Candidates for the Mexican presidency have over the last four months attacked one another relentlessly over financial and other scandals while delivering a message of hope: pledging to end corruption, stand up to U.S. President Donald Trump, and above all find peace after years of exceptional violence. 

Each of the four men running is promising that his presidency will be the one to bring about a real transformation for Mexico. 

The campaign, unusual in many ways, ended on Wednesday and on Sunday voters are expected to approve a radical change for the much-wounded country. 

The term of outgoing President Enrique Peña Nieto has been highlighted by violence and scandals, including the disappearance of 43 students after they were taken into custody by police in Iguala, Guerrero, in 2016. Over 104,000 homicides have occurred since he took office in 2012, making his tenure the bloodiest presidency since the Mexican revolution. Among the scandals are the first lady’s White House, a $7 million mansion built by a federal government contractor for the presidential family, and “The Master Fraud”, the diversion of $192 million in government funds through shell companies by 11 federal agencies.

Peña Nieto’s party, the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party), has governed Mexico for over 70 years with the exception of a 12-year period when the PAN (National Action Party) took over. In 2000, Vicente Fox broke the PRI rule after a campaign promising change. Felipe Calderón, a fellow party-member, followed his tenure but just barley, almost tying with current leftist-candidate, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Fox and Calderón were notable for starting the Mexican war on drugs.

In 2012, Peña Nieto won the election, bringing the return of the PRI. 

On Sunday that long hold on power could be in jeopardy when close to 89 million voters are expected to participate in the biggest election in Mexican history.  Over 3,400 posts will be contested including the mayor of Mexico City, many governors, senators and deputies. Not only is Peña Nieto’s term ending, but all of the congress is up for grabs.

Ahead of the election, here are the four candidates vying for the presidency. 

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Andrés Manuel López Obrador


Juntos Haremos Historia (“Together We’ll Make History”)


MORENA-PT-PES

If polls are reliable, it is likely that the leftist front-runner and former mayor of Mexico City, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, best known as AMLO, will win big. It is the first time a leftist candidate appears to have such a dramatic advantage over opponents, who are competing for a very far off second place.

López Obrador, 61, is often perceived as a populist and has been running for the presidency for over 12 years. In the 2006 and 2012 elections he lost to Felipe Calderón and Peña Nieto by a tiny margin each time, outraging his supporters who disputed the results. After his defeat in 2006, he claimed the election had been fraudulent and proclaimed himself as Mexico’s legitimate president before backing down months later. 

After his loss to Peña Nieto, Lopez Obrado, a two-time candidate for the center-left party PRD (Party of the Democratic Revolution), founded MORENA (National Regeneration Movement). For this election, MORENA joined with the Worker's Party and an evangelical right-wing Christian party, an alliance that has been criticized among leftists. 

Opponents have characterized Lopez Obrador as an Hugo Chavez-type figure and predict that he would be too radical, but he has maintained first place in the polls by a very high margin. An advocate of the working-class, he has promised to transform Mexico, ending the privileges of the elite, helping the poor and ridding Mexico of the political corruption he refers to as “the power mafia.”

Last year, he published ¡Oye, Trump! (Listen, Trump), a best-selling book in which he calls for a new start for Mexico, ridding the country of the influence of the United States, especially under Trump's presidency. He has said he would rather end NAFTA than operate under a bad agreement. 

On Wednesday, López Obrador closed his campaign in Mexico City with over 100,000 people at the Estadio Azteca, the largest stadium in Mexico City. Many supporters were unable to get in and stood outside.

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Ricardo Anaya


Por un México al Frente (Forward For Mexico)


PAN-PRD-MC

The second runner-up and former national president of the PAN is a 39-year-old lawyer, Ricardo Anaya, who represents the extremely unusual alliance between the right wing PAN with the left-wing PRD (Party of the Democratic Revolution) and MC (Citizen Movement). In polls, he has 27.6 percent of vote and, although not popular, he is seen by many as a better choice than López Obrador 

This Anaya's first run for public office. His candidacy has been ruthless and ambitious, with commentators have mentioning his ability to join the left and the right as an asset as a candidate. He beat former first lady, Margarita Zavala, who was a favorite among the party. 

