Scalise, 51, the third-ranking Republican in the House, was shot in the hip and was in stable condition, undergoing surgery, according to a statement issued by his office. An official said Scalise will still need additional surgeries in the coming days.
"Rep. Steve Scalise, one of the truly great people, is in very tough shape - but he is a real fighter".
Slater and Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe indicated that they did not believe any other people were involved in the crime and that the area is now safe.
President Donald Trump said during a press conference that the assailant, identified as James T. Hodgkinson, died from his injuries. Richmond played baseball in college and kicked off his congressional career with a one-hitter in 2011 and has been the game's dominant player pretty much since then.
Brooks said he and a few others took cover behind the batting cage tarp before scurrying to the other side of the field and diving into the first-base dugout for cover, where Brooks and a staffer unlooped their belts and applied a tourniquet to one of the staffers who'd been shot in the leg.
The suspect who authorities say opened fire on a congressional baseball team practice this morning - wounding a congressman and several others - was an avid Bernie Sanders supporter with a checkered, and sometimes violent, past, including a police run-in just months ago for firing a rifle near homes, a Herald review of IL police records shows.
"It was not only chaotic but it was a combat situation", Alexandria Police Chief Mike Brown told reporters.
Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent in charge Tim Slater said it was "too early to say" whether it was an act of terrorism, or whether Scalise was targeted.
The shooter "was going after elected officials", Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., told CNN from the scene of the shooting. "Suspect believed in custody".
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A pair of mass shootings erupted in America Wednesday.
KOB reached out to the National Rifle Association, and they replied these gun control proposals are intrusive and ineffective.
The shooter was a member of several anti-Republican groups, and reportedly volunteered for Sen.
The charity ballgame between a Republican team and a Democratic team will go ahead as scheduled on Thursday at Nationals Park, home of the Washington Nationals Major League Baseball team. "This has got to stop, and it's got to stop today", he said. Everyone on that field is a public servant - our courageous police, our congressional aides who work so tirelessly behind the scenes with enormous devotion, and our dedicated members of Congress who represent our people.
Trump also called for unity.
"It shouldn't take an incident like this to bring us together", Dem Rep. He had a meeting to attend and left the field just about five or 10 minutes before the shooting.
"He liked to clown around a lot", Politano said. DeSantis gave a similar account.
More than 20 Republican members from the House and Senate showed up. He will recover from this assault - and Steve, I want you to know that you have the prayers not only of the entire city behind you, but of an entire nation, and frankly the entire world. All we would have had would have been baseball bats versus a rifle. "Those aren't good odds", Brooks said.
In this image from House Television video, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., pauses as he speaks Wednesday, June 14, 2017, on the House floor at the Capitol in Washington, about the shooting at the congressional baseball pract. The gunman killed six people and wounded 13, including Giffords.
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