Today the Arkansas Democratic Chairman was senselessly killed.
The chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party died Wednesday, about four hours after a shooting at the party’s headquarters, police said.
Chairman Bill Gwatney died at 3:59 Wednesday afternoon after a gunman entered his Little Rock office and shot him several times in the upper body, Little Rock Police Lt. Terry Hastings said.
Authorities confirmed the news shortly after former President Clinton and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton released a statement expressing their condolences.
“We are deeply saddened by the news that Bill Gwatney has passed away,” the former governor and first lady of Arkansas said. “His leadership and commitment to Arkansas and this country have always inspired us and those who had the opportunity to know him.”
The shooting suspect, a white male in his fifties, also died Wednesday afternoon after a police chase ended in gunfire, Hastings said.
Authorities are working to confirm his identity, but Hastings said there was no indication that he was a former employee. He said police were investigating possible motives, as well as why the suspect went into the Arkansas Baptist State Convention brandishing a gun.
It’s unfortunate that we will never know what motivated this man.
I’d love to say this was motivated by the hate speech that fouls the airwaves on a daily basis, but we just do not know for sure. Not at this time.
Our thoughts go out to the Gwatney family.
There are so many questions about this shooting and I wonder if we will ever know just why this man did this. It’s terribly sad.
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Mountain Sage
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I really feel for the Gwatney family. It must be even harder to take not knowing why.
Mountain Sage
Not sure we will ever know the whole story to why this happened. Most you can say is that Bill left a great legacy not only for the state but for his children to remember.