Senior US congressman shot at Virginia baseball practice: lawmaker

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Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) and House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-L) listen to Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) speak during a press conference calling for for U.S. President Barack Obama not to veto the Keystone XL pipeline on Capitol Hill in Washington November 18, 2014. CREDIT: REUTERS/JOSHUA ROBERTS
John Boehner and then-House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (behind Boehner) listen to Cathy McMorris Rodgers speak during a press conference calling for for then United States President Barack Obama not to veto the Keystone XL pipeline on Capitol Hill in Washington on November 18, 2014.
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Senior Republican Congressman Steve Scalise was among several victims shot and wounded at a baseball practice ahead of an annual game between lawmakers in a Washington suburb, one of his colleagues said Thursday.

Fellow Republican lawmaker Mo Brooks told CNN that Scalise was shot in the hip, adding that at least two law enforcement officers and one congressional staffer were shot in Alexandria, Virginia.

Scalise, the majority whip who rallies Republican votes in the House of Representatives, “was not able to move on his own power. He was dragging his body from the second base infield to the outfield to get away from the shooter while all this firing was going on,” Brooks said.