Bill Gwatney has died from his wounds...

[Cooley Hurd]

CNN.com Breaking news...

http://www.cnn.com/

Breaking on CNN TV as well...

:cry::cry::cry:

On edit: AFP's reporting it, also:

WASHINGTON (AFP) — The chairman of the Democratic Party of Arkansas was shot and killed Wednesday by a gunman who opened fire at the party's state headquarters, according to ex-president Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton.

"We are deeply saddened by the news that Bill Gwatney has passed away," the Clintons, who lived for years in the Arkansas capital of Little Rock while Bill Clinton was governor, said in a joint statement.

ON NOW: Police News conference: http://www.todaysthv.com/default.aspx

Police confirm that he was NOT employed by Gwatney at his auto dealerships!

[Alexander]

1. I thought the suspect died, not Gwatney.

[babylonsister]

5. They're both dead-CNN now reporting. nt

[Alexander]

Dammit. That's horrible news.

[Minimus]

2. Oh no!

[LisaM]

3. Crap.

I have been trying to get updates. This is terrible news.

[Catherine Vincent]

4. Oh my God!

How horrible! I feel so sad for his family. :(

[tekisui]

6. Damn. So sad.

We'll have to wait for the motivation to determine if this was an assassination.

[Lebam in LA]

7. Very sad news

I am so sorry for his family. May he rest in peace

[no_hypocrisy]

8. That's awful.

The lack of condemnation from the Administration is deafening.

[Fenris]

9. Terrible.

[TwilightGardener]

Very sad. RIP, sir.

[malaise]

10. I expect every Democrat to be on the media tonight

He was murdered in cold blood. :cry:

[AdvancedProgress]

11. Terrible

:cry:

[nc4bo]

12. RIP Mr. Gwatney, condolences to his family, friends and fellow Dems. nt

[RedShoes]

13. what a tragedy. RIP.

:cry:

[mnhtnbb]

14. This country is a tinderbox waiting for a match.

And I blame RW radio and TV spewing the propaganda that liberals are the cause of all our problems.

[Supersedeas]

21. a product of Rove and RW Hate Radio's politics of division

[GreenPartyVoter]

43. RW radio, yes, but also the difficulty in getting by financially. RW hate radio was

around during the Clinton years, but financially most people weren't struggling as badly or faced with so many foreclosures, so I don't think we saw so many disgruntled unemployed people shooting places up.

But yeah. Take a person who has lost or is about to lose everything and pound a ton of RW hate media into them it's bound to set some of them off eventually.

[barbtries]

15. and so has the shooter.

i feel a great need to know everything about this murder. everything.

[BrklynLiberal]

16. Sad news...

:-(

[Adelante]

17. Oh God, how awful

:cry:

[gademocrat7]

18. How tragic

My thoughts and prayers are with his family.

[Crabby Appleton]

19. What a tragedy, RIP Bill Gwatney

[spanone]

20. this shit is terrorism....an american killed for his political views

[onenote]

25. evidence to support that claim?

[Cooley Hurd]

38. The police are reporting that the suspect had NO ties to Gwatney...

[malaise]

33. This is frightening

but I need more details.

[polmaven]

45. That's the name for it.

Terrorism through and through. What a tragic piece of news.

[geomon666]

22. Fuck

Are we going back to that day and age now. Where political figures are assassinated on a near constant basis? This is sickening.

[XOKCowboy]

23. He died because he wanted to make the US better...

so he stayed in Democratic politics. That was enough for this man to kill him. Very sad.

[valerief]

24. I don't believe in crazy lone gunmen, not when the country is being looted

the way it is.

This tragedy is both a solution and a warning to Dems who don't behave.

[onenote]

27. you think every murder is political?

[Cleita]

30. The fact that he has ties to the Democratic Party and was a super delegate

sure is an added dimension to this murder.

[malaise]

39. No police press conference all now

The Democratic Party led by Howie Dean should call a press conference NOW

[polmaven]

46. It took place

at the state's Democratic Headquarters! It is more likely that it was politically motivated than not.

[supernova]

26. How awful

My condolences to his family. :-(

Didn't the shooter die too?

I've been saying for years, we are due for another version of 1960s unrest, this time spurred on by RW hatred.

[cwydro]

28. Awful.

How awful.

[Wapsie B]

29. Exactly the fear the rwingers want to instill in the opposition,

that one of them just might go off and do something like this.

My sympathies to the Gwatney family.

[Bluerthanblue]

31. how sad-

this world is so sad.

[City Lights]

32. Horrible news.

:cry:

My heartfelt condolences to his loved ones.

:-(

[JVS]

34. Requiem aeternam dona eis, domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis

[bear425]

35. Terrible news. My condolences to his family.

This is a tragedy for us all.

[bear425]

36. Terrible news. My condolences to his family.

This is a tragedy for us all.

[Hugabear]

37. Too bad RW hate-mongers can't be held partially responsible

They've been advocating violence and death for liberals for years over the public airwaves. Of course, it's perfectly acceptable to call for the death of a liberal, if you follow that with laughter and a "only kidding, folks". However, in the case of some (I'm looking your way, Weiner Savage), they don't even fucking kid around about it, they're dead fucking serious.

[Canuckistanian]

40. That's a shock

I didn't think he was fatally wounded.

Bastards.

[kestrel91316]

41. Two words: POLITICAL ASSASSINATION.

[malaise]

42. Repeat, repeat, repeat n/t

[barbtries]

52. i think so.

what i heard is the guy went in and asked for him by name. i just want to know everything. who was this killer, and how did he end up dead?

[thewiseguy]

44. May he RIP

[bluesmail]

47. Expected.

no one left to tell what really happened.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

48. Dammit.

:grr: :cry: For nothing.

[flvegan]

49. So, technically, this could be a hate crime?

[slackmaster]

57. Yes, it might be

Depends on the state of mind of the guy who killed him.

The information I have seen so far suggests he was out of his tree.

[renate]

50. how incredibly sad

I am so sorry for his family.

:cry:

[FrenchieCat]

51. Oh my no!

:cry:

[fishwax]

53. RIP Bill Gwatney

:(

[derby378]

54. My sincere condolences to Gwatney's family and all Arkansas Democrats

What a stupid, senseless waste.

[mzmolly]

55. So very sad.

My heart goes out to him and his family.

[Rhiannon12866]

56. What a horrible thing! K&R. n/t

[Rocknrule]

58. Now we know why conservatives are so rabidly anti-gun control

so they can fucking MURDER anyone who believes differently than them

Instead of the phrase "going postal/Columbine/Virginia Tech," maybe we should call these acts "going Fox" or "going conservative"