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50 year old Timothy Dale Johnson, from the Little Rock area, apparently ran into the Arkansas Democratic headquarters and shot Chairman Bill Gwatney, who died 4 hours later. The shooter ran off in his pickup truck but was killed by police after chasing him for 30 miles.
A worker at the crime scene said that Johnson had said, " I lost my job."
Witnesses said the gunman entered the party offices shortly before noon and said he wanted to see Gwatney.
"He said he was interested in volunteering, but that was obviously a lie," said 17-year-old party volunteer Sam Higginbotham. He said that when the suspect was refused a meeting with Gwatney, he pushed past employees to reach the chairman's office.
Hastings said the suspect and Gwatney introduced themselves to one another, at which time the suspect "pulled out a handgun and shot Gwatney several times." Hastings didn't say what the two discussed, but said their discussion was not a heated one.
I should note that Chairman Gwatney was a Democratic Party Superdelegate.
