This is a developing situation and breaking news today. In Alexandria Virgina during a Republican congressional baseball team practice, a man walked up and opened fire. Rep. Steve Scalise the House Majority Whip was shot in the hip. Details are coming in quickly according to reports right now there were 50+ shots. The suspect is in custody according to Alexandria Police and was struck by gunfire, there is no official word on anyones conditions. Here’s is what we got:
“We used my belt to help put a tourniquet around his leg,” says witness @RepMoBrooks of Alexandria shooting victim https://t.co/EW62PVRG1G pic.twitter.com/i5ZV3cns7E
— CNN (@CNN) June 14, 2017
The suspect is in custody and is one of the people wounded at shooting in Alexandria, Va., CBS News confirms https://t.co/20D5gRCxch pic.twitter.com/YVA9JI52mp
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 14, 2017
Witnesses claim to hear 50+ gun shots:
Witness tells @CBSNews that he heard “at least 50 gunshots” at a baseball field in Alexandria, Virginia. https://t.co/f2mD7M865N pic.twitter.com/knViakBBm0
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) June 14, 2017
Senator Rand Paul said we all would have died if it wasn’t for the Capitol Police.
Source: Twitter