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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 14 2017, 08:07 AM (69 Views) | |
| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 08:07 AM Post #1 |
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....monitoring reports of a shooting in Alexandria, Virginia involving at least one member of Congress and several aides....
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 09:48 AM Post #16 |
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--“Our lives were saved by the Capitol police,” said Sen. Rand Paul, adding, “the field was basically a killing field.” (Michael Tackett, New York Times - 14 June 2017) |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 09:52 AM Post #17 |
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(The Guardian) Senator Rand Paul on the Capitol Hill Police: Nobody else had a weapon so he was just killing everyone - or he would have. I think the Capitol Hill Police, both were wounded and I hope they survive. They deserve our gratitude for saving - it would have been a massacre without them. On the baseball game the legislators were practicing for: It’s really one of the best things we do, it’s a bipartisan thing, i’ve gotten to know many Democrats through this game. We joke around, it’s collegial, it’s for charity. We’re set to raise $600,000 for the literacy project of the Boys and Girls Club of DC. It’s a good thing. Who would want to kill people trying to do something good. It’s just really sick and very sad. |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 09:54 AM Post #18 |
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--My heart is with my former colleagues, their families & staff, and the US Capitol Police- public servants and heroes today and every day. (Fmr. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, 14 June 2017) --Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana, a true friend and patriot, was badly injured but will fully recover. Our thoughts and prayers are with him. (Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - 14 June 2017) |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 09:55 AM Post #19 |
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(The Guardian) Congressman Mo Brooks’s full recollection of the incident on CNN: I was on deck about to hit batting practice on the third base side of home plate and I heard a loud ‘bam’ and I look around and behind third base and the third base dugout which is cinderblock, I see a rifle. And I see a little bit of a body and I then hear another ‘blam’ and I realize that there’s an active shooter. At the same time I heard Steve Scalise over near second base scream, he was shot, he’s our majority whip. The gun was a semi-automatic. It continues to fire at different people. You can imagine all the people on the field scatter. I run around to the first base side of home plate. We have a batting cage that’s got plastic wrapped around it to stop foul balls, and hide behind the plastic. You know the plastic’s not real good. And I was lying on the ground with two or three others as gunfire continues. I heard a break in the gunfire and decided to take a chance, ran from home plate to the first base dugout, which is also cinderblock and down about two or three feet so you can have better cover. There were a number of congressman and congressional staffers who help us lying on the ground. One of them was wounded in the leg. I took off my belt and myself and another congressman I don’t remember who applied a tourniquet to try to slow down the bleeding. In the meantime, I’m towards the right field side of the dugout and there’s gunfire within about five six seven feel of my head and I look up and there’s a guy with a gun blasting away. Fortunately, it was one of the good guys. One of our security detail who was shooting back. Of course it was pistol versus rifle, our pistols versus the shooter’s rifle on the third base line just outside the chain link fence and he was warning us to stay down. Another security detail person was closer to home plate, probably, I couldn’t see him but probably on the home plate side of the dugout, outside the fence line using the dugout as cover as he’s firing back. And there must have been 50 to 100 shots fired. Hard to uh, itemize ‘em. Eventually it seems that the shooter shot both of our security detail people. There were some congressman on phones screaming for reinforcements. Seemed like a long time and we weren’t even hearing sirens from local police officers which tells me they probably did not yet know what was going on. Eventually the shooter starts circling around third base. This is my understanding. Of course I’m down on the ground helping a guy who’s got a bullet hole in his leg. And the shooter starts coming around home plate towards we are outside the fence line and my understanding is that’s where our security detail, maybe some of the ones who were wounded, still defending us, took him down. At which point, once we got the all clear that the shooter was down, we ran out to second base for Steve Scalise. He had crawled into the outfield leaving a trail of blood. We started giving him some liquids. I put pressure on the wound in his hip. And Brad Wenstrup, congressman from Ohio, Cincinnati, fortunately is a physician, he started doing what you need to do to minimize the blood loss. Shorty thereafter more the police showed up. Again, it seemed like forever but it was probably shorter that what it seemed. A helicopter landed in center field and took away whomever folks decided was the most wounded, most critical. I don’t know who that person was. At that time the police were causing all of us to gather outside the first base line and the chain link fence and cordoning off the area to help ensure if there was a second shooter we would be better protected. |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 09:56 AM Post #20 |
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--APD Chief Michael Brown updated media. 5 transported to local hospitals, including suspect. We will not ID victims or suspect right now. (Alexandria Police Dept., 14 June 2017) |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 09:57 AM Post #21 |
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(The Guardian) Rep Ron DeSantis of Florida, who was in attendance at the baseball practice recalls: “A guy...walked up to us that was asking whether it was Republicans or Democrats out there.” |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 09:57 AM Post #22 |
