JEFFERSON CITY — Orange stickers with an image of rifle crosshairs were found Tuesday on the office doors of several Democratic state senators, prompting an investigation by Missouri Capitol Police, Senate Administrator Jim Howerton said.
“We are taking all the precautions we can,” Howerton said.
One similar sticker was found on the nameplate outside the door of state Rep. Scott Dieckhaus, R-Washington. He was the only Republican and the only House member who found one of the stickers.
The stickers were on the doors of all four Democratic women in the Senate — Jolie Justus and Kiki Curls, both of Kansas City, and Maria Chapelle-Nadal and Robin Wright-Jones, both of St. Louis, Justus said.
“If anyone thinks this was a prank, it is not a prank,” Justus said after discussing the discovery of the stickers on the Senate floor. “You don’t joke about someone’s personal safety.”
A sticker also was found on the door of Sen. Victor Callahan, D-Kansas City and the Democrats’ floor leader.
In light of the fact that Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has been all over the news lately regarding her miraculous comeback from gun shot wounds she received to the head a year ago this is especially creepy. Not sure why Dieckhaus would be targeted along with five Democratic state senators. Very curious to know what that’s all about. Stay tuned.
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