Arkansas Democratic Party Chairman Shot Dead
CNN are reporting that a man walked into the Democratic party headquarters in Little Rock claiming to want to volunteer and asked to see the Chairman, Bill Gwatney. When denied he walked into Gwatney’s office and opened fire, killing Gwatney.
The man himself was killed after a car chase with police ended in gunfire.
Updated from CNN:
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, also died Wednesday afternoon after a police chase ended in gunfire, Hastings said.
