US congressman stable after shooting at baseball practice

A gunman opened fire on Us politicians who were practicing for a charity baseball game, wounding senior Republican leader Steve Scalise and several others before being taken into custody, police and witnesses said.


Mr Scalise, No. 3 in the House of Representatives Republican leadership, was shot in the hip at the baseball field in Alexandria, Virginia.

He was tended to by fellow politicans including Brad Wenstrup, an Ohio congressman who is a physician, before being transported to a hospital.

Five people were transported medically from the scene, Alexandria's police chief, Michael Brown told reporters.

Two of the wounded were Capitol Hill police who were at the scene and who engaged in a gunfight with the shooter, witnesses said.

The gunman, who was armed with a rifle, was shot before being taken into custody.
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14/6/17