‘It could’ve been a massacre’: Republican-hating gunman fires at U.S. lawmakers
WASHINGTON — A Republican-hating gunman who had spewed rage upon Donald Trump and his party opened fire on a group of U.S. lawmakers Wednesday, causing a range of injuries in what appeared to be a politically motivated shooting.
The scene of terror: a suburban baseball field.
A group of Republican lawmakers were practising for their annual charity baseball game against Democrats when the assailant started spraying gunfire from the third-base line. The multi-minute mayhem concluded with the gunman dead and a senior congressman in critical condition.
Steve Scalise is the third-ranking House Republican and the hospital treating him tweeted that his status was more precarious than described earlier in the day by colleagues. It said a single rifle shot into his hip had fractured bones, injured organs, caused severe bleeding, and will require several operations: “(He) remains in critical condition.”