The bottom line stunned the Hodgkinson-targeted lawmakers assembled in the U.S. Capitol visitors center.
Mr. Hodgkinson was committing “suicide by cop,” the FBI briefer said. In essence, the bureau had relegated the near-mass killings aimed at Washington’s legislative branch to a self-centered personal decision by a leftist activist from Illinois.
“What are you talking about?” Rep. Brad Wenstrup, Ohio Republican, recalls asking the briefer.
“I said ‘if you want to do suicide-by-cop, just pull a gun on the cop,’” he told The Washington Times in an interview. “‘Where are you getting this?’ They just kind of stood by it. We were pretty dismayed.”
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location. baseball field and a victim is down in the baseball field. total of five down. okay. does anybody need a chopper? we need a medevac. we have some witnesses that are trying to leave. i m trying to keep them on the scene. those are some of the 911 calls that we re listening to there. i want to go to cnn s rene marsh who has details on how all of this played out. people may be surprised about how early this practice took place. it s something that began in the 6:00 hour. right. it began in the 6:00 hour. as you mentioned, the calls for help happened around the 7:00 hour. it happened in the del ray neighborhood. that s in alexandria, virginia, about eight miles from where you are now at the u.s. capitol. we know this happened at the eugene simpson stadium park which is where members of