"Our thoughts and prayers are with those wounded today and their families".
U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, the third-ranking Republican in the House leadership, was shot and injured during a baseball practice early Wednesday, and two Capitol Hill police officers and at least one congressional aide were also shot, according to congressmen who were at the scene. "Unless you knew who he was, you would not know who he was, if that makes sense".
Representative Mo Brooks told CNN that during batting practice, he heard a "bam" and then a quick succession of shots and saw the gunman shooting through the holes in a chain link fence.
As NPR's Jessica Taylor reports from the neighborhood: "This is people going about their normal mornings, probably not even knowing that there were members of Congress that were practicing a few blocks down the road here". "I was friends with Gabby Giffords".
Republican congressman Steve Scalise is in a fight "more hard than first thought" as he recovers from a gunshot wound, U.S. President Donald Trump said after visiting him at a Washington, D.C., hospital on Thursday. "Pray for Steve!" Trump tweeted after the visit.
"I'd hate that we need something to separate us from the people we represent", Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania was quoted by CBS affiliate WUSA9 as saying.
After the shooting, President Trump called for Americans to come together. The bullet caused massive bleeding, and damaged bones and internal organs.
The president said he visited Scalise at the hospital and told the family that the entire country was praying for him.
When the House convened briefly at noon, members filed in and took their seats.
"You know, it shouldn't take an incident like this to bring us together", Doyle said, as Barton acknowledged that the present day highly-charged political atmosphere has widened the gap between parties on Capitol Hill.
This includes the party leaders in each chamber of Congress, their whips, the House speaker and the president pro tempore of the Senate (who presides when the president, ie US Vice-President Mike Pence, is absent).
Videos claiming to be recorded during the shooting have started to appear online.
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He was lying motionless and was "coherent the whole time" when Sen.
Ohio Rep Brad Wenstrup, on his way to do a TV interview with CNN, gave a bear hug to Georgia Rep. Doug Collins in the hallway.
Capitol Police officers David Bailey and Crystal Griner are credited with running to fire and averting a massacre yesterday.
Sources tell ABC News that the primary weapon used in shooting was a SKS 7.62 assault style rifle.
The man's apparent Facebook page included strong criticism of Republicans and the Trump administration. Bernie Sanders. It is filled with anti-trump messages.
Hodgkinson, a home inspector from IL, had several minor run-ins with the law in recent years and belonged to a Facebook group called Terminate the Republican Party.
Shortly after the shooting, Bernie Sanders, the former candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, said on the Senate floor that the gunman was apparently a volunteer for his campaign previous year.
More than 150 people attended a prayer service at St Catherine of Siena Church in Metairie on 14 June to pray for the recovery of House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, and other victims of a shooting in Alexandria, Virginia, early that morning.
Scalise was standing near second base when he was shot in the hip.
There are now more than 2,100 officers and civilians working for the US Capitol Police, which has a budget of $375m.
U.S. Capitol Police Chief Matthew R. Verderosa said his officers who were wounded "are in good condition" and should recover quickly.
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