House Whip Steve Scalise remains in critical condition

A top Republican lawmaker and several congressional aides were injured when a gunman sprayed bullets on them as they practised for an annual baseball game in a Washington suburb. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, 51, was shot in the hip during the practice at a field in Alexandria, Virginia. Federal law enforcement officials identified the alleged shooter as James Hodgkinson, 66, of Belleville, Illinois, who died following a shootout with authorities.  US President Donald Trump in a televised address from the White House announced the shooter has died. He also praised the Capitol Police. “Many lives would have been lost, if not for the heroic actions of the two Capitol police officers who took down the gunman despite sustaining gunshot wounds during a very, very brutal assault.”

As per reports, Hodgkinson was a member of many anti-Republican groups on Facebook including “The Road to Hell Is Paved With Republicans,” “Terminate The Republican Party,” and “Donald Trump is not my President,” media from US reported.

About 25 senators and congressmen were practicing for more-than-a-century-old Congressional Baseball Game scheduled for June 15 at Nationals Park when the shooting took place.  Scalise was in critical condition after suffering damage to internal organs, and his injuries will require additional operations, according to a MedStar Washington Hospital Center medical update late  He was first elected to Congress in 2008, after serving as a member of the Louisiana state legislature for more than a decade. Scalise served as majority whip for roughly three years.

A second congressman Roger Williams was also injured, but it was unclear if he was shot or injured in some other way. “Five people were transported medically from the scene,” Alexandria police chief Michael Brown told reporters.

The gunman was shot at by the police, apprehended and taken to a hospital. Later