Shooting in Virginia: What we know

The US congressman shot during a baseball practice is in critical condition following surgery, the hospital treating him said. He was transported to George Washington University Hospital and is listed in stable condition.

The charity game is set for Thursday, and it is expected to go ahead as scheduled at Nationals Park. Scott Presler, a conservative activist who gained some notoriety after coining the hashtag #GaysforTrump, called the incident a “hate crime”, claiming that if it had been Democrats on that field, no one would have been shot. They said he was in good spirits and had spoken to his wife on the phone.

Following a volley of bullets shot at members during the practice, Rep. Mo Brooks took off his belt to assist a wounded aide.

Shortly after the shooting, Bernie Sanders, the former candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, said on the Senate floor that the shooter apparently was a volunteer for his campaign previous year.

He says the shooter, who appeared to be a white male, was behind the third base dugout and fired a semiautomatic rifle. “He will recover from this assault”.

Scalise, No. 3 in the House of Representatives Republican leadership, was shot in the hip at the baseball field in Alexandria, Virginia. The practice session was nearly over when the shooting occurred, he said.

Scalise was fielding balls on second base when he was shot, according to lawmakers present, then dragged himself into the outfield to get away from the gunman. He was first elected to the House in 2008 after serving in the state legislature.

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“I can say I know him very well”, Brooks said. Several other people were also believed to have been hit, according to a lawmaker who witnessed the shooting.

From her vantage point behind a tree, she saw a security officer leave a nearby SUV and attempt to confront the shooter with a handgun. And when you’re a young male, there’s a little bit of immortality associated with your attitude about things and he was pretty casual about having been shot. Louisiana Senate President John Alario said. But I saw this guy’s leg and he’s got a hole in it. “It was an abundance of caution”. Someone was hurt, someone was shot, they needed help, I had a belt, I took it off. Jeff Flake said he and Rep. Brad Wenstrup, who is a physician, went out to where Scalise was lying to apply pressure to the wound.

Ron DeSantis said he was walking to vehicle with a colleague and described to Fox News an exchange he had with a man, who was unarmed: “There was a guy that walked up to us that was asking whether it was Republicans or Democrats out there”.