FORMER
FLINT EMERGENCY MANAGER
DARNELL EARLEY.
FIRST A GUNMAN OPENED FIRE
AT A VIRGINIA BASEBALL FIELD
WHERE REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS
WERE PRACTICING.
THOSE SHOTS LASTING FOR FIVE
TO 10 MINUTES WITH UP TO 100
SHOTS FIRED AND WE HAVE
LEARNED SINCE EARLIER THIS
MORNING THAT ONE CONGRESSMAN
WAS SHOT.
SCALISE.
HE IS LISTED IN STABLE
CONDITION RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE LEARNED THE IDENTITY
OF THE SHOOTER THAT SHOOTER
HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A
66-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM
ILLINOIS WHO HAS DIED FROM
HIS INJURIES.
LET'S GO NOW TO BLAYNE
ALEXANDER WHO JOINS US FROM
ALABAMAIA.
>>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
A SHORT WHILE AGO PRESIDENT
TRUMP ADDRESSED THE COUNTRY
AND HE CONFIRMED THAT THE
SUSPECT IS NOW DEAD.
HE DIED FROM GUNSHOTS
SUSTAINED WHEN OFFICERS
MORNING.
NOW THE SUSPECT IS BEING
IDENTIFIED AS JAMES T. HODGE
KINDSON A 66-YEAR-OLD MAN
FROM ILLINOIS -- HODGE
KINDSON A 66-YEAR-OLD MAN
FROM ILLINOIS.
THEY DON'T KNOW IF
CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS WERE
TARGETED THEY'RE NOT CALLING
THIS AN ASSASSINATION
ATTEMPT AND RIGHT NOW THE
F.B.I. IS STEPPING IN TO
TAKE OVER AN INVESTIGATION
UNDERWAY.
>> Reporter: A MAN WITH A
RIFLE OPENED FIRE THIS
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
BASEBALL GAME.
>> WE WERE DOING BATTING
PRACTICE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
WE HEARD SHOTS IT WAS CLEAR
PRETTY QUICKLY THAT THERE
WAS A SHOOTER THERE WITH A
HIGH POWERED RIFLE.
>> Reporter: WITNESSES SAY
THE GUNMAN SPRAYED THE FIELD
WITH GUNFIRE AND CAPITOL
HILL POLICE OFFICERS ENGAGED
IN A GUN BATTLE.
>> DOZENS AND DOZENS OF
SHOTS FIRED.
>> THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I
HEAR LOUD EXPLOSIONS AND I
LOOK UP THERE'S A MAN WITH A
GUN.
FORTUNATELY HE'S A GOOD GUY.
>> Reporter: FEDERAL
OFFICIALS HAVE IDENTIFIED
THE SUSPECT AS 66-YEAR-OLD
JAES T. HODGEKI, INSON FROM
ILLINOIS.
AMONG THOSE HIT HOUSE
MAJORITY WHIP STEVE SCALISE.
HE DRAGGED HIMSELF FROM THE
INFIELD TO GRASS OUTFIELD.
THERE'S A TRAIL OF BLOOD.
WE CAN'T HELP HIM WE'RE
RIFLES.
>> Reporter: WITNESSES
DESCRIBE A TERRIFYING SCENE
FOLLOWED BY ACTS OF HEROISM.
>> I THINK THE SECURITY
DETAIL SAVED A LOT OF LIVES
BECAUSE THEY ATTACKED THE
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING
PRESIDENT TRUMP SPOKE OUT
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> President Trump: WE MAY
HAVE OUR DIFFERENCES BUT WE
DO WELL IN TIMES LIKE THESE
TO REMEMBER THAT EVERYONE
WHO SERVES IN OUR NATION'S
CAPITAL IS HERE BECAUSE,
ABOVE ALL, THEY LOVE OUR
>> Reporter: AS THE VICTIMS
ARE BEING TREATED POLICE ARE
JUST BEGINNING THEIR
INVESTIGATION INTO A
POSSIBLE MOTIVE.
AND WE ARE NOW GETTING SOME
UPDATES ON THE CONDITIONS OF
THOSE SHOT.
EARLIER TODAY, WHEN
OFFICIALS GAVE AN UPDATE,
CAPITAL POLICE OFFICERS ARE
IN GOOD CONDITION THEY WERE
PRAISED FOR THEIR BRAVE ACTS
IN THE FACE OF THAT THE
SHOOTING.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT
CONGRESSMAN STEVE SCALISE IS
IN STABLE CONDITION.
WHEN HE SPOKE FROM THE WHITE
HOUSE EARLIER TODAY
PRESIDENT TRUMP WISHED HIM A
FULL AND SPEEDY RECOVERY.
LIVE TODAY IN ALEXANDRIA,
NBC NEWS.
>> ONE OF THE CONGRESSMEN
FIELD WHEN THE ATTACK
HAPPENED WAS MICHIGAN
REPRESENTATIVE MIKE BISHOP.
LOCAL 4'S ROD MELONI JOINING
NEWSROOM.
