As one lawmaker would later note, it could have been a vehicle backfiring.
June 14, 2017I urge the nation to keep Rep. Scalise and all injured in their prayers today.
You never expect a baseball field in America to feel like being back in a combat zone in Iraq, but this morning it did. "But this morning it did".
Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks had bicycled nine miles to make the 6:30 a.m. start.
After an all-members briefing where Democrats and Republicans held hands and prayed, House Speaker Paul Ryan and top Democrat Nancy Pelosi addressed the somber chamber and proclaimed lawmakers were "united". On weekdays, locals head off to work and school. Residents describe it as a safe neighborhood where people walk around outside until late at night.
"I have just been informed that the alleged shooter at the Republican baseball practice is someone who apparently volunteered on my presidential campaign", Sanders said. "Democrats or Republicans?'" Duncan recalled. "And I said it's the Republican team. He said, "OK, thanks" and turned around".
He was watching practice, LaVor said, when "I happened to look over, I saw the gunman, white male, behind a chain-link fence, behind third base". Gravel bounced as shots hit the ground. "Then a wave of players frantically running". The annual game has been played since 1909, and McSally said lawmakers applauded the announcement at an all-members meeting.
More officers arrived, flushing the gunman from his cover. But I didn't take a picture of him and I heard somebody yell 'Get in the dugout!' And, the gunfire rang out.
Jenkins credited Capitol Police, who were only providing security because Scalise, the House's third-highest ranking member, was present. Jeff Flake said. The 51-year-old Scalise, serving his fifth congressional term, dragged himself 10 to 15 yards into the outfield to try to get away, Flake said, leaving a bloody trail.
It was two members of the capitol police, who were there to protect Scalise, who stepped in to take down the shooter. "We realized as the bullets kept flying that if somebody were to see us, we were still easy targets", Congressman Fleischmann, (R) Tennessee said.
"The expressed hatred, the vitriol - often expressed behind the safety of a keyboard - and the inability to listen to and respect someone with a different point of view has become the new normal", he said. "You don't want to live in fear", Fleischmann said.
Also wounded were one current congressional aide and one former aide who now works as a lobbyist, officials said.
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That ability to change the yardage of a hole so drastically means players will never really figure out a blueprint to playing it. River Jones Johnson , his second son, was born on Monday. "I'm simply a golf fan, so I'd be out here today anyway", Surges said.
BENNETT: Steve Scalise, the House majority whip, was fielding balls near second base, says Congressman Joe Barton of Texas. "That's not a fair fight".
When the gunman opened fire, resident Katie Filous was walking her dogs on the sidewalk next to the baseball field and a YMCA. Scalise, too, was attended to by his colleagues on the field. She survived, but six people were killed. She thought at first it was a drill or a paintball game.
Experts say it's up to individual politicians to determine whether their events need security. When no one could get to her, she belly-crawled under a vehicle.
By then, Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., had already hidden behind a wooden shack beyond the dugout. "There was blood all over, it was disgusting".
"They risked their lives to save ours", Brooks said.
It was over in a matter of minutes. There was a clip with at least eight shots.
"Many lives would have been lost if not for the heroic actions of the two Capitol Police officers who took down the gunman despite sustaining gunshot wounds during a very, very brutal assault", Trump said. He died in the hospital.
He remains in critical condition following initial surgery and blood transfusions, MedStar Washington Hospital Center said in an update late Wednesday. He was tended to by fellow lawmakers including Brad Wenstrup, a congressman who is a physician, before being transported to a hospital, where he was listed in critical condition.
"He is grateful for the courageous actions of U.S. Capitol Police, first responders, and colleagues, ' they explained".
CORNISH: Federal authorities confirmed to NPR that the shooter was James Hodgkinson of Belleville, Ill.
He had a history of arrests, including for resisting police and drunken driving, and of speaking out against Republicans.
Hours after the attack, the field was surrounded by crime scene tape and still set for batting practice. He made his way up to a utility shed by home plate when he was shot. "You can imagine, all the people on the field scatter". Behind first base, next to a large medical bag, sat a single baseball shoe.
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