Also shot were a congressional staffer and members of the Capitol police force.
"It's a miracle that he didn't hit Congressman Kelly, I believe that was his initial target", Palmer said. Doctors at MedStar Washington Hospital Center immediately performed surgery. He also says a baseball game Thursday night will go a long way to heal the community of lawmakers.
President Donald Trump planned to pay a visit to the United States congressman who was critically wounded Wednesday at baseball practice outside Washington, a White House official said.
The Congressman was reported to be in critical condition and was described as stable after emergency surgery, a spokesman for MedStar Washington Hospital Center said. By 7.14am, the gunman, 66-year-old James Hodgkinson from the St. Louis suburb of Belleville, Illinois, was down.
However, Republican Congressman Bill Johnson was at Wednesday morning's practice, along with about two dozen other Republican members of Congress.
Lobbyist Matt Mika, who was also seriously wounded in Wednesday's shooting, is alert and able to communicate via notes.
The gunman was shot by Capitol Police officers who were in Scalise's security detail and later died of his injuries.
In remarks at the White House focused on a new apprenticeship program, Trump said that Wednesday's shooting in Virginia could bring unity to a divided nation. Five people were shot and two others suffered secondary injuries. "He was shot", said Brooks, adding he helped apply a tourniquet with his belt to a congressional staffer who was shot in the leg.
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Outside the cordons, impromptu tributes appeared with photos of missing people, messages of condolences, flowers and candles. But the focus has turned to renovations completed past year that added decorative touches to the building.
Trump, after visiting the Louisiana Republican at the hospital, on Wednesday said Scalise was "in very tough shape - but he is a real fighter".
The team was taking batting practice when gunshots rang out and chaos erupted.
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.
While police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation said it was too early to determine whether it was a deliberate political attack, the shooting intensified concerns about the bitter rhetoric in U.S. politics. He stayed for about half an hour, and spoke with Scalise's wife Jennifer and Capitol Police officers while he was there.
Hodgkinson was shot and killed by law enforcement officers.
The shooter, James Hodgkinson, was a small business owner in IL who defined himself publicly by his firm support of Bernie Sanders' progressive politics - and his hatred of conservatives and President Donald Trump.
"We've got to come together for the good of our country and the future of our country", he said.
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