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(The Guardian) Update on the condition of majority whip Steve Scalise from his congressional office: “This morning, at a practice for the congressional baseball game, Whip Scalise was shot in the hip. He was transported to MedStar Washington Hospital Center, where he is currently undergoing surgery. He is in stable condition. “Prior to entering surgery, the Whip was in good spirits and spoke to his wife by phone. He is grateful for the brave actions of US Capitol Police, first responders and colleagues. “We ask that you keep the Whip and others harmed in this incident in your thoughts and prayers.” |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 10:01 AM Post #23 |
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--The shooting in Alexandria this AM was a senseless horrific act. My thoughts are with Rep. Scalise, the Capitol Police & all those impacted. (George Takei, 14 June 2017) --My thoughts are with @SteveScalise, all those injured, and the brave Capitol Police who protect us every day. (Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-MA -- 14 June 2017) ![]() --The House of Representatives has canceled legislative activity for the day. More details from the shooting NPR, 14 June 2017) |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 10:28 AM Post #24 |
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![]() --Zachary Barth, a staffer for GOP Rep. Roger Williams of TX, posted on FB that he was shot but is "okay." Gave permission to post thru friend (Jon Ward, Yahoo News - 14 June 2017) |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 10:31 AM Post #25 |
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(The Guardian) (Guardian correspondent) in on the scene of the shooting and talking to local residents: Local resident Megan Hacala, a fitness professional, said nothing like this had happened before in the neighborhood. “It’s a peaceful place. A lot of baseball is played. There’s a dog park right next to the field. It’s just sad.” A growing band of reporters, photographers and TV crews are gathered behind police tape at the corner of DeWitt and Monroe Avenues, close to the redbrick Anglican Catholic Church: St Andrew & St Margaret of Scotland. It is affluent neighbourhood of detached redbrick houses, front porches, neat lawns and trees. One resident of the street, who did not wish to be named, came out on her front path to view the commotion. She said she walked by the baseball field every day and described it as a safe area where locals walk their dogs. |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 10:36 AM Post #26 |
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--Mark Meadows says the shooting showed "the worst in humanity today ... but you also see the best." (Lauren Gambino, The Guardian - 14 June 2017) --He said it is "certainly not the appropriate time" to start a debate on policy over gun control and background checks (Lauren Gambino, The Guardian - 14 June 2017) |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 10:47 AM Post #27 |
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![]() --@RepJoeBarton and his sons board the subway in the Capitol after a shooting at the Republican's baseball practice in Va. #baseballshooting (Tom Williams, 14 June 2017) |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 10:54 AM Post #28 |
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--The shooter at the GOP congressional baseball practice this morning is 66 y/o James T. Hodgkinson of Belleville, Ill - WashingtonPost (Breaking 911, 14 June 2017) --NEW: Shooter identified as James T. Hodgkinson of Belleville, IL. Believed to be 66 or 67. via @PeteWilliamsNBC (Peter Alexander, NBC News - 14 June 2017) |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 11:43 AM Post #29 |
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(The Guardian) Updates from the late morning law enforcement press briefing in Alexandria: Alexandria Police Chief Michael Brown: “This is not an active incident, the city is safe. We have an active investigation but I want to reassure the community here in Alexandria that the city is safe. Because this case involves an assault on a federal officer, the FBI will be taking over the investigation. I couldn’t be more proud of the men and women who were involved from the Alexandria Police Department, they did an outstanding job.” Capitol Hill Police Chief Matthew Verderosa: “My units of our dignitary protection were on sight with a congressional protectee [Steve Scalise], when we the incident occurred. They did engage in gunfire with the suspect and were assisted by the Alexandria police. The US Capitol hill police officers who were injured are in good condition and have not suffered any life threatening injuries at this point” FBI Agent Tim Slater: “It’s too early to say right now” whether the shooting constitutes an act of terrorism. “We are exploring all angles.” Slater would not confirm whether the members of congress were targeted for that reason or not, or any other details about the shooter, the weapon, or questions he may have asked. Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe: “I want to compliment members of the US capitol police for their extraordinary quick action. Through their heroic action and others, they saved a lot of lives today.” |
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| Webster | Jun 14 2017, 11:44 AM Post #30 |
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(The Guardian) An acquaintance of suspected shooter James Hodgkinson told the Washington post that he met and became friendly with the man while campaigning for Bernie Sanders in Iowa. Charles Orear, 50, a restaurant manager from St. Louis, said in an interview Wednesday that Hodgkinson was a passionate progressive and showed no signs of violence or malice toward others. “You’ve got to be kidding me,” Orear said when told of the incident by phone. “I met him on the Bernie trail in Iowa, worked with him in the Quad Cities area.” Orear described Hodgkinson as a “quiet guy” who was “very mellow, very reserved” when they stayed overnight at a Sanders’s supporter home in Rock Island, Ill., after canvassing for the senator. “He was this union tradesman, pretty stocky, and we stayed up talking politics,” he said. “He was more on the really progressive side of things.” The Post reached out to Orear after seeing that he liked one of Hodkinson’s Facebook posts. -Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/2017/live-updates/public-safety/updates-shooting-at-congressional-baseball-practice-in-virginia/acquaintance-describes-campaigning-for-sanders-with-hodgkinson/?utm_term=.132c300bb33c |
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