Anaya has been tainted by corruption allegations of money laundering involving an industrial park in his home town, Querétaro, between 2014 and 2016. Anaya denied the allegations, saying they were a result of his opposition to Peña Nieto, whom he has promised to investigate if he becomes president. 

Anaya has criticized Donald Trump's policies, including Trump’s demand for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and his attempt to end DACA or the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. In May, he released a video in which he asks Donald Trump to protect DREAMERS. 

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José Antonio Meade Kuri Breña


Todos por México (Everyone For Mexico)


PRI-PVEM-PANAL

At 49, Jose Antonio Meade is the definition of a technocrat, having led four public agencies in two presidential terms. During Calderón’s term he was secretary of finance and public credit and secretary of energy. When Peña Nieto took over, he served as secretary of foreign affairs, secretary of social development and again as secretary of finance.

Although Meade is the candidate for the PRI it was not until November of last year that he became a member of the party. He was endorsed by Peña Nieto to run for the presidency. Political analysts have mentioned that this is because he had the cleanest reputation in the party and had a reputation for decency. However, in The Master Fraud the secretary of social development is accused of diverting federal funds through shell companies while Meade and his successor, Rosario Robles, were in charge.

Meade had maintained a constant third place polling around 20.3 percent of vote until recently when he seems to be tied with Anaya. But he has practically no possibility of winning.

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Jaime Rodríguez Calderón

Independent

For this first time in Mexican politics, there is an independent candidate running for presidency. Jaime Rodríguez, 60, also known as “El Bronco” is the former governor of Nuevo León. He was the first independent to win the governorship.

“El Bronco” has 3.4 percent in the polling and is certain to remain in fourth place. His proposals include cutting off the hands of robbers as a way to combat corruption.  

Part of Interstate 95 southbound is closed in Norwalk due to flooding.

The Connecticut Department of Transportation reports that I-95 southbound is closed between exits 16 and 15. There are also lane closures on the northbound side of the highway. Traffic cameras show flooding in the area.

Drivers should avoid the area if possible and expect delays.

West Haven will be effectively closed for business on Friday after city officials decided in early June to furlough most municipal employees for one day.

Public safety workers like police and firefighters will provide normal coverage, but all union and some other staff will not be working.

The furlough day will save taxpayers $73,000, a small amount considering the city’s $8 million budget shortfall.

The furlough was not limited, however, as all of the employees in Mayor Nancy Rossi’s office were also required to take a furlough.

If employees want to be paid for the day they must use either comp or vacation time.

Jimmy Romano, a West Haven resident for 20 years, said because the furlough day takes money out people’s pockets, that provides a downside.

“These guys miss a day’s pay,” Romano said outside city hall. “It’s not good for them. They got families to support, too.”

The Hartford Line, CT Rail’s newest service, is ready for the upcoming Fourth of July weekend, according to transit officials, despite struggling with delays since its opening less than two weeks ago.

“We have plenty of capacity, we’re ready, and we’ll have again all our trains in service, nice and cold,” said Rich Andreski, the chief of public transportation with CTDOT.

Crowds are not expected to be as large as those for the Hartford Line’s debut on June 16 and 17, when CT Rail offered free rides, but ridership has remained strong according to Andreski.

CT Rail does not plan to add capacity in anticipation of holiday crowds just yet, but Andreski said, “we always have the option of running additional trains if we see really heavy ridership.”

The Hartford Line has experienced delays every day since launching but officials attributed the issues to growing pains. Trains were held up so far due to everything from trespassers to traffic on the tracks with Amtrak and freight trains, Andreski explained.

DOT employees have been analyzing data and riding trains to see what can be done to minimize delays, according to Andreski.

Maggie Hughes of Marlborough rode the Hartford Line for the first time today on her way to New York City. She said the trip in to New Haven’s Union station was comfortable, and anticipated using the service could help her avoid bad traffic on I-95 when she returns on July 3.

Ansonia police are investigating after gunfire rang out on Liberty Street Thursday.

Police said they were called to the area of Liberty Street between Fourth and Fifth streets around 1:30 p.m. When officers arrived they found a total of 16 shell casings between Liberty Street and Gatison Park.

Investigators believe two people were shooting at each other, one from Liberty Street and the other from Gatison Park. No injuries have been reported, but one bullet did enter the building at 32 Fifth Street.

