The man who shot at Republicans at their early morning baseball practice Wednesday has been identified as 66-year-old James T. Hodgkinson.
The Washington Post reports that Hodgkinson is a resident of Belleville, Illinois and is the owner of a home inspection business. Records in St. Clair County, Illinois show that Hodgkinson in April 2006 was charged with battery and aiding damage to a motor vehicle.
Per Huffington Post's Sam Stein, Hodgkinson's wife told ABC News that Hodgkinson had moved to Alexandria, Virginia two months ago. Hodgkinson's home inspection license expired at the end of 2016 and had not been renewed.
According to Hodgkinson's wife, who spoke to ABC News, Hodgkinson has been living in Alexandria, Virginia, for the past two months. via ABC— Sam Stein (@Sam Stein) 1497453312.0
His Twitter profile shows that Hodgkinson is a left-wing supporter of Bernie Sanders who has also posted several memes on his Facebook page critical of President Donald Trump. He also called Georgia Republican congressional candidate Karen Handel a "b*tch" for saying she didn't support a living wage during a debate with Democratic rival Jon Ossoff.
Charles Orear, a 50-year-old restaurant manager from St. Louis, tells the Washington Post that he and Hodgkinson met while campaigning for Sanders in Iowa in 2016.
“You’ve got to be kidding me,” Orear told the Post. “I met him on the Bernie trail in Iowa, worked with him in the Quad Cities area.”
