their guns!  Take away their free speech!  Take away their rights!"

bluestateguy (1000+ posts)       Wed Aug-13-08 01:41 PM
Response to Original message
4. These talk radio hosts need to be stopped.  They are pushing fragile people over the edge with their hateful bile. 

 wvbygod  (716 posts)      Wed Aug-13-08 01:50 PM
Response to Reply #4
15. Oh please.  You got the facts? Let's share them if so. Could be another jealous ex with a deathwish.  Some radio hosts suck badly but I'll be damn if I will use them as a scapegoat for some sick **** out to harm others. I'd start by blaming the shooter and go from there.

 tridim  (1000+ posts)       Wed Aug-13-08 01:59 PM
Response to Reply #15
26. RW hate radio has been telling their listeners to take out Dems for years.  You really don't think that has an effect?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3436954

[Wretched Excess]

local details . . .

UPDATED: Bill Gwatney Shot at Arkansas Democratic Party HQ

Arkansas Democratic Party Chairman and former state Senator Bill Gwatney of Jacksonville has been shot at the party's headquarters, according to the Associated Press.

KTHV-TV, Channel 11, is reporting that Gwatney was shot multiple times in the upper torso has been taken to a local hospital. The Arkansas Democratic Party said Gwatney is hospitalized in critical after incident, KTHV said.

Officers told the CBS affiliate that police pursued a white male suspect in his 40's, driving a pickup truck, into Grant County. KTHV reported that officers apprehended him in Sheridan, and that he was shot during his capture.

One witness said the man came into the headquarters at 10 minutes before noon and asked for Gwatney before allegedly shooting him three times, KTHV said.

Sarah Lee, a clerk at a flower shop near the party headquarters, told KTHV that Gwatney's secretary ran into the shop and asked someone to call 911. She said a man came into the party and shot Gwatney.

[Chris_]

The suspect, who fled the scene after the shooting in a pickup truck, led police on a chase into Grant County before being shot, Hastings said. Hastings did not release the suspect's name, what condition he was in or where he was shot, saying the investigation was ongoing.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/13/arkansas.shooting/index.html

Looks like they got the guy.

[Wretched Excess]

And the usual chorus of idiots chime in, right on cue.  "Take away their guns!  Take away their free speech!  Take away their rights!"

bluestateguy (1000+ posts)       Wed Aug-13-08 01:41 PM
Response to Original message
4. These talk radio hosts need to be stopped.  They are pushing fragile people over the edge with their hateful bile. 

 wvbygod  (716 posts)      Wed Aug-13-08 01:50 PM
Response to Reply #4
15. Oh please.  You got the facts? Let's share them if so. Could be another jealous ex with a deathwish.  Some radio hosts suck badly but I'll be damn if I will use them as a scapegoat for some sick **** out to harm others. I'd start by blaming the shooter and go from there.

 tridim  (1000+ posts)       Wed Aug-13-08 01:59 PM
Response to Reply #15
26. RW hate radio has been telling their listeners to take out Dems for years.  You really don't think that has an effect?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3436954

I'll bet you my bar tab friday that this was personal.

[debk]

Hmmmm.....maybe Gwatney was sleeping with the guy's wife/sister/girlfriend.

Oh no.....that can't be it....Dems don't get mad over that sort of thing.


 

[DumbAss Tanker]

And the usual chorus of idiots chime in, right on cue.  "Take away their guns!  Take away their free speech!  Take away their rights!"

bluestateguy (1000+ posts)       Wed Aug-13-08 01:41 PM
Response to Original message
4. These talk radio hosts need to be stopped.  They are pushing fragile people over the edge with their hateful bile. 

 wvbygod  (716 posts)      Wed Aug-13-08 01:50 PM
Response to Reply #4
15. Oh please.  You got the facts? Let's share them if so. Could be another jealous ex with a deathwish.  Some radio hosts suck badly but I'll be damn if I will use them as a scapegoat for some sick **** out to harm others. I'd start by blaming the shooter and go from there.

 tridim  (1000+ posts)       Wed Aug-13-08 01:59 PM
Response to Reply #15
26. RW hate radio has been telling their listeners to take out Dems for years.  You really don't think that has an effect?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3436954

I'll bet you my bar tab friday that this was personal.

That's what I'm thinkin'.

[NHSparky]

RW hate radio has been telling their listeners to take out Dems for years.

Really?  Who? 

Seems to me it was liberals like Al Franken, Ed Schultz, Randi Rhodes, et al, who have been calling for violence against conservatives and elected Republicans.

[jinxmchue]

RW hate radio has been telling their listeners to take out Dems for years.

Really?  Who? 

Seems to me it was liberals like Al Franken, Ed Schultz, Randi Rhodes, et al, who have been calling for violence against conservatives and elected Republicans.

