Breaking news, Steve Scalise is in Critical Condition tonight after fire was opened on softball practice. The first shots ringing out at about 7 00 this morning. The heavily armed shooter crouching behind the third base dugout. Several officers on the scene fired back. The gunman later died from his injuries. Cell phone video recorded the chaotic scene. [ gunfire ] hey. Is that guy ok out there . The guy has that guy been shot . Is he ok. Anybody talking to him . [ gunfire ] stay down stay down [ bleep ] [ gunfire ] [ bleep ]. Shoot him [ bleep ]. Thats what happened in that Suburban Park outside washington this morning. The gunman has been identified as james hodge kinson. The fbi also revealing that the gunman had been in the Washington Area since march actually living out of a cargo van. Four people were shot including congressman ka lease who was shot in the hip. Theres one more in Critical Condition tonight. Zach bart was shot in the leg. Hes been treated and released. Crystal griner was shot in the ankle and david bayley was injured but recovering. It is their hair oh wichl that saved lives today. What can you tell us about the congressmans condition . Steve scalise is fighting for his life here at Washington Hospital center as is matt mika at another hospital and here at the Hospital Center capitol hill special agents crystal griner is in Good Condition after having been shot in the ankle. Witnesses say if it hadnt been for the fact that scalise had the Security Officers as his personal detail, there might have been a massacre on that field. He seemingly came out of nowhere. Members of congress and their staffs. I thought it was a car backfire at first until i see the rifle barrel. And a white male taking careful aim at congressmen, staffers, whoever he could get hold of. Reporter witnesses say gunman identified by police as 66yearold james hodge kinson appeared to be laying in wait behind the dugout on this baseball people. Republican representatives practicing for tomorrows bipartisan baseball game. All of a sudden there were multiple gunshots being fired. Reporter senator rodney davis was about. Swb yelled run reporter the third ranking House Republican was the first republican. He was in the infield. Redragged himself after he was shot from near second base about 10 or 15 yards into the field just to be i think a little further away from the gunman. He was laying motionless out there. I wanted to get to him but there were still shots going over head from both sides. 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. There was a hole in his leg. Reporter Capital Police officers assigned to scalise because of his position. They were putting their lives directly in the line of fire. Two of his detail were shot. One africanamerican gentleman shot in the leg and i believe hes the one that are brought the shooter down. He ran around for quite a while with a leg wound returning fire. Reporter tonight witnesses are crediting the bravery of the officers with saving countless lives. It was the Capital Police that saved us all. If it wasnt for the Capital Police i assume everybody would have been killed this morning. Reporter a total of four people were shot. I watched mike run and my fellow member Steve Scalise lay motionless on the field, wondering if he was going to be ok. That is a picture i will never forget. [ grufr ] the hail of gunfire evident as far away as the ymca building. Tonight as investigators try to find a motive, two are pointing to a conversation they had with the shooter earlier this morning in a parking lot. He asked me if this team was the republican or Democrat Team practicing. I respond it was the Republican Team practicing and he proceeded to shoot republicans. Take that for what its worth. And once again, an update on congressman Steve Scalise. Hes in Critical Condition here at Washington Hospital center. The shooter had been in the alexandra, Virginia Area since march. Been members of the ymca, the staffers there said he had been a member there since april. A Law Enforcement official said hed been living out of his vehicle in the area since march. Erin . Thank you very much. Out front one congressman who was there at the shooting. Republican gary palmer, yards away from congressman scalise on that baseball field. And i thank you for being with us, congressman. Cant imagine what you went through. When this morning and it was just an Early Morning and i know you were all out. It was a beautiful morning. When did you realize that something awful was happening . Well, when i heard the first gunshot i knew it was a gunshot. I yelled at trent that it was a gunshot. And trent said, yeah, or i know and then he yelled, he has a gun and yelled run and as we were trying to get to cover, he fired a couple more shots. I know it was at least two shots and scalise was to my left and i saw him gol down. I knew he had been hit. I saw him go down and we got to cover outside the field and i want to say this. And its been said many times