The shooting left five people hospitalized, including Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise, the Republican whip, two Capitol Police officers, and an aide to Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas.
Shortly after the shooting, coaches for both teams said they would go forward with the game. According to the hospital, he sustained a single shot to his left hip, with the bullet traveling across his pelvis causing bone fractures, internal organ injury and severe bleeding.
During their conversation, Pelley noted that the congressman was transported in shock to a medical center.
Scalise had been fielding balls at second base when he was shot and then dragged himself away from the infield in a trail of blood. Scalise, a veteran Louisiana politician, was reported by CNN to be clinging to life after surgery.
US President Donald Trump said Thursday that Republican congressman Steve Scalise is in worse condition than initially believed.
Federal law enforcement officials identified the alleged shooter as James Hodgkinson, 66, of Belleville, Illinois, who died following a shootout with authorities.
The hospital said in an update Wednesday night that the Scalise remains in critical condition.
Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Porter Ranch) smiled broadly when asked who he thought would win the 56th annual Congressional Baseball Game.
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Pelosi agreed, mentioning that the entire House was supporting Scalise during his recovery.
A gunman who opened fire Wednesday at the Republicans' practice session for the Congressional Baseball Game legally purchased the handgun and a rifle found at the scene, police said.
Later, House Republican and Democratic leaders called for unity and praised the police, while Trump in an address from the White House said that the prayers of the nation and world are with Scalise.
Trump had visited the hospital where Scalise was being treated on Wednesday night.
A huge ovation came from the crowd, which swelled to a record 24,959, when Special Agent David Bailey, one of the Capitol Police officers injured in the attack on Republicans at their practice in Virginia on Wednesday, threw out the first pitch.
Almost every year for more than 100 years, members of Congress from both parties face off in a friendly, but competitive, baseball game.
Ticket sales picked up after Wednesday's shooting, eventually setting an attendance record, the organizers said, as attendees such as Alexander Hilten, 16, of Arlington, Va., made a decision to come to the game for the first time.
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