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  1. Feb 2017
    1. The Times also reports that the alleged shooter sent the following Facebook message to the Breitbart News editor an hour before the incident: “Hey Milo. im outside in line to your UW event. I got sucker punched (he was a bit limp wristed) and someone jacked my #MAGA hat. Anyway for me to get a replacement signed by you?

      Message to Milo

    2. Though a witness at the scene told KIRO Radio that Yiannopoulos supporters were spraying pepper spray at the crowd. We were just standing in the middle, and Milo supporters started spraying everyone with their own mace, and there was a boom, and I saw the guy a few feet away and he had blood gushing out of his stomach.

      Spraying Mace

    1. The man who told police he shot and wounded another man during a violent demonstration over the appearance of Milo Yiannopoulos at the University of Washington sent a social-media message to the Breitbart News editor just an hour before the shooting. “Hey Milo,” the 29-year-old former UW student posted to Yiannopoulos’ Facebook page at 7:24 p.m. “im outside in line to your UW event. “I got sucker punched (he was a bit limp wristed) and someone jacked my #MAGA hat,” he said, referring to the ubiquitous red and white “Make America Great Again” caps worn by supporters of President Trump. UW Shooting Timeline of Friday’s protests that ended in shooting at UW  Man shot during protests of Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos’ speech at UW “Anyway for me to get a replacement signed by you?” the man asked
    1. Two weeks after Milo Yiannopoulos’ appearance at University of Washington—outside of whicha 32-year-old man was shot by a fan of the the Breitbart News editor—UW Police Department is still investigating what happened that evening at Red Square.

      Still under investigation

    1. Early on the night of the shooting, the gunman sent Yiannopolous the following Facebook message: “I’m outside in line to your UW event. I got sucker punched (he was a bit limp wristed) and someone jacked my #MAGA hat. Anyway for me to get a replacement signed by you?”

      Shooter was a Trump Supporter

  2. Jan 2017
    1. His Seattle attorney, Sarah Lippek, confirmed his identity, although she said Dukes was concerned about his name being made public “as the risk of harassment and threats is very real, and my client needs time to rest and recover from his injuries.” Lippek said Dukes planned to issue a public statement at a later date.
    2. Several sources have identified the victim as Josh Dukes, 34, a Seattle computer-security engineer and a member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) General Defense Committee, which describes itself as an “anti-racist and anti-fascist organization.”