ROD, I UNDERSTAND YOU TALKED
TO THE CONGRESSMAN EARLIER
THIS MORNING WHO DESCRIBED
THE HECTIC SCENE ONCE THOSE
SHOTS WERE FIRED.
WHAT DID HE HAVE TO SAY?
>> WELL, IT FRIGHTENING
STUFF, EVROD TO SAY THE
LEAST.
CONGRESSMAN MIKE BISHOP
TODAY SAYS HE'S GRATEFUL FOR
DETAIL.
HE CALLED THE FOLKS WHO TOOK
DOWN THE MANHUNTING HIM I
MEAN HUNTSING HIM AND THE
REST OF THE BASEBALL TEAM.
HE SAW THE SHOOTER START
FIRING HE SAW THE WHIP GET
SHOT AND HE IS AS YOU CAN
WELL UNDERSTAND SHAKEN AND
SADDENED AFTER GETTING SHOT
AT FOR AT LEAST AS WE HEARD
10 MINUTES.
>> HE WAS SHOOTING IN THE
DUGOUT BEHIND ME AND THE
CHAIN LINK FENCE WAS PING,
PING, PING.
HE WAS SHOT OUT A WINDOW OF
A BUSINESS
EXACT DIRECTION OTHER THAN
THE WHIZZING OVER MY HEAD.
>> Reporter: REPUBLICAN
MICHIGAN CONGRESSMAN MIKE
BISHOP STOOD NEXT TO HOME
PLATE AWAITING HIS TURN FOR
BATTING PRACTICE THIS
MORNING AROUND 7:00 A.M.
WHEN HE SAW A MAN ENTER THE
CHAIN LINK FENCE AROUND A
BALL FIELD AT THE THIRD
BASELINE WITH A RIFLE.
AND SHOOT MINORITY WHIP
STEVE SCALISE AND WANTED TO
GO HELP HIM BUT --
>> I DIDN'T KNOW HOW MANY
ROUNDS THIS GUY HAD.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS
ONE, IT WORKS THREE SHOTS IF
HE WAS DONE OR WHAT.
BUT THEN HE PROCEEDED TO
JUST GO APE AND FIRE NEXT
AFTER NEXT.
HE HAD ONE MAGAZINE AFTER
THE NEXT.
IT MUST HAVE GONE ON FOR AT
LEAST 10 MINUTES.
>> AT LEAST ONE PERSON WAS
SHOT NEAR HIM.
THE WHIP SECURITY DETAIL
RETURNED FIRE GIVING HIM AND
A GROUP OF PEOPLE A CHANCE
TO RUN OUT OF THE DIAMOND
AND HIDE BEHIND A NEARBY
BUILDING WHERE THEY WERE
DODGING MORE GUNFIRE AS THE
GUNMAN MOVED AROUND TRYING
TO SHOOT THEM.
>> I GOT BLOOD ON MY SHOES I
DON'T KNOW WHOSE BLOOD IT
IS.
RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO REACT TO
IT.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE.
>> Reporter: WELL, THE
CONGRESSMAN SAYS HE SAW
FELLOW CONGRESSMAN DR. BRAD
WINSTROM RUSH TO THE AID OF
THE PERFORMED MAJORITY WHIP
AND PROVIDE LIFESAVING
MILITARY EXPERIENCE AND
COMBAT EXPERIENCE.
BISHOP SAID HE MARVELED AT
HOW CALM THE DOCTOR WAS IN
SAVING THE WHIP'S LIFE.
INTERVIEW ON
CLICKONDETROIT.COM AND WE'LL
HAVE MORE COMING UP ON LOCAL
REPORTING LIVE FROM THE
NEWSROOM, ROD MELONI, LOCAL
4.
>> VERY CHILLING INDEED,
ROD.
VERY SCARY IN FACT, THANK
YOU FOR THE UPDATE.
THERE CONGRESSWOMAN DEBBIE
DINGLE WAS JUST ON A RADIO
SHOW WITH CONGRESSMAN BISHOP
EARLIER THIS MORNING I GOT A
CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH HER BY
PHONE JUST AFTER SHE HEARD
SHE EVEN TALKED ABOUT
AT TIMES.
>> I TRY NOT TO THINK ABOUT
IT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I'M A
TARGET OR WORK IN A PLACE
THAT'S A TARGET 100% OF THE
TIME.
WHENEVER I DEFEND MY
CONSTITUENTS IN DEARBORN,
THE VILIFY INDICATION THAT
COMES THAT -- VILIFYIFICATION
THAT COMES THIS WAS MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS THERE,
FORTUNATELY SCALIS HERKS HIS
SECURITY THERE OR WHAT
HAPPENED COULD HAVE BEEN FAR,
FAR, FAR MORE DEVASTATING.
>> WE'RE JUST THANKFUL THAT
IT WAS NOT.
STAY WITH LOCAL 4.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
CONTINUING COVERAGE
THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON ON
CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
GOING TO HAVE LIVE REPORTS