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Republican Rep. Steve Scalise Shot - 'Badly Hurt' - at Congressional Baseball
Practice in Virginia

by VOA News

   A suspect is in custody after gunfire erupted at a baseball field in
   Virginia, where Republican Representative Steve Scalise was shot and
   badly injured.

   The shooting took place shortly after 7am. as lawmakers were practicing
   for an annual Congressional baseball game set for tomorrow. Colleagues
   of Scalise immediately took to Twitter to express their shock and best
   wishes:

   holding an early morning practice

   https://twitter.com/DesertValleyTow/status/874974991460294657

   <blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="en"
   dir="ltr">Sen. Rand Paul describes shooting that injured Rep. Scalise
   <a
   href="https://t.co/AgXZrfhikF">pic.twitter.com/AgXZrfhikF</a></p>&mdash
   ; Klay Volk πΊπΈ (@KlayVolk) <a
   href="https://twitter.com/KlayVolk/status/874973059563757569">June 14,
   2017</a></blockquote>
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