U. S. Rep. Scalise, Republican congressman from Louisiana and the U. S. House majority whip, was shot in the hip Wednesday morning.
U. S. Rep. Steve Scalise, Republican congressman from Louisiana and the U. S. House majority whip, was shot in the hip Wednesday morning (June 13) by a gunman who opened fired during a GOP baseball practice in Alexandria, Va.
Details were still emerging Wednesday, but other representatives who were at the scene said Scalise was conscious after the shooting. A total of five people were transported from the scene, according to officials. Legislators who were at the scene said one of the people shot was a member of Scalise’s security detail.
