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Report of shots at Arkansas Dems headquarters

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Posted by tipper 2008-08-13 14:09|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Condolences to Mr. Gwatney and his family. FOX News TV is reporting that he's in critical condition right now. The TV also is reporting that police shot and apprehended the assailant.

Posted by Steve White 2008-08-13 15:24|| 2008-08-13 15:24|| Front Page Top

#2 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Police say a man suspected of bursting into the Arkansas Democratic Party headquarters and shooting the party chairman has died.

Police say the suspect burst into the office of Party Chairman Bill Gwatney and fired three shots. Gwatney is hospitalized in critical condition.

Police Lt. Terry Hastings says authorities chased the suspect into Grant County, south of Little Rock, and that he was fatally wounded during a 30-mile chase.

Posted by tu3031 2008-08-13 15:57|| 2008-08-13 15:57|| Front Page Top

#3 Hehas now died. My condolences to his family.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2008-08-13 17:21|| 2008-08-13 17:21|| Front Page Top

#4 My condolences to his family and friends as well. At they won't have the pain of going through a murder trial, but it's small comfort indeed. God forbid that the despicable thug who committed this outrage has any connection with the GOP.

Posted by ryuge 2008-08-13 20:47|| 2008-08-13 20:47|| Front Page Top

#5 Both are dead. Latest update from the site:

Police said they dont yet know the motive for the shooting, however, they said that moments after the shooting, he pointed a handgun at the building manager at the nearby Arkansas Baptist headquarters and reportedly said, I lost my job.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-08-13 21:03|| 2008-08-13 21:03|| Front Page Top

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