How did the shooter KNOW to be at THAT field

[rainbow4321]

I've been out of pocket all day so maybe I missed it. He's a guy in from Illinois who picked, out of ALL PLACES, to be at that field where congressionalmembers were.
Why that field at that time today? 7am..really?
If the asshole had plans to harm congressional officials why not be IN DC.

What am I missing?

[Kaleva]

1. Apparently spent time doing research.

This would have been a blood bath had he been a good shot.

[Warpy]

8. Might be suicide by cop

and he really didn't know who was there. Or he might have heard it from a chance acquaintance on the street. Or he might have found the information when he was on his laptop in the lobby of the Y, which is where he spent most days.

We'll never know since they killed him.

[tblue37]

9. Or if the bill allowing silencers the GOP was going to ram through today

had been operative. By the time anyone figured out someone was shooting at them it would have been too late to seek cover of call the cops.

[Brother Buzz]

2. Hodgkinson was camping at the Y across the street for weeks

The creep had a long term plan

[marylandblue]

3. He'd been casing the field for weeks, and was friendly with the mayor

He visited Washington DC for a protest, stayed at the Y I think, got friendly with the mayor, who may have mentioned that congressmen play at the ballfield, then he watched for weeks before making his move.

[guillaumeb]

4. Where were all of the good people with guns?

The ones who will certainly respond in times of violence?

[linuxman]

13. Maybe you didn't hear.

They were there on the filed. They reacted and stopped the maniac before anyone died.

If you had a point, I think we missed it.

[madaboutharry]

5. I heard the former mayor of Alexandria today

speaking on MSNBC with Nicole Wallace. He said this guy was very social and had been hanging around the YMCA and surrounding neighborhood for a few weeks. It is reasonable to assume people knew that they practiced there.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. He'd been in Virginia hanging around the area for about a month,

living out of his van. http://time.com/4818165/steve-scalise-shooting-suspect-james-hodgkinson/

[mnhtnbb]

7. Rachel will be interviewing the mayor coming up next.

[juxtaposed]

10. He didn't from what I read he asked who was playing

[Squinch]

11. But the mayor of the town is saying the guy was watching that field for days, so he had

been planning the attack for a while. This means that the people saying he asked what party was playing aren't making any sense. I am guessing that story about him asking if they were Republicans was a lie. He already knew they were Republicans.

[AngryAmish]

12. It was in the NY Times a few months ago.

He was motivated and looked around.

[Henry Krinkle]

14. BECAUSE its a TRADITIONAL event that started IN 1909

https://www.congressionalbaseball.org/

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/14/politics/congressional-baseball-game/index.html

[Generic Brad]

15. Because no Republicans in Congress work on a weekday

It was either there or a golf course.