{"id":58990,"date":"2017-06-14T14:42:23","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T13:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=58990"},"modified":"2017-06-14T14:42:23","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T13:42:23","slug":"us-congressman-steve-scalise-shot-at-republican-baseball-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/us-congressman-steve-scalise-shot-at-republican-baseball-game\/","title":{"rendered":"US Congressman Steve Scalise Shot At Republican Baseball Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

High-ranking Republican congressman Steve Scalise is among at least five people who were wounded Wednesday at a Republican baseball team practice in northern Virginia.<\/h2>\n

\"USPolice received a call of an active shooter at 7:09 a.m. local time (1109GMT) Alexandria Police Chief Michael Brown told reporters.<\/p>\n

Officers arrived at the scene within three minutes and two of them engaged the shooter, Brown said.<\/p>\n

Brown confirmed five people had been “transported medically” but did not disclose their identities or the nature of their injuries.<\/p>\n

“This is a stable situation at this point, there is no additional threat. We consider this incident to be a closed incident under investigation,” Brown said.<\/p>\n

Congressman Mo Brooks, who was at the scene, told CNN the shooter appeared to be a middle-aged, heavy-set white male who took cover behind a dugout when he opened fire.<\/p>\n

Brooks said he heard at least 10 to 20 shots from the shooter, who used a rifle, before security was able to return fire.<\/p>\n

Scalise, at least one aide and two capital police officers were among the wounded, MSNBC network reported early Wednesday, describing the congressman\u2019s condition as stable.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump said in a statement he and Vice President Mike Pence were aware of the “shooting incident”, and were monitoring developments<\/p>\n

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the members of Congress, their staffs, Capitol Police, first responders, and all others affected,” he said.<\/p>\n

Trump later tweeted that Scalise was \u201ca true friend and patriot”.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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