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STORY.
ONE CONGRESSMAN WAS SHOT AND AT
LEAST FOUR OTHER PEOPLE WERE
SHOT.
REPRESENTATIVE STEVE KALISE AND
OTHER MEMBERS WERE PRACTICING
FOR A CHARITY GAME AT THE TIME
OF THE SHOOTING.
>> WE ARE GETTING REACTION TODAY
FROM TWO OUR OF CONGRESSMAN THAT
WERE THERE AS WELL.
THE WHITE HOUSE AND OTHERS
WEIGHING IN AS WELL.
POLICE HAVE NOW IDENTIFIED THAT
SHOOTER THERE HE IS ON YOUR
SCREEN, HE IS 66-YEAR-OLD JAMES
HODGEKINSONS OF ILLINOIS.
THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCING HE HAS
DIED FROM HIS GUNSHOT WOUND
LET'S GET THINGS STARTED WITH
ROSS.
>> FIRST I HAVE A UPDATE ON
THOSE NUMBERS.
WE KNOW THERE ARE SIX PEOPLE HIT
BY GUNFIRE, THE SHOOTING HIMSELF
WHO HAS NOW DIED AND FIVE
PEOPLE.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING
VERY SPECIFIC, YOU CAN ZOOM IN A
LITTLE THAT IS THE DUGOUT RIGHT
BEHIND THE DUGOUT.
THAT IS WHERE THE SHOOTER
UNLEASHED THE HAIL OF GUNFIRE.
THE FENCE IS LOCKED BACK THERE,
A GOOD THING THAT THE SHOOTER
COULDN'T GET ON THE FIELD.
HE OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T COME ON.
THE FACT THAT CAPITAL POLICE
WERE HERE TO FIRE BACK AS WELL.
AND THEN WE START HEARING
GUNSHOTS ABOUT FIVE FEET FROM
ME.
>> CAUGHT IN A HAIL OF GUN FIRE
DURING BASEBALL PRACTICE, THE
SHOOTING HERE BEHIND THE DUGOUT
FIRING WITNESSES SAY DOZENS OF
SHOTS.
>> THAT'S WHERE I SEE ONE OF THE
CAPITOL POLICE OFFICERS SHOOTING
FROM AROUND THE DUGOUT TOWARDS
THE THIRD BASE DUGOUT WHERE THE
MAN WITH THE RIFLE IS.
>> CAPITOL POLICE HIT HIM ENDING
THE SPREE, BUT NOT BEFORE
HITTING TWO OF THEIR OWN.
>> AT THE FIRST TIME THE TWO
SHOTS I HEARD A SCREAM FROM
STEVE SCALISE.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT EXACTLY
WAS SAID BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT
OF BEDLAM.
THERE WERE PEOPLE YELLING ACTIVE
SHOOTER, I THINK STEVE SCALISE
IS ELEIAING I WAS HIT, OR
SCREAMING BECAUSE HE GOT HIT
WITH THE PAIN REACTION.
>> REPRESENTATIVE HIT IN THE HIP
AS WELL AS A CONGRESSIONAL AID,
BRACKS TAKES OFF HIS BETH, AS
ANOTHER CONGRESSMAN USES IT AS A
TURN KIT TO STOP THE BLEEDING ON
THAT AID.
>> HE WAS COHERENT THE WHOLE
TIME.
BUT BOY HE LAYED UP.
HE LAYED OUT THERE FOR AT LEAST
TENNEN MANIES IN THE FIELD.
WE COULDN'T GET TO HIM.
>> DID THE SHOOTER SAY ANYTHING?
>> THERE WAS A LOT OF YELLING
DOING ON, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH
THE OTHER MEMBERS HAD DIFFERENT
ANGLES SO THEY MAY HAVE HEARD
HIM, BUT I DIDN'T.
I THINK THEEM WHO WAS CRYSTAL,
IS HER NAME WAS SHOT I THINK
EARLY.
A WINDOW IS SHOT OUT AND THEY
SHELTER IN PLACE FOR HOURS UNTIL
THE ALL CHEER IS GIVEN.
THIS IS CRAZY I BETTER GET
BEHIND COVER.
>> STILL UNCERTAIN WHETHER IT IS
TERROR RELATED, WHETHER CON
DEPRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE WERE
TARGETED OBELIACLY VICTIMS.
>> IS THIS AN ASSASSINATION
ATTEMPT.
>> NO.
>> SURE ENOUGH TO GIVE THE ALL
CLEAR, FOR NOW.
>> DO YOU FEEL SAFE RIGHT NOW?
>> I DO, I FEEL VERY SAFE IN THE
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, YOU
BET.
>> FOR THE THREAT.
>> NO.
>> NOT THAT I HAVE BEEN PROOFED
AS OF TODAY.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, THIS IS
VIDEO JUST IN, PICTURES OF THE
MAN THAT THE FBI HAS IDENTIFIED
AS THE SHOOTER, HIS NAME THE
JAMES HODGEKINSON, APPARENTLY
FROM BELLEVILLE ILLINOIS.
