the first victim. he was in the infield. he dragged himself after he was shot from near second base about ten or 15 yards into the field just to be, i think, a little further away from the gunman. but he was laying motionless out there. i wanted to get to him, but there were still shots going overhead from both sides, and so finally when we heard that the shooter was down, i just ran low out to steve and started putting pressure on the wound. reporter: a republican staffer identified as zach barth was also hit. he was gutsy. he was saying it wasn t bad at all. there was a hole in his leg. reporter: capitol police officers assigned to scalise because of his leadership position returned fire. i saw at least two of them go toward the shooter. they were themselves in the line of fire. two of his detail were shot. one african american gentleman shot in the leg, and i believe he s the one that brought the
gunman. but he was laying motionless out there. i wanted to get to him, but there were still shots going overhead from both sides, and so finally when we heard that the shooter was down, i just ran low out to steve and started putting pressure on the wound. reporter: a republican staffer identified as zach barth was also hit. he was gutsy. he was saying it wasn t bad at all. there was a hole in his leg. reporter: capitol police officers assigned to scalise because of his leadership position returned fire. i saw at least two of them go toward the shooter. they were putting their lives directly in the line of fire. two of his detail were shot. one african american gentleman shot in the leg, and i believe he s the one that brought the shooter down. he ran around for quite a while with a leg wound returning fire. reporter: witnesses are crediting the bravery of the officers with saving countless
and then all of a sudden a couple more shots, and we knew what it was and i just remember seeing some gravel, you know, bounce up as shots were coming near us. and so we climbed into the dug out. and tried to get our own people engaged. some people were calling 911. it was at least ten minutes because we were applying pressure to one of the staffers that was shot in the leg and we got a belt out, put that on. and you could see steve scalise out in the field. he dragged himself from second base into the field to be a little farther away from the gunman. he was laying motionless out there. so i wanted to get to him but there were still shots going overhead from both sides and, so, finally when we heard the shooter was down, i just ran low
base side where there were several people in there. a pile of you, basically, right? absolutely. all trying to get to cover. police officers firing pistols managed to take down hodgkinson who was armed with a long rifle. the shooter was never on the field and never got on the field. he stayed behind the third base dugout and came around behind home plate. got behind the utility shed and then darted out in front of the utility shed and that s when he got shot. first responders quickly arriving on the scene where the players had been tending to the wounded, including scalise, who had crawled into the outfield. i could see steve scalise out into the field. he dragged himself, after he was shot from near second base, about 10 or 15 yards into the fields, just to be further away from the gunman. he was laying motionless out there. so i wanted to get to him. but there were still shots going overhead from both sides. and so finally when we heard the
cameras with his democratic counterpart to talk about the charity game tomorrow night. arizona senator jeff flake said he and fellow republicans this morning were sitting ducks on that baseball field when a gunman opened fire during practice. flake came on tv almost immediately describing the moment when he was able to reach the injured house majority whip, steve scalise. she was laying motionless out there. i wanted to get to him. there were still shots going overhead from both sides. so finally when we heard the shooter was down, i just ran low out to steve and started putting pressure on the wounds. for 10 or 15 minutes we did that until medics aarrived. congressman scalise was playing second base. he dragged himself off the field after he was shot and left a trail of blood behind.