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| Top Republican Steve Scalise wounded in multiple shooting | |
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| A US Republican politician and aides have been shot during baseball practice in Virginia, US reports say. | A US Republican politician and aides have been shot during baseball practice in Virginia, US reports say. |
| Police in the upmarket Washington DC suburb of Alexandria said they were investigating a "multiple shooting" and a suspect was in custody. | Police in the upmarket Washington DC suburb of Alexandria said they were investigating a "multiple shooting" and a suspect was in custody. |
| US media said House of Representatives Majority Whip Steve Scalise and aides had been hit by gunfire. | |
| Police tweeted they were "investigating multiple shooting 400 block E Monroe St. Suspect believed in custody." | Police tweeted they were "investigating multiple shooting 400 block E Monroe St. Suspect believed in custody." |
| An apparent eyewitness said on Twitter that gunfire rang out at the YMCA baseball fields, by the Eugene Simpson Stadium Park. | An apparent eyewitness said on Twitter that gunfire rang out at the YMCA baseball fields, by the Eugene Simpson Stadium Park. |
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| The witness, @ben_childers, said it happened at a congressional baseball team practice session. | The witness, @ben_childers, said it happened at a congressional baseball team practice session. |
| Local media report there is a major police presence after the attack. | Local media report there is a major police presence after the attack. |
| Senator Mike Lee, a Utah Republican, texted Fox News to say that Mr Scalise had been shot in the hip and would survive. | Senator Mike Lee, a Utah Republican, texted Fox News to say that Mr Scalise had been shot in the hip and would survive. |
| He said someone had used a belt as a tourniquet on him. | He said someone had used a belt as a tourniquet on him. |
| Mr Lee said the shooter had used a long gun and was dead. | Mr Lee said the shooter had used a long gun and was dead. |
| White House press secretary Sean Spicer tweeted that President Donald Trump was being briefed. | White House press secretary Sean Spicer tweeted that President Donald Trump was being briefed. |
| "Both @POTUS & @VP are aware of the developing situation in Virginia. Our thoughts and prayers are with all affected," Mr Spicer tweeted. | "Both @POTUS & @VP are aware of the developing situation in Virginia. Our thoughts and prayers are with all affected," Mr Spicer tweeted. |
| Representative Mo Brooks, an Alabama Republican, told CNN he was on third base during the baseball game when he saw Mr Scalise, who was on second base, shot. | |
| He said everyone on the field scattered as 50 to 100 shots were fired. | |
| Mr Brooks said a gunfight ensued between the shooter and the congressmen's police security detail. | |
| CNN reports that two police officers were also shot. | |
| Mr Brooks said the shooter was armed with a rifle and opened fire from behind the dugout, using it for protection. | |
| The congressman, who said he took refuge behind a batting cage, described the attacker as a middle-aged white male "a little on the chubby side". | |
| Mr Brooks said Senator Rand Paul, of Kentucky, and congressmen Chuck Fleischmann, of Tennessee, Ron DeSantis, of Florida, and Jeff Duncan, of South Carolina, were also at the game. |