CLOSE The FBI says James Hodgkinson acted alone and had no ties to terrorism. Here's what investigators have learned about the gunman at the Republican congressional baseball practice. USA TODAY 
 
 FBI Special Agent in Charge Tim Slater points to a question during a media availability Wednesday, June 14, 2017, in Alexandria, Va. (Photo: Alex Brandon, AP) 
 
 WASHINGTON – Adrift and struggling to cope with an array of personal problems, James Hodgkinson was running out of money and told a family member that he wanted to return to Illinois. That was just two days before he opened fire on Republican lawmakers with a modified assault rifle and a handgun at an Alexandria, Va., baseball field. 
 
 A week after the stunning attack, which left House Majority Whip Steve Scalise critically wounded and four others injured, the FBI Wednesday offered a troubled portrait of the 66-year-old gunman with an "an anger management problem'' who abruptly left a strained marriage in Belleville, Ill., more than month ago to take up residence in a van on the outskirts of the nation's capital – along with his weapons. 
 
 While he was prone to rage against the politics of President Trump and was carrying the names of six lawmakers in his pocket at the time he was fatally wounded in an exchange of gunfire with police, federal investigators said they were still at a loss for what drew Hodgkinson to the quiet neighborhood of Del Ray and ultimately to launch the assault in which he fired 60 rounds. 
 
 "He was struggling in all kinds of different ways,'' FBI Assistant Director Tim Slater said. 
 
 Federal investigators concluded that there was no connection to terrorism and that all evidence indicated that Hodgkinson had acted alone. 
 
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 Yet Slater acknowledged that there was much more they didn't know about the former owner of a home inspection business. 
 
 Slater said the list of lawmakers, which included Reps. Mo Brooks of Alabama, Jeff Duncan of South Carolina and Trent Franks of Arizona, provided no context or immediate indication that the lawmakers were targets. A sketch of several Washington-area streets also found on the dead gunman was "not deemed to be of investigative significance," Slater said. 
 
 A review of Hodgkinson's laptop, cellphone and camera, which yielded photographs of the U.S. Capitol, the Washington Monument, Dirksen Senate Office Building and the National Museum of African American History and Culture, appeared to reflect the timeline of a typical tourist – not a man plotting mass murder. 
 
 In mid to late April, Slater said, Hodgkinson visited the offices of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. The gunman was an ardent supporter of the senator's campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, but it was not immediately clear whether Hodgkinson had any direct contact with Sanders. A review of his electronic communications also showed contact with the offices of Democratic Illinois Sens. Richard Durbin and Tammy Duckworth. Yet those communications, along with his attendance at a local tax protest, have not yielded evidence of a motive. 
 
 Perhaps the most suspicious of his pre-attack activities was the attention he paid to a local storage unit he had rented in Alexandria, where investigators recovered more than 200 rounds of ammunition and additional components for the 7.62-caliber SKS rifle he wielded during the assault. 
 
 The storage facility's visitor log, Slater said, showed that Hodgkinson had gone there 43 times between April and June. Most days, he would arrive between 6 and 7 a.m. Sometimes, he would visit twice a day, but never for more than an hour. 
 
 On the morning of the attack, he arrived at 6:23 a.m. and left just 12 minutes later. 
 
 Alexandria Shooting Scene. (Photo: WUSA) 
 
 Before the first shots were reported just after 7 a.m., Hodgkinson raised the ominous prospect of a politically-motivated attack when he encountered Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., and others in the baseball field parking lot. 
 
 "Is this the Republican or Democrat baseball team?'' Hodgkinson asked, according to the FBI's account. "When the witness responded that it was a Republican event, Hodgkinson reportedly remained at the baseball field.'' 
 
 Still, Slater said that there is no evidence that the gunman had advance knowledge that the lawmakers would be practicing there or that he was specifically targeting any of those involved in the practice. 
 
 Shortly after that parking lot encounter, according to the FBI, Hodgkinson went to his van, retrieved his rifle and donned a holstered 9 mm handgun. 
 
 Witnesses then reported that the gunman, appearing unusually calm and deliberate for a shooter, opened fire in the direction of the unwitting lawmakers and staffers in the midst of their practice. 
 
