A man barged
into the Arkansas Democratic
headquarters Wednesday and fatally
shot the state party chairman before
speeding off in his pickup. Police
later shot and killed the suspect
after a 30-mile chase.
Police identified
the suspect as Timothy Dale Johnson, 50,
of Searcy, about 50 miles northeast of
Little Rock. They didn't know a motive.
However, moments after the shooting,
Johnson pointed a handgun at a worker at
the nearby Arkansas Baptist
headquarters. An official there said he
told the worker, "I lost my job."
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