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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2017
Gunman wounds GOP congressman, then killed by police
It’s estimated
that more than
50 shots were
fired at scene
By ERICA WERNER
and CHAD DAY
Associated Press
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A
rifle-wielding attacker opened
fire on Republican lawmak-
ers at a congressional base-
ball practice today, wound-
ing House GOP Whip Steve
Scalise of Louisiana and sev-
eral others as congressmen
and aides dove for cover. The
assailant, prepared with “a lot
of ammo,” fought a gun battle
with police before he, too, was
shot and later died.
Scalise dragged himself off
the infield leaving a trail of
blood as colleagues rushed to
his assistance.
A government official iden-
tified the shooter as James. T.
Hodgkinson of Illinois. The
official was not authorized to
discuss the investigation by
name and spoke on condition
of anonymity.
Shortly after the shooting,
Bernie Sanders, the former can-
didate for the Democratic pres-
idential nomination, said on the
Senate floor that the shooter
apparently was a volunteer for
his campaign last year. Sand-
ers said he denounced the vio-
lence “in the strongest possible
terms.”
Capitol Police officers who
were in Scalise’s security detail
wounded the shooter, who was
taken into custody. The attacker
later died of his injuries, Pres-
ident Donald Trump told the
nation from the White House.
“Everyone on that field is
a public servant,” Trump said.
“Their sacrifice makes democ-
racy possible.”
Scalise, 51, the No. 3 House
Republican leader first elected
to the House in 2008, was in
stable condition and undergo-
ing surgery. The popular and
gregarious lawmaker is known
for his love of baseball and
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A Capitol Hill Police officer walks past an automobile with
the driver’s window damaged at the scene of a shooting
in Alexandria, Va., today where House Majority Whip Steve
Scalise of La. was shot at a congressional baseball practice.
AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La. speaks on Cap-
itol Hill in Washington. Scalise was shot today at a con-
gressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Va.
handed out commemorative
bats when he secured the No.
3 job of House whip several
years ago.
Texas Rep. Roger Williams,
who coaches the GOP team,
said that one of his aides, Zack
Barth, was shot, but “is doing
well and is expected to make
a full recovery.” Two Capi-
tol Police officers were also
injured but were expected to
recover, along with a former
congressional aide who was
hospitalized.
Rep. Jeff Duncan of South
Carolina said he had just left the
practice and encountered the
apparent gunman in the park-
ing lot before the shooting. The
man calmly asked which par-
ty’s lawmakers were practic-
ing and Duncan told him they
were the Republicans. The man
thanked him.
The gunman had a rifle and
“a lot of ammo,” said Sen. Jeff
Flake of Arizona, who was at
the practice.
The shocking event left the
Capitol horrified and stunned.
The House canceled proceed-
ings for the day. Speaker Paul
Ryan of Wisconsin and Dem-
ocratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
of California both spoke on
the floor issuing calls for unity.
“An attack on one of us is an
attack on all of us,” Ryan said.
The shooting occurred at a
popular park and baseball com-
plex in Alexandria, Virginia,
where Republican lawmak-
ers and others were gathered
for a morning practice about 7
a.m. They were in good spir-
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The team was taking batting
practice when gunshots rang
out and chaos erupted.
Scalise was fielding balls on
second base when he was shot,
according to lawmakers pres-
ent, then dragged himself into
the outfield to get away from
the gunman.
Rep. Mo Brooks, an Ala-
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field, leaving a trail of blood.”
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wound in his hip,” Brooks said.
Texas Rep. Joe Barton, still
in his baseball uniform, told
reporters a shooter came out
to the practice and opened fire,
shooting at Rep. Trent Kelly,
R-Miss., who plays third base.
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our second baseman. He hit
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security detail saved a lot of
lives because they attacked the
shooter.”
Barton said the shooting
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lasted 5-10 minutes, and there
were dozens or more of shots
fired.
“It was scary,” Barton said.
Lawmakers took cover in
the dugout. Barton said his son,
Jack, got under an SUV.
Texas Rep. Mike Conaway,
who was at the game, described
what sounded like an explo-
sion, then lawmakers scattering
off the field as police roamed
in search of the gunman and
engaged him.
“The guy’s down to a hand-
gun, he dropped his rifle, they
shoot him, I go over there,
they put him in handcuffs,”
Conaway said, adding that if
the shooter had “gotten inside
the fence, where a bunch of
guys were holed up in the dug-
out, it would have been like
shooting fish in a barrel.”
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