I don't know whether the shooter was after DeLAY, as somebody perhaps jokingly said above. A skimming of the links thoughtfully provided above yields that the incident ended up in DeLAY's office suite and one of the dead officers was assigned to him.
But what has been a source of barbs at DeLAY for me was what I THOUGHT I remembered, that as soon as the shooting began, DeLAY hopped on a plane out of town (to Houston?), and since the incident was over by the time he got there, hopped right back. Hence, my delight in calling him, Tom-DePLANE!-DePLANE!-DeLAY.
The multiple links provide only confirmation that he hustled out of the building 15 minutes after the incident began, without mentioning what he did next.
As for Tweety, in the aftermath, when the slain officers were duly eulogized and called heroes, Tweety latched on to this, the way we have seen him attempt to elevate himself in other instances: Like saying he was assigned in the Peace Corps to THE SAME AREA THAT CHURCHILL passed through; like saying, "I am an ICON! I have been 'done' by SNL!". So now that the Capitol policemen were being called heroes, Tweety came forward to say that HE had been a Capitol policemen when he was starting out. It turns out that he had worked a (temporary?) job for three months as that. In the years after, he probably NEVER referred to that job, probably thinking of it as a rent-a-cop turn. Until he could attempt to glorify himself.
*******QUOTE*******
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/shooting/stories/scene072598.htmHouse members, many rushing out of town, did not have to remain behind. DeLay slipped out the main door of the Capitol less than 15 minutes after the shooting. He looked stricken. Asked if he'd seen anything, he said, "Did I ever. I don't want to talk about it." Aides rushed him into his waiting car.
********UNQUOTE*******