Arkansas Democratic leader dies after shooting
Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 1:23 pm
WASHINGTON: The chairman of the Democratic Party of Arkansas has been killed by a gunman who barged into the party’s state headquarters and opened fire, police and Democratic leaders said.
Bill Gwatney “was shot multiple times” in the upper body Wednesday and died of his wounds a few hours later, Little Rock police department Lieutenant Terry Hastings said.
The killing of Gwatney left fellow Democratic leaders in shock less than two weeks before the party’s national convention in the midst of a fierce White House battle.
“We are deeply saddened by the news that Bill Gwatney has passed away,” former president Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary said in a joint statement. The couple lived for years in the Arkansas capital of Little Rock while Bill Clinton was governor and were close friends of Gwatney.
Police said the suspected shooter was also fatally wounded, after police exchanged gunfire with him following a high-speed chase into another county.
Gwatney was shot at least three times shortly before noon by a man who walked into the party headquarters near the state capitol building and asked to see the chairman, according to local media.
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