HE WORKED AS A HOME INSPECTOR,
WE ALSO HAVE A SHOT OF HIS
DRIVER'S LICENSE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER FOR SURE
HE IS LIVING IN ILLINOIS OR
MOVED OUT HERE SHORTLY BEFORE
THE SHOOTING, NOW ALL OF THIS
COMING TO THE PRESIDENT, HE AND
THE VICE PRESIDENT WERE BRIEFED
EARLY THIS MORNING AROUND
8:00 A.M., JUST A LITTLE WHILE
AGO, HE WAS THE ONE THAT
INFORMED THE WORLD THAT THE
SHOOTER HAD DIED FROM HIS WOUNDS
AND HE GAVE A STATEMENT JUST A
FEW MINUTES AGO TAKE A LISTEN.
>> HE WILL RECOVER FROM THIS
ASSAULT.
AND STEVE, I WANT YOU TO KNOW,
THAT YOU HAVE THE PRAYERS NOT
ONLY OF THE ENTIRE CITY BEHIND
YOU, BUT OF AN ENTIRE NATION.
AND FRANKLY THE ENTIRE WORLD.
AMERICA IS PRAYING FOR YOU AND
AMERICA IS PRAYING FOR ALL OF
THE VICTIMS BETWEEN THIS
TERRIBLE SHOOTIN
>> RIGHT NOW AT THIS MOMENT THEY
ARE PRAYING AND ASSEMBLING FOR A
MOMENT OF SILENCE, BACK OUT HERE
ON THE SCENE, THIS IS THE FIELD
RIGHT BACK HERE IN ALEXANDRIA
WHERE IT HAPPENED.
THEY HAD BEEN OUT HERE SINCE
7:00 A.M., THEY WERE JUST
WRAPPING UP THEIR PRACTICE.
THEY WERE COMING IN FROM THE
FIELD AND OVER HERE ON THE
RIGHT, SHOWING AGAIN, RIGHT
THERE JUST BEYOND THE THIRD
BASE, JUST BEYOND THE DUGOUT,
THAT IS WHERE THE SHOOTER
PLANTED HIMSELF.
WE ARE HEARING RUMORS HE SPOKE
WITH SOMEONE AND ASK WILLED THIS
WAS THE REPUBLICAN TEAM OR THE
DEMOCRAT TEAM SHORTLY BEFORE THE
SHOOTING, THAT REPORT HAS NOT
BEEN CONFIRMED YET
MINUTES LATER WITNESSES SAY HE
JUST OPENED FIRE
OBVIOUSLY IT IS A BREAKING
STORY, AND WE WILL STAY OUT HERE
TO BRING YOU THE LATES
FOR NOW THE LATEST LIVE FROM
ALLOTOXIN DREA.
>> YOU WERE SHOWING US A BIT OF
THAT SCENE, OF COURSE IT WAS
EARLY IN THE MORNING, A LOT OF
PEOPLE OUT WALKING THEIR DOGS
ENJOYING AN EARLY DAY, AND ALSO
A YMC CLOSE BY TOO.
>> YES, THIS IS ALL PART OF THE
YMCA COMPLEX.
LOOK AT HOW CLOSE THE BUILDING
IS, THIS IS THE FIELD.
AND IF YOU LOOK BACK HERE
THROUGH THE TREES YOU CAN SEE
THE BRICK, THAT IS THE MAIN
BUILDING, IT IS IN THAT GYM THAT
40 PEOPLE WERE WORKING OUT.
WE TALKED TO ONE WITNESS IN
THERE, QUESTION HAVE A PICTURE
RIGHT NOW OF THE WINDOW THAT GOT
SHOT OUT, THAT SHOT RANG OUT
SHORTLY AFTER ONE TRIED TO EXIT
THE GYM, THEY ALL THEN SHELTERS
IN PLACE THEY WATCHED THIS
UNFOLD AS IT HAPPENED IN THE
GAME IS IT GEAR THAT HE WAS
FOCUSED.
>> NOT TO ME.
HE LOOKED TO ME TO BE EXCHANGING
FIRE WITH THE PERSON BEHIND THE
BLACK SUV.
HE WAS NOT FOCUSED ON THE PEOPLE
ON THE FIELD FROM WHAT I COULD
SEE.
>> ALL RIGHT, FORTUNATELY ALL OF
THOSE PEOPLE INSIDE THAT WEIGHT
ROOM WERE GIVEN THE ALL CLEAR,
SEVERAL HOURS LATER, AND THEY
CAME OUT, NONE OF THEM WAS TAKEN
TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT WE
UNDERSTAND TWO MYS ARE STILL IN
THE HOSPITAL THEIR CONDITIONS
ARE GOOD, ACCORDING TO THE
POLICE CHIEF.
REPRESENTATIVES STEVE SCALISE,
WE HAVE A PICTURE OF HIM, HE WAS
HIT IN THE HIP.
THAT INJURY IS NOT LIFE
THREATENING, THIS MORNING HE
WENT INTO EMERGENCY SURGERY, AND
WE UNDERSTAND THAT HIS CONDITION