already. The actions of the Capital Police were extraordinary. They showed extraordinary courage. I believe officer bayley was wounded. It may have been a shrapnel wound but he persisted in returning fire. Crystal griner yes. Was hit and i saw her pull herself to along the side of her suv to return fire on the shooter as well. These Extraordinary People and they saved our lives. When this started and you heard that first shot and you knew there was something, could you see at any time, congressman, the shooter, to see his demeanor, how he appeared to be aiming . Were you able to ascertain any of that . No. As soon as trent identified him and said he had a gun, we tried to get to cover. I didnt look back. I was actually looking at scalise and heard those two shots and saw steve go down. Its a miracle that he didnt hit congressman kelly. I believe that was his initial target. Its amazing to me that trent was maybe 15 yards from him and i was maybe 20 yards from him and he missed trent. You think he was aim at congressman kelly. Initially he was and he may have continued to try to shoot congressman kelly. I dont know. It appeared to me that it was somewhat random at that point and he moved to another location and tried to work his way around to the First Base Side where so many of us had taken cover. And as one persons already described, the Capital Police went in. They ran to the sound of the guns and when the guy changed positions and they switched back thats when i think officer griner was hit. Have you had a chance to speak with congressman scalise or liz family. I know his young wife and children are rushing to be by his side. Well, i havent. I think most of us real lies that at this point he needs his family around him. Ill say this about Steve Scalise. Hes one of the ninest people i know. One of the nicest guys who is constantly encouraging everyone. I encourage all your viewers to play pray for his full recovery and for matt mika who was shot in the chest. I know youre talking about how initially you thought congressman kelly may have been the person he was targeting but then you saw him shoot congressman scalise. He had a social media presence. He made a post about congressman scalise. He wrote heres a republican that should lose his job but they gave him a raise. Do you think that from what you saw he targeted scalise separately or scalise was in the more random part of the fire . I really dont know after this initial shot. When he fired his weapon and trent kelly turned toward him, his help was opponentsed directly at trent. As i say, as we were trying to make our way to cover, i wasnt looking back to see where he was shooting and so i really couldnt say whether or not he targeted the whip but you talk about what confined of a man congressman scalise is. Last week a person from will call spoke with him. You guys take this baseball very seriously. Most americans dont know about it. Its a big deal. Its tomorrow night. He spoke to why is this game mattered so much to him. Heres what he said. Were competitive people by nature. When you get to go out in a Major League Ballpark and play a kids game, its a lot of fun. How important is that game to you, congressman . Will you be playing . I plan to be on the field. Steve and i shared second base. I just happened to be over on the shortstop side this morning. And theres tremendous camaraderie that exists between the republicans and the democrats. We enjoy the competition with one another. Its a unique game and an american sport but its also a tremendous fundraiser and in addition to the charities were going to support, were going to also support the fallen officers fund. When you talk about camaraderie, two of your people who had to leave earlier said the shooter asked whether the Team Practicing on the field was democrats or republicans do you believe that you all were targeted because you were republicans . I believe we were and what i would want to say to the American People is that our countrys been torn apart. Everybody, both sides need to tone it down. Whether its social media or showing up at town halls. Weve got to come together for the future and the good of our country. I really believe this is a Pivotal Point in our history and as democrats, republicans, it really doesnt matter. We need to come together as americans and we really need to get back to a discourse to civil dialogue and work out these issues as we should. Thank you so very much, congressman. 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The man who opened fire on Congressional Republicans today, the Baseball Team shooting majority whip Steve Scalise and leaving him in Critical Condition now. We can tell you he was in washington, d. C. Area for months. Not from there but he had been there camping out in a camper. The fbi revealing he was living out of a van in alexandra, virginia, since march. More details emerging, including the shooters Facebook Page, antitrump and antigop. Then this. A pattern of runins with the logs. