Has ANYTHING been found out about the guy who shot Bill Gwatney?

[Bicoastal]

I know that the assassin wasn't an employee, but complained about losing his job at Target...so it was probably politically motivated.

But am I wrong, or has the aftermath of this event COMPLETELY disappeared from the national airwaves? If the guy was shot just because he was a Democrat, I wanna know more about it.

[babylonsister]

1. Yes, it has COMPLETELY disappeared.

Thanks for the reminder.

[annabanana]

2. This was the last I heard:

Source: Daily Citizen

Tim Johnson, 50, of Searcy has been identified as the shooter in the unexplained murder of Bill Gwatney, chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party, in Little Rock. Police chased Johnson from near the scene shortly after the murder and shot and killed Johnson in Grant County, about 30 miles away.

At 7:51 a.m. police were called to the Target store on Elsinger Boulevard in Conway on a report of criminal mischief involving Johnson, according to a report by the Conway Police Department. Target manager Bobby Thomas told police that Johnson wrote profanity-laced graffiti on the wall of the store and that Johnson "seemed to be extremely irate." Another Target employee told police Johnson was no longer employed there and was not allowed access to the property...

Evidence connected to the shooting was found late Wednesday as officers with the Little Rock Police Department, the Arkansas State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation searched Johnson's home at 128 Janet Lane, south of Searcy. A property receipt from the Little Rock Police Department, filed in White County District Court, Searcy Division said police had confiscated a personal computer, a bottle of Effexor XR medication in the name of Tim Johnson, a sticky note with “Gwatney” and a phone number, various paperwork, two sets of keys with the Gwatney dealership emblem on them, the last will and testament of Timothy Johnson, a Smith and Wesson gun box and 14 guns. Two guns were found in Johnson's pick-up after he died.

http://www.thedailycitizen.com/articles/2008/08/15/news/top_stories/top01.txt

(emphasis mine)
Why he would have Gwatney's name on a piece of paper at his home I don't know... unless this was a premeditated murder.

[TreasonousBastard]

4. Gwatney owns three car dealerships in the area, so...

lots of people have at least one of his phone numbers around. It's not known yet if he wrote the note, or it was given to him.

(My guess is he had car payments due, since he also had keys with Gwatney dealer fobs on them)

[JDPriestly]

10. Maybe he bought a car from Gwatney and it was repossessed.

That might be the problem.

[Smarmie Doofus]

3. Not much. There was this today in NY Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/us/15arkansas.html?ref=us


Doesn't add up. Something is missing. Why go from freaking out about Target to searching out the head of the State DEM party?

His political affiliations are likewise obscure. Apparently registered Republican who voted in the DEM primary in '06.

Hmmm......

[cynatnite]

6. Insanity maybe...

anyone can reason their way into doing just about anything. He reasoned that Gwaltney was to blame for his lot in life and killed him. Sadly, it's not unusual.

[TreasonousBastard]

5. I read the Times article mentioned above...

earlier today, so it has not been forgotten.

It's just that there is almost nothing about him they've found so far-- he's a hit of a loner and pretty much a complete blank.

But, hey, let's not let that stop a good tinfoil experience. I'm sure someone will discover the massive coverup and link this guy with all sorts of dark forces.

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

7. where is the media on this? I could accept silence as a measure of

respect, but you would think there would be something at least by now.

[MGKrebs]

8. Why rely on the national airwaves?

You are the new media.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3792714

[magellan]

9. Just because the "liberal" media dropped this within a day

...doesn't mean we have to. Kick for Gwatney and his family.

[madeline_con]

11. Here's the investigation so far...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3792714&mesg_id=3792714