Colleagues said Scalise dragged himself away from the infield leaving a trail of blood as they rushed to his assistance.
Scalise and MI native Matt Mika are still listed in critical condition. His office said that before surgery for a wound in his hip he was in good spirits and spoke with his wife by telephone. Law enforcement sources cited by various publications identified the gunman as James Hodgkinson, 66, of Belleville, Illinois. Sanders said he denounced the violence "in the strongest possible terms".
The president and first lady Melania Trump brought two bouquets of flowers to the hospital.
"Everyone on that field is a public servant". The popular and gregarious lawmaker is known for his love of baseball and handed out commemorative bats when he secured the No. 3 job of House whip several years ago.
Texas Rep. Roger Williams, who is one of the coaches, said the Republican baseball team holds its practice every morning at 6:30 a.m. ET at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Alexandria.
Scalise (R-La.) and four others, including Congressional aide Zachary Barth, former staffer and current Tyson Foods employee Matt Mika, U.S. Capitol Police Special Agent David Bailey, and U.S. Capitol Police Special Agent Crystal Griner, were wounded. They exchanged fire with the shooter, and Alexandria police later joined them.
Rep. Ron DeSantis, (R-Fla.), told CNBC that a man came up to him and Rep. Jeff Duncan, (R-S.C.), at the practice and asked if the players on the field were Republicans or Democrats.
The shocking event left the Capitol horrified and stunned. The family said, "we continue to be in disbelief that he would be part of this heinous attack". The game is still scheduled for Thursday night at the Washington Nationals stadium.
The game will go on Thursday night as planned, and some members had suggested that Trump might appear at the charity game in the wake of the shooting at a Republican practice session in Alexandria.
Scalise fell to the ground near second base and crawled toward the outfield in search of safety.
The opportunities for lawmakers to interact and get to know each are "few and far between", because of pressure to return home immediately after the last vote, he said. They attended to a wounded staff member who had been shot in the leg, he said, and then laid back down in the dugout.
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Members of the San Francisco SWAT team could be seen going inside the facility and on the rooftop conducting a search. He said he ran away as fast as he could. "As the final people came running out, I heard multiple gun shots".
"It was scary", Barton said. But I didn't take a picture of him and I heard somebody yell 'Get in the dugout!' And, the gunfire rang out. Barton said his son, Jack, got under an SUV.
"We're all brothers. I feel like it happened to one of us", Rudiger said. One Capitol Hill police officer suffered a gunshot wound and another officer twisted an ankle and was released from a hospital, police said. Several other people - including staffers and Capitol police - were also wounded, officials said. Scalise was reported to have undergone surgery and was in critical condition Wednesday afternoon.
After the gunfire stopped, Sen.
A Republican-hating gunman who had spewed rage upon Donald Trump and his party opened fire on a group of US lawmakers Wednesday, causing a range of injuries in what appeared to be a politically motivated shooting.
"The gun was a semiautomatic", Brooks said, adding that he was sure it was a rifle but unsure what kind.
"I've seen him a couple of times like in the Superdome and I often wondered, 'Well, why in the hell did he have all those security people with him?"
"Just left hospital. Rep. Steve Scalise, one of the truly great people, is in very tough shape - but he is a real fighter".
"The security detail saved a lot of lives", he said.
The event raised questions about the security of members of Congress.
The shooting marks the first time a sitting member of Congress has been shot since Rep.
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