One suspect was described as male and was carrying a black handgun, police said.

No other details were immediately available.

The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information should contact the Ansonia Police Department at 203-735-1885.

Authorities were called to a home in Barkhamsted Thursday after a bear strolled right on in, according to officials from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

Officials said the bear pushed open the back door of the home on Center Hill Road, walked past the homeowner and a child into the kitchen, and started eating food from the refrigerator, pantry and countertops.

Connecticut State Police arrived as the bear was exiting the home. They saw the bear walking through the neighborhood, but then lost sight of it.

EnCon Police spotted a bear when they arrived, but the area is known for having a dense bear population, so they were unsure if the bear they spotted was the one that entered the home.

EnCon officers hazed the bear they had located with a bean bag round, but no further action was taken, DEEP said.

A shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Md., left five people dead and multiple injured Thursday.

CT Transit employees from across Connecticut, union members and local leaders gathered at a rally in downtown Hartford on Thursday to demand better bathroom access after an NBC Connecticut Troubleshooters investigation found that some drivers do not have access to adequate restroom facilities on all of their bus routes. 

The NBC Connecticut Troubleshooters were first to expose the behavior of another CT Transit driver, who was caught on surveillance camera urinating on the side of a busy street next to his bus while he was on duty. Bus drivers said the incident was actually a prime example of the problem: there is nowhere to go. 

"Bathroom breaks! Bathroom breaks!," the drivers chanted as fellow on-duty CT Transit employees drove by in buses. 

"We need to pee!," they shouted while holding signs and wearing adult diapers over their clothing.  

"We'll keep the pressure on until we do come up with something," said Mike Wendus, a longtime CT Transit driver who recently spoke publicly about the embarrassing moment when he accidentally relieved himself while in the bus driver's seat. 

"It makes me feel real good to see the support we have here," Wendus said. 

Members of the local Amalgamated Transit Union said there is often no time or place to find a restroom on their routes. Some drivers said they avoid drinking water before or during their shift. Others said they have even resorted to wearing adult diapers on the job. 

"Oh my God. It's an experience that nobody wants to go through," said CT Transit Operator Jasmin Rivera. "It can get really serious quickly."

Local leaders and those vying for political office also stood alongside the drivers at the rally. 

"This is just not right," said State Rep. Tony Guerrera, who is co-chair of the Transportation Committee and also a candidate for the 9th District Senate seat. "I think that what's happened here is that they are finally standing up for themselves and saying that we need to do something," he said. 

During an investigation of problems facing the bus agency, the Troubleshooters spoke to drivers who said that the lack of adequate bathroom facilities has been an issue for years. 

"Look, it raised so much awareness as to what we're actually going through behind the scenes and now hopefully something can be done about it," Breanna Hartfield, a CT Transit driver, said. 

CT Transit General Manager Cole Pouliot, who has been at the helm of the bus service for five months, said the first time he heard about this bathroom issue was a few weeks ago. 

In response, the bus company is now in the process of creating a ”bathroom committee.” with management and drivers working together to address the problem. Details about the committee are still coming together but Pouliot said he is committed to finding solutions. 

"Hopefully we can find a solution to these issues and hopefully make our jobs better," said Wendus. 

The State Elections Enforcement Commission is investigating Steve Obsitnik’s campaign for governor.

According to filings approved by the commission Wednesday, the investigation, “…this investigation shall include whether the campaign coordinated with FixCT, Inc., which is a registered Independent Expenditure Committee in Connecticut.”

FixCT is an independent expenditure group that was formed to support Obsitnik, a Westport resident and tech entrepreneur.

Ben Proto, a senior advisor to the Obsitnik campaign denied any wrongdoing and said, “I think it’s going to find that there’s nothing there because there is nothing there.”

Obsitnik finished third at the Connecticut GOP’s convention in May, securing a spot on the August 14 primary ballot. He’s pursuing a public campaign financing grant worth $1.35 million to fund his campaign, which places limits on what the campaign

To date, FixCT has raised $137,000, while it has spent about $100,000, all in support of Obsitnik’s run for governor.

Campaigns and independent expenditure groups can each work to elect the same candidate, but they cannot coordinate efforts in any way.

