year-old gunman, james hodgkinson of belleville, illinois, was said to be upset over the country's political direction. dean reynolds is in the gunman's hometown. >> reporter: 66-year-old james tom hodgkinson died from his wounds today but left behind a trail of bitterness directed at the rich, the republicans, and the president. hodgkinson was born and raised here, one of three children. he married and lived in town with his wife. he ran a home inspection business until last year when he lost his license, and, according to the local sheriff, richard watson, he had a record of damaging property. >> if he gave us some kind of indication that, you know, he was mental, if he was out there target practicing for some other reason, then we'd have looked further. >> reporter: politically active. >> the 1% are just not giving a damn. >> reporter: he was supporter and volunteer for senator bernie sanders in 2016, and he was just as politically active online as he was in person inch a 2015 facebook post, hodgkinson shared a political cartoon about congressman steve scalise, saying, "here's a republican that should lose his job, but they gave him a raise instead." he also wrote a slew of l

they say 66-year-old james tom hodgkinson told his family in march that he was coming to he was living in his van. he rented a storage unit in alexandria. >> we determined that the vhe visited his yununit more than 4 times. >> reporter: and the day he appeared at the field request a are not baseball team was practicing. investigators say he fired 60 times, more than 50 with an sks arriv rifle like this, the frrest froa hand gun. investigators say he had anger issues and was under train mentally. his posts include anti-republican rants. investigators say he had a list with the name of six members of congress on it, but they are not calling it a hit list. >> if you look at his pattern of life and what he was doing on his latch top aptop and social there was no indication in a >> reporter: the fbi will not say what names are on the shooter's list. that is the latest live from alexandria. back to you. >>> you can exhibit can expect tighter security when the congressional women take the field a few hours from now. the women's softball game is scheduled for tonight be at 7:00 at watkins rec

year-old gunman, james hodgkinson of belleville, tlinois, was said to be upset over the country's political direction. dean reynolds is in the gunman's hometown. >> reporter: 66-year-old james tom hodgkinson died from his wounds today but left behind a trail of bitterness directed at the rich, the republicans, and the president. ordgkinson was born and raised here, one of three children. he married and lived in town with his wife. he ran a home inspection business until last year when he lost his license, and, according to the local sheriff, richard watson, he had a record of gimaging property. >> if he gave us some kind of indication that, you know, he uts mental, if he was out there target practicing for some other reason, then we'd have looked further. >> reporter: politically active... >> the 1% are just not giving a damn. >> reporter: he was a supporter and volunteer for senator bernie sanders in 2016, and he was just as politically active online as he was in person. in a 2015 facebook post, hodgkinson shared a political cartoon about congressman steve scalise, saying, "here's a republican that should lose his job, but they gave him a raise instead." he also wrote a slew o

before he opened fire, at eugene simpson stadium park, james tom hodgkinson was in a downward spiral.> it appears that from some of his communication close to the event that he was running out of money. he was not employed at the time of the event. and he was looking for some local employment. and he was married for 30 years. and that appears that that marriage was not going so well. >> the fbi believes hodgkinson acted alone on june 14, using an sks rifle similar to this one and a nine mill neater handgun like this to fire -- millimeter handgun like this to fire at congressman and staffers practicing on the ball field. >> we do know that he fired over 60 shots from the third base side of the field. and 50 of those were from his sks rifle. >> in april, hodgkinson visited the dirksen senate office building and the office of bernie sanders an illinois senators, tammy buckworth and dick durbin. the fbi confirmed six members of congress were listed on a note found on hodgkinson after the shooting but they would not characterize that as a hit list, nor would they say who was on it. >> so n

[gunshots] tom: nobody could get to scalise as suspect james hodgkinson fired dozens of shots over 10 minutes. >> five individuals were shot. tom: they include a legislative correspondent who was released from the hospital and a tysons food lobbyist, matt mica. two officers were injured. are being hailed as heroes. after hodgkinson was taken down by repeated shots in the upper body, a former combat surgeon in .raq lanran to scalise >> i never saw the exit wound. are many in congress convinced it was his apparent hatred of the president and republicans. >> we are far better than this. we have a history of being far better than this. we need to start acting like it. besides representative steve scalise who remains in critical condition tonight, matt food lobbyist, is the other person was seriously hurt. he is at gw hospital. the latest we have heard from his family is he is in critical condition as well. live in northwest d.c., tom roussey, abc 7 news. jonathan: tom, thanks. as bucolic as it gets, very quiet in alexandria. this is an exclusive neighborhood where they hardly ever hear si

our partners have gained greater understanding of the movements of the deceased shooter james thomas or tom hodgkinson in march 2017. the shooter told a family member that he was traveling to washington, d.c. but did not provide any additional information on his travels or specifics about those travels. an fbi analysis of the shooter's computers showed that he google searched truck stops, maps and toll routes in the greater northern virginia area. prior to the shooter's travel, local police in illinois were called to his residence due to complaints of target practice on his property. however, law enforcement determined that he had not violated any state laws at that time. the shooter's prior criminal record includes a charge of domestic violence in 2006. while the shooter was not known to have a history of diagnosed mental illness, he is known or it was known to have an anger management problem. evidence collection thus far indicates that the shooter had been in alexandria since march 2017. on the morning of wednesday, june 14, hodgkinson, who was living in his vehicle in the parking lot of the ymca a

known to many as tom, james hodgkinson grew up in bellville, graduating from a local high school in 1968. he lived in this house with his wife and ran a home inspection business until his license expired last december. ray page knew him for 30 years. >> i never have seen the man violent since i've known him. >> reporter: deeply engaged in politics, hodgkinson did not keep his views secret. and the 1% are just not giving a damn. >> reporter: in a 2015 facebook poej hodgkinson shared a political cartoon about yesterday's victim congressman steve scalise. he said, here's a republican who should lose his job but they gave him a raise. in recent months he began showing disdain for the current administration. in a march 22nd post, he wrote, it's time to destroy trump and company. just two days later a neighbor complained after hearing 50 shots fired from hodgkinson's property. >> he was very nice. he said i'll take it to a range where it's somewhat safer and that was the end of it. >> reporter: republican mike bost said he had called and september e-mails. >> he wasn't happy with my he'd vote

"the new york times" profiled the alleged gunman james hodgkinson of belleville, illinois who friends say went by tomtommy. and a friend said to "the new york times," i guess he was tired of the politics. family members said he had been living in the virginia area for several weeks. he had come down here originally to protest and taken to working out each day at the ymca that is next to this baseball field. and a law enforcement official telling "the new york times" that the suspect was armed with a rifle and a handgun. that suspect as the president announced today is now dead. he died at a hospital here in washington and we're awaiting any details we can get from the police as they continue their investigation with the fbi >> we're showing another photo there of the killer and appears to have been a sign he was holding at a rally might have been by himself this was we were just showing on air. kayla, i wanted to mention mike doyle also reportedly said he invited the whole republican team, the democratic club for dinner tonight ahead of tomorrow's game. might we expect some further displays of bipart

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