 Slater said Hodgkinson fired at least 50 rounds from the rifle and 10 additional rounds from the handgun before two U.S. Capitol Police officers and Alexandria police returned fire. 
 
 At 7:14 a.m., Hodgkinson was reported down. 
 
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 In Belleville, the FBI is continuing to review Hodgkinson's rocky past. It includes a record of arrests on various criminal charges dating back to 1988, according to St. Clair County, Ill., Circuit Court documents. 
 
 The charges ranged from minor driving offenses and repeated failures to obtain work permits to battery and driving under the influence. Records show that the battery case in 2006, which resulted in his arrest, was dismissed after a period of "supervision." Hodgkinson's arrest in 1992 by Illinois State Police for suspicion of resisting and obstructing a peace officer also was dismissed. 
 
 
 
 St. Clair County, Ill., Sheriff Richard Watson, whose deputies have assisted federal investigators in a search of the gunman's Belleville home, said deputies last encountered Hodgkinson on March 24, when a neighbor reported gunshots fired in the area. 
 
 
 
 The sheriff said deputies arrived to find Hodgkinson with a hunting rifle on his property where he was apparently engaged in target practice. 
 
 
 
 "The guy was very cordial," the sheriff said. "He showed the deputy his firearms identification card. Even though he was on his own property, he told the deputy that he probably should take the rifle to a gun range, just to be safe." 
 
 
 
 At no time, Watson said, did Hodgkinson's behavior appear erratic or threatening. 
 
 
 
 Watson said he learned of Hodgkinson's connection to the Virginia shooting, "I about fell out of my chair," Watson said, adding that authorities began to search their files for records of contacts with the shooter. 
 
 Former neighbors and family members, meanwhile, said their encounters with Hodgkinson were marked by displays of simmering anger and strange behavior. 
 
 Sue Hodgkinson, the wife of the gunman, said last week that her husband sold everything he owned from his home inspection business earlier this year before traveling to the Washington area. She said he told her that he was going "to work with people to change the tax brackets." 
 
 "I had no idea this was going to happen," she told reporters. "I don’t know what to say about it. I can't wrap my head around it, OK?" 
 
 Slater said Sue Hodgkinson is cooperating with the continuing investigation. 
 
 Contributing: Aamer Madhani 
 
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 Rep. Steve Scalise was upgraded to fair condition Wednesday, as FBI officials disclosed more information about the gunman who was initially in critical condition at shot him on a Virginia baseball diamond last week. 
 
 The Louisiana congressman and House majority whip was shot in the hip and initially in critical condition at MedStar Washington Hospital. But officials upgraded his condition for a second time Wednesday, and his office said he "continues to make good progress." 
 
 Meanwhile, FBI officials said leftist gunman James Hodgkinson had more than 200 rounds of ammunition at a local storage unit when he attacked Republican lawmakers as they practiced for the annual Congressional baseball game. 
 
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 Timothy Slater, special agent in charge of the FBI Washington field office, said Hodgkinson, 66, had rented a storage unit in Alexandria started April 16, which he visited more than 43 times between April and June. 
 
 Also, Hodgkinson visited the office of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in mid-April and emailed Senators Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., sometime between January 2017 and the shooting last week, the FBI said without elaborating. 
 
 In addition to the ammunition, investigators found a laptop computer, a receipt for a November 2016 gun purchase and additional SKS rifle components. Hodgkinson, from Belleville, Ill., used an SKS 7.62mm caliber rifle and a 9mm handgun during the shooting at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park on June 14. 
 
 SCALISE SHOOTER JAMES HODGKINSON HAD LIST OF REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS' NAMES 
 
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 “(Hodgkinson) fired over 60 shots, 50 of those shots were from the SKS rifle,” Slater said, adding it didn’t appear that Hodgkinson had a particular target in mind and it was a spontaneous shooting. 
 
 He said the 9mm handgun was purchased after the election of President Donald Trump in November 2016. In Bellville, police were reportedly called to Hodgkinson’s home 
 
 Hodgkinson acted alone when he shot and gravely wounded Rep. Steve Scalise, the House majority whip, and four others, Slater said, adding that Hodgkinson did not have any ties to terrorism. 
 
 The FBI said the agency is actively investigating Hodgkinson’s associates, whereabouts and any activity on social media that could give any indication to his motive last week. 
 
