Brooks was still present on the field when Hodgkinson began shooting with a rifle, wounding four people including House Majority Whip Steve Scalise.
The game raised more than a $1 million for charity Thursday night.
Instead of wearing hats representing their home teams, as is the normal tradition, this year players on both teams wore Louisiana State University hats in honor of Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, for part of the game.
Hodgkinson sprayed rifle fire at Republican congressmen on Wednesday as they practiced for a charity baseball game.
"I feel a lot more confident and a lot more optimistic than I did two, three days ago", said Dr. Jack Sava at the MedStar Washington Hospital Center.
Scalise probably has hundreds of bullet fragments in his body, and doctors don't plan to remove them because usually there is more risk than benefit in doing so, Sava said.
Duncan said he spoke with Hodgkinson briefly before the shooting, when the would-be assassin asked him in the parking lot if the players on the field were Republicans or Democrats.
Hodgkinson 66, who was from the St. Louis suburb of Belleville, Illinois, died after being shot by police.
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The NHL expansion draft and Vegas' initial roster will be unveiled during Wednesday's televised NHL Awards Show. Nashville Predators forward James Neal and Anaheim Ducks defenseman Sami Vatanen also were left unprotected.
The person told The Associated Press on Saturday that investigators aren't sure of the significance of the names and don't know if it was a list of people he was targeting.
But Scalise can hope to make an "excellent recovery", his trauma surgeon said Friday. President Donald Trump walks to his motorcade vehicle after visiting MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, Wednesday, June 14, 2017, where House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of La. was taken after being.
But Scalise still faces multiple surgeries, a prolonged hospital stay and a lengthy recovery, Sava stressed. Steve Scalise, congressional aide Zach Barth and US Capitol Police officer Crystal Griner were also shot in the early morning ambush; Capitol Police officer David Bailey and Texas Rep. Roger Williams were injured.
Scalise was shot in the hip, and sustained grievous injuries as the bullet traveled through his pelvis and injured internal organs.
Louisiana congressman Steve Scalise has been upgraded from "critical" to "serious condition". He added that Scalise would be in the hospital "for some time" and would need "a period of healing and rehabilitation" after being discharged. "I would say that when he arrived, he was in critical condition with an imminent risk of death".
Vice President Mike Pence earlier on Thursday said he visited the hospital where Scalise was being treated.
Bailey was spotted Friday in the Capitol, on crutches and out of uniform, accepting congratulations from fellow officers.
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