Yep.  Conservative blogs and news sites have been covering those statements for years.  Liberal blogs and sites have to make crap up.

[Wretched Excess]

perhaps he is just a nut.  another update from local media sources.

Moments before the Democratic headquarters shooting, a man with a gun had threatened workers at the Arkansas State Baptist Convention headquarters seven blocks east. Business manager Dan Jordan says a man with a gun told another manager that he'd just lost his job.

[DumbAss Tanker]

perhaps he is just a nut.  another update from local media sources.

Moments before the Democratic headquarters shooting, a man with a gun had threatened workers at the Arkansas State Baptist Convention headquarters seven blocks east. Business manager Dan Jordan says a man with a gun told another manager that he'd just lost his job.

Well, hopefully his job wasn't "Arkansas GOP State Chairman."

[Wretched Excess]

a local TV station reports that the man with the gun at the baptist convention headquarters was after the shooting at the democratic headquarters . . . someone definitely has it wrong.  and they report that the assailant is dead.

[HACKSAW]

Police just confirmed that Bill Gwatney has just died.

Prayers to the family

[Lord Undies]

That is sad.  Yes, many prayers for his loved ones and for his soul.  I pray for the killer's family too. 

What a senseless event.   

[BannedFromDU]

Police just confirmed that Bill Gwatney has just died.

Prayers to the family

     Yes, many prayers for the family and loved ones. Terrible occurrence.

[Ptarmigan]

Sounds like someone had some serious issues. I usually think of a political party headquarter as a safe place.

[MrsSmith]

Prayers for all involved.   

[DixieBelle]

How senseless! Prayers indeed.

So is this gun man the same one who entered the Baptist Convention office? They don't specify.....

[Chris]

That was the impression I got from the initial report.  Now, I'm not sure.

[PatriotGame]

Police just confirmed that Bill Gwatney has just died.

Prayers to the family

Damn this is terrible. Regardless of the man's political persuasions, this is wrong.
Our feelings here and those of Conservatives in general are substantially more credible and moral than those on the left and the DUmp. Can we say Robert Novak?
Anyhow, while we are superior to the DUmp monkeys in most every way, we can never discount their existance - for comedy relief that is!

[Chris_]

Police just confirmed that Bill Gwatney has just died.

Prayers to the family

Damn this is terrible. Regardless of the man's political persuasions, this is wrong.
Our feelings here and those of Conservatives in general are substantially more credible and moral than those on the left and the DUmp. Can we say Robert Novak?
Anyhow, while we are superior to the DUmp monkeys in most every way, we can never discount their existance - for comedy relief that is!

No comedy today -- prayers to the family.  We may disagree on issues, but for someone to be cut down is just wrong.

The fact there are many lefty blogs and fora suggesting this is from the right saddens me even more.  Anyone remember the funural that showed the left for what they are?  Get ready for the same now.

[Thor]

Sounds like someone had some serious issues. I usually think of a political party headquarter as a safe place.

Yeah, and Luby's or Churches are supposed to be safe places, too....... 

Fact is.......

there are NO "safe" places.

[Wretched Excess]

a few new details . . . .

Gunman Kills Arkansas Democratic Chair
Gunman barges into Arkansas Democratic Headquarters and kills state party chairman

A man recently fired from a Target store barged into the Arkansas Democratic headquarters Wednesday and fatally shot the state party chairman before speeding off in his pickup. Police later shot and killed the suspect after a 30-mile chase.

Police identified the suspect as 50-year-old Timothy Dale Johnson of Searcy, a town about 50 miles northeast of Little Rock. They said that moments after the shooting, Johnson pointed a handgun at a worker at the nearby Arkansas Baptist headquarters. An official there said he told the worker, "I lost my job."

Chairman Bill Gwatney died four hours after the shooting. The 48-year-old former state senator had been planning to travel to the Democratic National Convention later this month as a superdelegate. He had backed Hillary Rodham Clinton but endorsed Barack Obama after she dropped out of the race.

Clinton and her husband, former President and former Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton, issued a statement saying Gwatney was "not only a strong chairman of Arkansas' Democratic Party, but ... also a cherished friend and confidant."

Conway police said a Target store 30 miles north of Little Rock had fired Johnson earlier Wednesday because he had written graffiti on a store wall. The age and address provided by Conway officers matched those provided by Little Rock police for its suspect.

[Ptarmigan]

Yeah, and Luby's or Churches are supposed to be safe places, too....... 

Fact is.......

there are NO "safe" places.

Oh God, I remember the Luby's Massacre in Killeen in 1991 and I was a kid.  George Hennard is one ****ed up bastard and he can rot in Hell for eternity.