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Arkansas - Possible Shooting at Democratic Party Headquarters in LR
arkansasmatters.com ^ | August 13, 2008

Posted on 08/13/2008 10:15:43 AM PDT by HAL9000

Shortly before noon Wednesday, a possible shooting was reported at the State Democratic Party Headquarters in Little Rock.

Dozens of police cars are on the scene at 1300 West Capitol, and at least one ambulance was seen leaving as KARK 4 crews arrived. MEMS ambulance officials confirm one person was transported to the hospital from the scene.

Shortly after noon, police were reported to be in pursuit of a suspect in the incident on a Little Rock interstate.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: arkansas; arkansasdemocrats; gwatney; shooting; superdelegates; superdelgate
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To: TKDietz

Press conference scheduled for 2:30 pm central time.


121 posted on 08/13/2008 12:03:38 PM PDT by HAL9000 ("No one made you run for president, girl."- Bill Clinton)
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To: HAL9000

Prayers for him and his family.


122 posted on 08/13/2008 12:04:11 PM PDT by alwaysconservative (Does this post make my carbon footprint look big?)
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To: library user
Do the DUmmies not even consider that the shooter was an Obama supporter?

Or that the shooter just paid $1,250 for a $245 brake job?

123 posted on 08/13/2008 12:04:17 PM PDT by TexasNative2000 (Is this tagline governed by McCain-Feingold?)
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To: tacticalogic

Ditto


125 posted on 08/13/2008 12:06:00 PM PDT by Liberal Bob (looneyleft.com)
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To: mware

That’s ironic, cuz I was just wondering about him focusing on one victim rather than an entire group of people...well, that just squashed my speculations. He sounds mad at God and his boss?


126 posted on 08/13/2008 12:06:16 PM PDT by Freedom2specul8 (Please pray for our troops.... http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/)
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To: kempo

KARN Radio just said a Baptist Convention Headquarters seven blocks away reported an incident with a gunman shortly before the Chairman was shot. He was upset because he just lost his job.

Probably not a headquarters worker, as the office staff would have known him. Perhaps an employee of one of Gwatney’s Car Dealerships??


127 posted on 08/13/2008 12:06:31 PM PDT by Tatze (I'm in a state of taglinelessness!)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
WABC radio saying a guy who just lost his job threatened members of baptist church (near dem headquarters)

Sounds like that may have triggered the attack.

Your post seems to back up this theory.

128 posted on 08/13/2008 12:06:31 PM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E. That spells free. freerepublic.com baby)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
“What the rumors are saying is that the shooter was laid off from Gwatney Chevrolet,”

Pelosi's fault.

129 posted on 08/13/2008 12:06:32 PM PDT by Crawdad (I am my brother's keeper. I am not your brother's keeper.)
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
It did not squash your theory it backed it up.

a comment on a Little Rock TV website: “What the rumors are saying is that the shooter was laid off from Gwatney Chevrolet,”

130 posted on 08/13/2008 12:07:46 PM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E. That spells free. freerepublic.com baby)
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This story is related to Hillary, HOW?


131 posted on 08/13/2008 12:08:36 PM PDT by rzn_republicans ((raising republicans in liberal schools))
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To: mware
Gwatney Chevrolet

I think this was the victims business.

132 posted on 08/13/2008 12:08:59 PM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E. That spells free. freerepublic.com baby)
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To: rzn_republicans
This story is related to Hillary, HOW?

Somebody auditioning for her staff?

133 posted on 08/13/2008 12:09:56 PM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys: Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat; but they know what's best for us)
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To: calex59
and if someone had died they still would have suppressed it as much as possible.

This crucial point seems to be lost on you, but NO ONE DIED when R HQs were vandalized.

You continue to compare property damage/destruction with cold blooded murder.

134 posted on 08/13/2008 12:09:57 PM PDT by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: mware; All

Police may have picked up the shooter’s trail because he threatened someone with a gun nearby. Reports were that a man with a gun confronted a building manager in the Arkansas Baptist State Convention office building a few blocks east of Democratic headquarters and said he’d lost his job. He pointed the gun, but didn’t shoot. He fled in a vehicle whose description was reported to police.

Gwatney was an executive in a car dealership group, a business in which employment changes are not uncommon. Rumors immediately arose that the shooter might have been a disgruntled former employee of the Gwatney Chevrolet dealership in Jacksonville.

http://www.arktimes.com/


135 posted on 08/13/2008 12:10:44 PM PDT by toldyou (Even if the voices aren't real they have some pretty good ideas.)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Well that seals it then ... Nancy Pelosi’s fault.

The high oil prices are killing our economy; no one is buying Chevy’s because they can’t afford to fill the gas-tank; this guy looses his job because there’s not enough work at the struggling Chevy dealership; perp goes out and finds/shoots the owner. If only Nancy had let drilling come up for a vote, instead of callously going on vacation.

</sarcasm> (makes just as much sense as trying to blame Rush, Sean, Savage, Boortz, Levine, etc.)


136 posted on 08/13/2008 12:11:29 PM PDT by Be Free (Liberalism is a disease.)
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To: toldyou
Thank you for the detailed report.

Sounds like disgruntled ex employee to me, but we will have to wait and see.

137 posted on 08/13/2008 12:12:46 PM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E. That spells free. freerepublic.com baby)
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To: All

Prayers for Mr.Gwatney.


138 posted on 08/13/2008 12:17:39 PM PDT by Maverick68 (w)
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To: toldyou
"Gov. Mike Beebe was on a flight to Springdale when the shooting occurred. A spokesman told KTHV that Beebe returned to Little Rock after hearing about the shooting and is now with Gwatney's family at a Little Rock hospital. Gwatney was Beebe's finance chairman during Beebe's run for governor in 2006."

"In addition to being state Democratic Party chairman, Gwatney is also CEO of Gwatney Chevrolet in Jacksonville. He has a background in banking, having been an executive vice president with First National Bank in Jacksonville, formerly owned by his family."

"Gwatney entered the state Senate in 1993 at age 33. Term limits ended his career in the state Legislature in 2003. During his last legislative session, he led efforts to reform state ethics rules, handle legislative redistricting and promote economic development. He was among Arkansas Business' first "40 Under 40" honorees."

http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article.aspx?aID=107257.52609.119402&page=2

139 posted on 08/13/2008 12:21:19 PM PDT by BossLady (People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own soul. ~Carl Jung)
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To: HAL9000

Wow. I’ve been following this topic both here and on DU (for educational purposes). Those retards *really* want this to be connected in some way to talk radio.

Sheesh.

Here’s hoping the victim lives and the bad guy doesn’t.


140 posted on 08/13/2008 12:25:21 PM PDT by SlayerOfBunnies (An Indian friend of mine wishes to remind everyone... Indians <> muslims)
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