 Slater said Hodgkinson had been suffering in various aspects of his life and espoused anti-Republican sentiment online. He said social media posts did not give any indication of his plans of the attack. 
 
 Authorities previously said Hodgkinson was leaving out of a white cargo van for several months and was frequently seen working on a computer at a nearby YMCA. 
 
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 Hodgkinson was spotted regularly over the past several weeks at the YMCA next to the site of the shooting, sitting with a computer in the lobby or at a table in an exercise area that looked out onto the baseball field. 
 
 Slater said the paper with a list of names of Congress members found on Hodgkinson did not include any context. He added there is no indication the names on the list are under any threat. 
 
 Fox News reported the list contained the names of six members associated with the Freedom Caucus: 
 
 Reps. Scot DesJarlais, R-Tenn., Trent Franks, R-Ariz., Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, Mo Brooks, R-Ala., and Morgan Griffith, R-Va. 
 
 Scalise and other congressional Republicans were practicing for their annual charity baseball game against Democrats when a gunman started shooting. U.S. Capitol Police and other officers returned fire and killed Hodgkinson. 
 
 Fox News' Chad Pergram and The Associated Press contributed to this report. 
 
 Lucia I. Suarez Sang is a Reporter for FoxNews.com. 
 
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 Story highlights James Hodgkinson, 66, from Belleville, Illinois, was shot dead by police 
 
 Law enforcement officials said that the investigation into the attack is still active 
 
 Washington (CNN) The shooter who attacked a GOP baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, last week carried a list with the names of six members of Congress, the FBI said Wednesday, adding that the incident had no connection to terrorism and the shooter acted alone. 
 
 The man who carried out the attack, James Hodgkinson, 66, from Belleville, Illinois , was shot dead by police after opening fire, authorities have said. Tim Slater, the special agent in charge of the FBI's Washington field office, said Hodgkinson was known to have "an anger management problem." Hodgkinson maintained a social media presence that was pro-Bernie Sanders and anti-Republican. 
 
 The investigation into the attack is still active as police continue to analyze evidence from the scene, authorities said. Slater, who didn't release the names on the list or say which party they belonged to, said the list didn't provide any additional context but said Hodgkinson had researched two of the members online. 
 
 An FBI news release said Hodgkinson took multiple photographs of Eugene Simpson Stadium Park, the scene of the shooting, in mid-April. At this point in the investigation, the FBI does not believe that these photographs represented surveillance of intended targets, though the release said the investigation into Hodgkinson's recent activities was ongoing. 
 
 Last week, a law enforcement source told CNN that a list of names -- including some Republican members of Congress -- was found with the Alexandria shooter. Rep. Mo Brooks, who was on the list and present at the practice, was unharmed by the shooting. 
 
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– The gunman at a Virginia ballfield where a GOP baseball team was practicing had more than 200 rounds of ammunition in a locker in Alexandria he visited every day, the FBI says. He also had a list on him with the names of six members of Congress and had done "cursory" searches of the web for two of the names, but the bureau is not characterizing the list as a "hit list," the Washington Post reports. There was "no context included" with the names; Fox News reports all six are associated with the House Freedom Caucus. (Earlier reports said the list contained just three names.) James T. Hodgkinson had visited the locker less than an hour before opening fire on the baseball practice, injuring House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and four others, on June 14. None of those injured was on the list, CNN reports. The FBI released other details about Hodgkinson during its press conference Wednesday, but said his motive is still unclear. Hodgkinson had no specific mental health issues but was "struggling in all kinds of different ways," an FBI agent said, explaining that he was unemployed, in financial and marital trouble, on prescription drugs, and dealing with anger issues when he left Illinois for Virginia and spent months living in his van in Alexandria starting in March. In April, he attended a tax reform demonstration and visited Sen. Bernie Sanders' office, officials say. A review of his laptop, cellphone, and camera seemed to show the activities of a typical tourist, not someone planning a shooting, officials say, per USA Today. Officials said the shooting was apparently spontaneous, with no threats being posted online beforehand, and was not connected to terrorism. Minutes before the shooting, he asked a witness at the ballfield, "Is this the Republican or Democrat baseball team?"