Sunday Edition August 18, 2019 BARTOW COUNTY’S ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER $1.50 U.S. Rep. Loudermilk addresses LakePoint crowd on gun control, mass shootings BY JAMES SWIFT tative from Georgia’s 11th District down the third base line. Louder- that the shooter was standing about
[email protected] had just walked out of the practice milk turned his attention to a SUV 10 feet off a fence, directly behind cage. As the designated hitter, he manned by security for U.S. House the adjacent dugout. United States Representative Bar- stepped up to bat while wearing a Minority Whip Steve Scalise, a Re- “His bullet actually hit one of the ry Loudermilk doesn’t speak about bright yellow Kennesaw State Uni- publican representing Louisiana’s links in the chain link fence and de- mass shootings as abstract social versity uniform. fi rst congressional district. fl ected,” Loudermilk said. “It was a phenomena — rather, he discusses That was when he heard the fi rst When he glanced at the vehicle, miracle.” the subject fi rsthand as a victim of gunshot. the fi rst thing he saw were two indi- At that point, Loudermilk recalled gun violence. “I live in Cassville, we hear gun- viduals quickly exiting it — both of Kelly screaming “He’s got a gun, run,” On the morning of June 14, 2017, shots all the time, right?” he recount- whom looked extremely concerned. just prior to the shooter opening fi re. he stood near home plate at a base- ed at a North Georgia Power Con- A shot had been fi red at the team’s “He knew what he was doing, he ball fi eld in Alexandria, Virginia.