James T. Hodgkinson, 66, allegedly opened fire on a Congressional baseball team as Republicans were practicing for an annual game to be played at Nationals Park Thursday.
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File).
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise listens during an interview in NY on October 8, 2014. But this year's Congressional Baseball Game for Charity took on unprecedented themes of unity, coming a day after a lone gunman opened fire on the Republican squad as it practiced across the Potomac River.
The US Capitol Police said Hodgkinson used a 9 mm handgun and a 7.62-caliber rifle in the shooting, and traces run by investigators showed he evidently acquired the weapons legally.
Sava said Scalise has a good possibility of recovery after he was at "imminent risk of death" from the gunshot wound two days ago.
"Had Steve been sick, or exhausted or lazy and didn't go to practice, then you would have saw a full-fledged massacre", Richmond said. The congressman is still in critical condition in the ICU, but his doctors are staying optimistic. He said doctors will next focus on repairing his internal organs.
Scalise was shot Wednesday morning as a gunman sprayed bullets into a GOP congressional baseball practice.
So Young Pak, director of media relations at MedStar Washington Hospital Center where Scalise is being treated, gave no additional details about his condition.
Scalise is said to be somewhat responding to medical staff and family, according to the doctors.
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Sava said Friday that there are hundreds of bullet fragments in Scalise's body, but "we have no intention to try and remove all the bullet fragments at this point".
Scalise's wife, Jennifer, issued a statement saying she was thankful for the "incredible amount of prayers and warm wishes" the family has received since the shooting.
Rep. Ryan Costello, R-Pa., heading out to take pregame grounders at shortsop, said when he plays baseball he can stop thinking about what's going on in his life for a couple of hours, "but my mind is definitely on the five individuals" injured by the shooter.
The U.S. congressman who was shot and seriously injured in an attack on Republican lawmakers is showing "signs of improvement", hospital officials said Saturday. Ivanka Trump, joined by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and her two eldest children Arabella and Joseph Kushner, presented a $50,000 check from "Friends in the Trump Administration" to "Congressional Sports for Charity" at the game.
In a statement Saturday, Matt Mika's family says he will remain in the intensive care unit at George Washington University Hospital at least through the weekend.
Trump brought up Scalise - and the recently released captive of North Korea, American student Otto Wambier - during remarks in Miami on changes he planned to make on the United States' Cuba policy. "We love you." Lewis led a House floor Democratic sit-in past year when Republicans refused to consider gun control legislation.
A source close to Scalise told ABC News Thursday evening that he is out of surgery and remains in critical condition.
The bullet reportedly pierced his hip during baseball practice may have done a lot of damage and the hospital said he's had to have a number of transfusions. The offices of both senators - Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth - turned over the emails to Capitol Police and declined to offer specifics about their content. He's been undergoing repeat surgeries.
After Thursday's result, the all-time record in the game is 39 wins each, for both Democrats and Republicans, with one tie. "Scalise was shot around second base, and he crawled a little bit into the outfield".
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