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It was another dark day in America, a humid morning punctuated by horrific violence on a baseball diamond in Alexandria, Va., just minutes from the nation's capital. A lone gunman, James Thomas Hodgkinson, opened fire for several minutes Wednesday on Republican lawmakers who were practicing for a bipartisan charity game.
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday repudiated any and all associations the gunman in the Alexandria baseball field shooting claimed to have had with his 2016 presidential campaign. Social media accounts for James T. Hodgkinson, believed to be the man who opened fire on GOP lawmakers at a baseball practice in suburban Washington, D.C., appeared to show him as an outspoken critic of Republicans and a supporter of Sanders' campaign.
This is how Sen. Rand Paul, who was at the ballfield in Alexandria, Va., when the shooting started early Wednesday morning, described the first moments of an active shooter firing away, this time at members of Congress: "The first shot was kind of an isolated shot and everybody kind of looks up and says, 'Hey, what's that?'" It was the sound of more gunfire in America, is what it was. It was gunfire that will now command the attention of not just some politicians in Washington, but all of them.
Reports have identified James T. Hodgkinson, as the suspected shooter at the congressional Republicans' baseball practice early Wednesday morning in Virginia that injured five, including Rep. Steve Scalise. It appears he was from Belleville, Illinois and was a Bernie supporter, who didn't like Hillary Clinton either and had posted several anti-Trump passages on his alleged FB page.
After a gunman opened fire on a Congressional baseball practice on Wednesday morning, politicians from both sides of the aisle came together on social media to condemn the violence. Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana, a true friend and patriot, was badly injured but will fully recover.
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House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, two Capitol police officers and at least one other person were shot Wednesday morning when a gunman opened fire on a GOP baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia. President Donald Trump spoke several hours after the shooting, saying that the shooter, identified as James T. Hodgkinson, of Illinois, has died after being shot by law enforcement during a gun battle at the baseball field.
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-LA, was among multiple people shot at a baseball practice for GOP lawmakers and staff Wednesday in Alexandria, VA. James Hodgkinson, a 66-year-old from Belleville, IL, is the suspected shooter who opened fire at a GOP lawmakers' baseball practice in Alexandria, VA, on Wednesday.
A group of nearly 200 Democratic lawmakers filed a federal lawsuit challenging profits that President Donald Trump's global businesses have taken in from foreign entities. Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Michigan Rep. John Conyers are filing a complaint in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
House Speaker Paul Ryan has told his fellow lawmakers that "an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us." Ryan addressed the House in the wake of Wednesday's shooting at a practice of lawmakers for the annual charity congressional baseball game.
"Authorities are continuing to investigate the crime and the assailant has now died from his injuries," Trump said from the White House. Scalise, a congressional staffer and two law enforcement officials suffered gunshot wounds after the shooter opened fire on Republican members of Congress on the baseball field in Alexandria, Virginia.
The shooting at a GOP congressional baseball practice Wednesday could have been motivated by heightened partisanship, a Republican congressman who survived the attack told CNN. "This could be the first political rhetorical terrorist attack and that has to stop," Rep. Rodney Davis told CNN's Brianna Keilar.
A man who shot top Republican politician Steve Scalise at a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia has died from his injuries. A man who shot top Republican politician Steve Scalise at a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia has died from his injuries.
At least 20 Republican members of Congress were in attendance at this morning's baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, when a gunman began firing, injuring House Majority Whip Steve Scalise , R-La, and at least four other people. The GOP lawmakers that make up a 34-member team had been practicing for Thursday's annual charity congressional baseball game.
Alexandria police announced in a tweet that the suspect in a "multiple shooting" is believed to be in police custody. ALERT: APD investigating multiple shooting 400 block E Monroe St. Suspect believed in custody.
House of Representatives Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana was shot Wednesday at a congressional baseball practice, congressional officials say. We are unable to send your welcome email at this time.
Rep. Mo Brooks said at least five people, including Rep. Steve Scalise , were shot at a baseball field in Alexandria, Va. on Thursday morning, by a gunman who was shot at the scene by Capitol Police.
It's unclear how many people were hit, but multiple reports said those injured include Majority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., and two Capitol police officers. "Scalise was on second base, and was crawling out, leaving trail of blood," said Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., in an interview on CNN.
Multiple media outlets are reporting that House of Representatives Majority Whip Steve Scalise and aides have been hit by gunfire early Wednesday morning during a GOP morning baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia.
In this May 17, 2017 photo, Majority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks with the media on Capitol Hill in Washington. Several people were reportedly struck in a shooting at a Congressional baseball practice in Virginia, including House Majority Whip Steve Scalise.