Proto says that has not happened.

“We’ve had no contact with them. They’ve had no contact with us and we’ve gone on running our campaign and whatever they’re doing they’re doing without any input from us and without any coordination from us.”

Manchester firefighters responded to a fire in one of their own buildings Thursday.

Fire officials said a firefighter coming into work noticed fire and heavy smoke when he arrived at 138 McKee Street around 3 p.m. He immediately called 911 and tried to slow down the fire with a handheld extinguisher, officials said.

More crews responded and quickly knocked down the fire. Several support vehicles were destroyed by the blaze, and there is heat damage to fire equipment stored in the building. The building itself has been deemed unstable by the building department and is unusable.

No one was hurt.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Hartford police have arrested the suspect in a double shooting earlier this month.

Jordan Russell, 19, is accused of shooting two people on Brook Street on June 9.

One of the victims suffered serious injuries and required surgery, but is expected to recover. The second victim suffered non-life threatening injuries.

Russell was charged with two counts of first-degree assault, conspiracy to commit assault, and carrying a pistol without a permit. He was held on a $500,000 bond.

The materials used in the concrete that may have caused the state’s crumbling foundations problem will remain off the market.

The NBC Connecticut Troubleshooters have learned that a Willington company has agreed to refrain from selling materials containing the mineral pyrrhotite for another year under a deal with the state’s Attorney General’s office.

A state investigation found that a quarry owned by Becker Construction in Willington contains the naturally occurring mineral pyrrhotite. Some experts believe that when exposed to air and water, the mineral can cause concrete basements to crack and crumble.

More than 700 homeowners in north, central and eastern Connecticut have filed complaints about crumbling foundations with the state since the Troubleshooters broke the story three years ago.

The website of the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Virginia, has been hit by a cyberattack, CNBC reports. The restaurant recently made headlines when it refused to serve White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

The attackers have taken over parts of the website in order to redirect traffic to their own websites, which sell products such as discount Viagra. The attack does not appear to be political.

Chris Boyd, lead malware intelligence analyst at security software company Malwarebytes, says the attackers are likely trying to take advantage of the recently heightened traffic on the website that came as a result of the controversy involving Sanders.

A $5 million overhaul of Lawrence + Memorial Hospital’s Cardiac Catheterization Lab means doctors can do more complex and advanced heart and vascular procedures with state-of-the-art technology locally, instead of sending patients all the way to New Haven for medical treatment.

“I was born right here in this hospital almost 80 years ago,” said Depina Kendros of Niantic.

Her children were also born at L+M, located in New London, and she’s made trips to the hospital countless times.

But when it came to have a peripheral angiogram, Kendros said she had to take about an hour trip to Yale-New Haven Hospital three times and stay overnight. Until now.

“Driving to New Haven was not the simplest thing to do and my husband had a stroke recently so he couldn’t drive. We had to find someone to drive me there and back,” Kendros said.

Dr. Carlos Mena, an interventional cardiologist with Yale-New Haven Health, operated on Kendros in New London in the new Cath Lab Tuesday instead of in New Haven, where he has before.

“(Initially the lab) was limited in terms of how much we could do because of the imaging qualities, because of the equipment that we had, because of the resources,” Mena said.

Dr. Brian Cambi, medical director of Heart & Vascular Center at L+M, oversees the new Cath Lab. While patients still need to head to Yale for open heart surgery and valve replacements, he said L+M has even more advanced capabilities with certain heart, vascular, pacemaker and defibrillator work than ever before.

“There’s more to a patient than just their heart,” Cambi saiad. “So to be able to have their procedure done here, get it fixed here, with the support of their family and their other physicians, is really a win for everybody.”

Patients like Kendros benefit from those advancements.

“It makes all the difference in the world,” Kendros said.

Cambi said L+M already is the only hospital in the eastern part of the state capable of doing emergency and elective angioplasty work for heart attack victims and others.

The new Cath Lab can be added onto, which means the hope is to bring even more advanced procedures to New London in the future, he added.

Connecticut lawmakers are reacting to the deadly shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper building in Annapolis, Maryland.

Five people were killed and several others "gravely injured" when a suspect opened fire at the newspaper’s offices Thursday. The suspect is in police custody and authorities are interrogating him.

