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William Alan ’Bill’ Gwatney, 48, was killed on the morning of August 13, 2008, after making an unscheduled stop at the Arkansas Democratic Party headquarters in Little Rock, where he served as chairman. A 50-year-old man, Timothy Dale Johnson, entered the building shortly before noon, asked to speak with Gwatney, bypassed the receptionist and shot Gwatney three times in his office. Ten other people were in the building at the time. Gwatney was taken to a nearby hospital and died later that day.

Johnson fled in his truck and led police on a 30-mile pursuit that ended in a field near Sheridan. After a standoff in which Johnson fired at officers, police returned fire and fatally wounded him. Investigators found multiple firearms at Johnson’s home and learned Johnson had been fired from a local Target store that morning after an outburst, but police reported no known connection between Johnson and Gwatney and no clear motive was identified.

Who knew Bill Gwatney or was in the Little Rock area that morning and has information about the shooting or Johnson’s actions that day?