Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Was GOP baseball shooting an act of politically inspired anger?
Wednesday’s shooting at a baseball practice for Republican Congress members left House Whip Steve Scalise and four others wounded. The suspect, who was killed by police, was a Bernie Sanders supporter.
By Madeleine Brand • • 51m ListenPhoto: Police investigate a shooting scene after a gunman opened fire on Republican members of Congress during a baseball practice near Washington in Alexandria, Virginia, June 14, 2017. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)
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6 storiesWhat we know about the GOP baseball shooting
Wednesday morning’s shooting at a baseball practice for Republican Congress members left House Whip Steve Scalise and four others wounded. The shooter, 66-year-old James Hodgkinson, was killed by police. Hodgkinson was from Belleville, Illinois. He volunteered for Bernie Sanders and was outspoken on social media and in letters to his local paper.
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