The names of the dead have not yet been released.

Thursday night Gov. Dannel Malloy released a statement standing behind the victims and offering condolences.

“A free press is one of the cornerstones of our democracy,” Malloy said in a statement. “They dedicate their lives to informing and empowering our citizenry. We mourn for the victims lost in today’s senseless mass shooting and grieve with the loved ones they left behind. We struggle to understand the inertia of Congress and President Trump when these shootings seem to happen at an ever increasing frequency. And we stand in solidarity with every journalist who fights day in and day out for the truth and for accountability of those in power.”

Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman also offered her sympathies.

“My thoughts are with the family and friends of those who were killed, and with all the victims of today's shooting. I want to thank the first responders who acted so quickly to save lives in a situation that is both terrifying and becoming all too common—this is another horrific act of gun violence that has traumatized yet another community and taken more lives from us. I stand with millions of Americans in asking what it will take for our elected leaders to stand up for public safety," she wrote.

Connecticut senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy also released statements, both decrying gun violence and pushing for change.

“The scenes in Annapolis are heartbreaking, as another painful tragedy unfolds. Our hearts and prayers again go to loved ones of victims and survivors. And yet again, that remains maddeningly inadequate. The shooting at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis is the 195th mass shooting of 2018. It’s the 176th day of the year. We cannot accept this murderous gun violence as normal,” Blumenthal said in a statement.

“Every day, reporters, editors, and producers come to work and perform a profound public service for our nation. They should never have to face the fear of being shot in their own newsroom.”

“My heart breaks for the victims and staff at the Capital Gazette. As we wait to learn all the facts of how and why this tragedy occurred, let me say that American society relies on an informed citizenry, and that can only happen because of the dedicated journalists out there reporting the facts. A free press must not only mean freedom to publish, but freedom from intimidation or violence as a consequence of doing their jobs,” said Murphy.

“I’m sick and tired of this. My colleagues have accepted horrific mass violence and made the deliberate choice to do nothing about it. If politicians wanted to reduce gun violence, they would do their jobs and pass laws that we know would make a difference,” Murphy added. “On behalf of today’s victims in Annapolis, and the dozens of victims in cities across the country today, I will never stop fighting to drag Congress toward commonsense solutions that close loopholes and save lives.”

Hartford city councilors unanimously approved paying for 325 body-worn cameras and 75 in-car cameras for police during a special Hartford City Council meeting Thursday,

The $1.8 million cost, which covers equipment, software, licenses, cloud storage, and a full-term warranty, will be paid over five years and about $750,000 of that will be reimbursed by the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management. OPM is offering a reimbursement program for the purchase of body cameras with a deadline for June 30, 2018.

The council addressed questions about how the cameras would operate, saying officers won't be able to turn the cameras off and that they're activated through smart triggers.

"Those triggers can be applied to opening the doors, the light bar on top of the roof, braking, going into the trunk and pulling out the shotgun," said Councilor James Sanchez.

"It's a matter of proof and who is telling the truth. So I think, in a lot of ways, it will protect our residents and officers too," said Hartford resident Hyacinth Yennie.

While the city council approved the cameras, councilors postponed purchasing 200 Tasers that integrate with the camera system. Hartford's mayor wrote in the resolution that "currently, more than half of the department's Tasers are inoperable."

Councilors say they postponed the Taser purchase because more discussion needs to take place regarding how they're used.

"These are public policies that need to be discussed. I'm delighted to see them take a moment, discuss it, and make an amendment and vote on it," said Hartford resident Alyssa Peterson.

The police union released a statement saying "Body worn cameras will be implemented after a full review period and the Hartford Police Union having significant input in the process."

Councilmembers want to hold a meeting to allow the public to see the camera system in action. No date has been set for that.

Jarrod Ramos, 38, was identified late Thursday as the suspect in the shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Maryland that left five people dead.

Editor and columnist Rob Hiaasen was one of the five people killed at the Capital Gazette in Maryland on Thursday, officials said.

Hiaasen, 59, had been a feature writer at the Baltimore Sun for 15 years before moving to the Capital Gazette in 2010 as an assistant editor, The Washington Post reported.

