Police came. My other son was in the battle cage and he is also very brave. You can see him there in that picture, the tall er of the two. We heard shots and it was clear pretty quickly there was a shooter with a high profile rifle. Steve scalise was hit in the hip he was hit, and he was down the whole time. Senator rand paul was in the batting cage when it started. I could see way in the distance, the gun sounded like an ar15, and we could not see
i kept yelling back are you friendly . We didnt know if it was another gunman or if it was return fire. And the Capital Policeman put his head around the dugout and i could tell it was them returning fire. It was a very chaotic situation, and it lasted for at least ten minutes and it just kept going on and on. Some estimated over 50 shots. I stood up up in the dugout trying to get a sense of where the gunman was. He walked around first base outside of the fence. And he got into the dugout. And we realized we were not safe there. Could you se
active shooter. special agent bailey was shot during the exchange of gun fire, but continued to advance the shooter without benefit of cover until the active shooter was subdued saving the lives of members of congress, attending family members and congressional staff. [applause] officer nicole bataglia. medal of valor presented to
special agent bailey was shot during the exchange of gunfire but continued to advance the shooter without benefit of cover until the active shooter was subdued, saving the lives of members of congress, attending family members, and congressional staff. [ applause ] officer nicole battaglia. medal of valor presented to officer nicole battaglia, alexandria police department, virginia. for demonstrating extraordinary
the only comment i will make is it s a white cargo van. reporter: can the capitol police talk to us about their officers? those who were injured and return fire? fred rogers, u.s. capitol police. we put out a statement today and the chief wants to commend special agent crystal griner and others. grateful for special agent griner, who is in good condition in the hospital. special agent bailey was treated and released, having sustained a minor injury. united states capitol police is dedicated to the mission of protecting the united states capital, members of congress and staff in the visiting public. today we saw how our officers training was put into action paired we would also like to thank our partner agencies, the fbi, atf, u.s. park police,
good evening. house majority whip steve scalise was brought here early this morning with a gunshot wound to his hip. this is a level one trauma center and it s close to inner-city neighborhoods where gunshot wounds are not at all uncommon. they know what they are doing here. after several hours of surgery, the hospital tweeted representative scalise was critically injured and remains in critical condition. the other patient is in good condition. the other patient is crystal griner. she s a member of the u.s. capitol police force and was wounded in the ankle or the foot. among the visitors today was the chief of the u.s. capitol police force who said the other officer involved, mr. david bailey, did not require treatment. bailey is largely credited with bringing down the gunmen. they have spared a much larger