WASHINGTON (AP) — House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana was shot Wednesday morning at a congressional baseball practice.
A Washington hospital says said in a tweet Wednesday afternoon that Rep. Steve Scalise “was critically injured and remains in critical condition.” It provided no further details about him.
Scalise was among several people wounded when a rifle-wielding attacker fired on Republican lawmakers on a baseball field in Alexandria, Virginia, outside Washington. The attacker was shot and later died.
George Washington University Hospital said another victim of the shooting is in good condition. It did not identify the victim.
One of the two patients it was treating following the shooting at a congressional baseball practice has died while the other remains in critical condition.
Hospital spokeswoman Susan Griffiths did not identify either patient, but President Donald Trump had just announced that the shooter had died of his injuries.
Government officials report, that the suspect in shooting of congressman in Virginia identified as an Illinois man, 66 year old James T. Hodgkinson.
U.S. Capitol Police took down the rifle-wielding assailant.
Speaking to reporters, President Trump said, Wednesday morning that Hodgkinson has died of his wounds.
The White House said President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence were both notified of the shooting in Alexandria this morning. The President has spoken to Scalise’s wife and chief of staff, as well as House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the chief of the Capitol Police.
Brooks said he was on deck at a practice for the congressional baseball team when the shooting occurred. Scalise, the majority whip, appeared to have been shot in the hip and it appeared two Capitol Hill police agents were shot, he added.
Brooks said there were a number of congressmen and congressional staffers lying on the ground, and at least one of them was wounded. The Alabama Republican said he used his belt as a tourniquet to help one of the victims.
He said the shooter appeared to be a white male but added that “I saw him for a second or two.” He said the shooter was behind the third base dugout and didn’t say anything.
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