The other four killed were identified late Thursday as Wendi Winters, Rebecca Smith, Gerald Fischman and John McNamara.

Hiaasen was the brother of best-selling author and journalist Carl Hiaasen. 

“He was a philosopher and a poet,” Tina Reed, a former Capital Gazette reporter, told The Baltimore Sun. “He was a coach, and he was a mentor. He wanted to teach young journalists to be better.”

Hiaasen and four others were killed when a gunman opened fire at the  newspaper building Thursday in Annapolis, Maryland. None of the other victims have been officially identified.

The suspect was identified as Jarrod Ramos, 38. 

Carl Hiaasen said on his Facebook page he was "devastated and heartsick'' to confirm the loss of his brother in Thursday's shooting. He recalled his brother as "one of the most gentle and funny people I've ever known.'' 

McNamara was a veteran reporter and editor. On his LinkedIn page, he described himself as a beat reporter for University of Maryland athletics and the Orioles minor league system. He also helped put together the daily sports section.

McNamara had worked for Capital Gazette for more than 20 years.

“I also have an interest in local history, specifically as it relates to local high school sports,” he wrote.

A 1983 graduate of the University of Maryland in College Park, he was also a sports writer at The Herald-Mail in Hagerstown, Maryland, a copy editor at the Annapolis Capital and a staff writer and sports editor at the Journal Newspapers in Lanham, Maryland. 

The man suspected of killing five people and injuring several others at a Maryland newspaper had a "vendetta" against the paper and had made threats on social media, officials say.

Jarrod Ramos, 38, opened fire at the Capital Gazette newspaper building in Annapolis, Maryland, Thursday, three senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter told NBC News. Anne Arundel County police declined to provide the suspect's name.

Authorities said the suspect was armed with smoke grenades and a shotgun.

"This individual had some type of vendetta against the Capital newspaper, and they were specifically targeted," Lt. Ryan Frashure said in a briefing Thursay night.

Ramos sued the Capital for defamation in 2012 after the paper published an article in 2011 about criminal harassment to which Ramos pleaded guilty.

In what a judge called "rather bizarre" behavior, Ramos used Facebook to contact a woman he knew in high school and then sent her threatening emails, called her vulgar names and told her to kill herself, court documents and the article say.

"If you're on Facebook, you've probably gotten a friend request or message from an old high school classmate you didn't quite remember," the article begins. "For one woman, that experience turned into a yearlong nightmare."

The article says Ramos contacted the woman and thanked him for being kind to him in high school. She wrote back, and they emailed. She suggested he see a counselor. 

Then, he lashed out at her. She "lived in fear for her safety for months," the article says.

Ramos was charged with criminal harassment in Anne Arundel County and pleaded guilty. Initially, he was sentenced to 90 days in jail. Then, a judge suspended the sentence and placed him on probation for 18 months, ordered him to undergo therapy and required that he have no contact with the woman or her family.

Ramos sued the Capital for defamation but failed to prove that anything in the story was false. Court documents say a judge "probed the appellant to point out a single statement in the article that was actually false or to give a single example of how he had been harmed by the article. He could not do so."

Judge Maureen M. Lamasney dismissed Ramos' claim in 2013, ruling that the article was accurate and based on public record.

"They reported a matter of public interest," the court ruled.

Ramos then appealed and lost.

Former editor of the Capital Gazette Tom Marquardt told News4 that Ramos threatened him and a former reporter numerous times during the years Ramos pursued the defamation suit. 

Marquardt said they were so afraid that they reported the threats to Anne Arundel County Police, but police didn't believe there was enough to charge Ramos.

"I thought the guy was a physical threat and the police didn't. The police didn't feel like there was enough there that they could pursue it so I'm disappointed, angry. I'm angry that this guy was still walking around and making all these tweets," Marquardt said.

A Twitter page with Ramos' name on it has angry posts about the newspaper over a period of years as well as tweets about Maryland judges and the lawsuit.

Marquardt said he and his staff never met Ramos in person, but felt threatened and had a newsroom meeting about Ramos. He said he was afraid of the suspect and for his own family. 

Marquardt said he felt sick to his stomach when he heard about the shooting.

In the wake of the shooting, police department spokesman Lt. Ryan Frashure said the suspect threatened the Capital on social media.