Bastard……..
Gunned down on the baseball field: House majority leader Steve Scalise recovers after Congressman’s aide and two hero cops are identified as victims
- James T. Hodgkinson from Belleville, Illinois, opened on the GOP team at 7:00 a.m. at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Alexandria, Virginia
- House Majority Whip Steve Scalise was shot in the hip and left a trail of blood as he tried to crawl to safety
- Two heroic US Capitol Police officers were injured trading pistol gunfire while the congressmen took cover
- They were both shot as was Zachary Barth, a congressional staffer for Texas Rep. Roger Williams
- The shooter was described as ‘white’ and middle-aged.’ He fired between 50 and 100 rounds from an M4 rifle
- He was eventually shot by the hero Capitol Hill officers who were accompanying Scalise to the practice
- President Trump said the Scalise – a ‘true friend and patriot’ – was expected to make a full recovery
- Sen. Rand Paul, Rep. Mo Brooks and Rep. Brad Robert Wenstrup all gave first aid to their injured teammates
- The team was practicing ahead of a Thursday night charity game when they were targeted
- All house votes in Washington were canceled in light of the shooting as security in the Capitol was heightened
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise is in a stable condition in hospital after he and three others were shot by a gunman at a Republican congressional baseball practice session on Wednesday morning.
James T. Hodgkinson opened fire on the Republicans with a high powered rifle from the third base dugout at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Alexandria, Virginia, as the group practiced batting at around 7.00am.
Zachary Barth, a congressional staffer for Texas Rep. Roger Williams, was also shot.
Two US Capitol Police officers who were accompanying Scalise were wounded as they exchanged fire with the gunman. They are both in a ‘good condition’ and are expected to recover.
Scalise’s office said while he was undergoing emergency surgery at MedStar Washington Hospital Center that he was in ‘stable condition.’
‘Prior to entering surgery, the Whip was in good spirits and spoke to his wife by phone,’ a spokesperson said.
‘He is grateful for the brave actions of U.S. Capitol Police, first responders, and colleagues.’
Texas Rep. Roger Williams tweeted that Barth, a legislative correspondent in his office, was being treated in hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.
Barth wrote on Facebook shortly after: ‘I got shot this morning at the baseball fields but I am in the hospital and okay. Thank you for the thoughts and prayers.
