And in Arkansas, the chair of the state Democratic Party has died after being shot at party headquarters in Little Rock. Bill Gwatney, a former state senator, was forty-eight. Terry Hastings of the Little Rock Police Department said the motive is unclear.

Terry Hastings: “We are not sure of a motive right now for the shooting or what caused it or if he was looking for any particular person. That’s something detectives will be determining. We have approximately fifteen to twenty witnesses that we are interviewing, but right now that’s about all we are willing to release at this point, until such time as we find out the condition of the suspect, as well as a possible motive.”

The gunman, Timothy Dale Johnson, later died in a shootout with police.