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Man shot at Democratic Party HQ in Arkansas

Wednesday, Aug 13, 2008 6:20PM UTC

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party was wounded by gunfire at the party's state headquarters in Little Rock, local media and police sources said on Wednesday.

A police source who declined to be named said Bill Gwatney was shot three times by a man who walked into his office, confirming local TV reports.

The victim was in critical condition, police Lt. Terry Hastings told CNN, but he would identify the man.

The ArkansasOnline Web site also identified the victim as Gwatney and said his condition was unknown.

Local media reports said the assailant, who was driving a pickup truck, was shot by police officers after a high-speed chase and was being revived by emergency service workers.

(Reporting by Steve Barnes and Erwin Seba, editing by Ed Stoddard and John O'Callaghan)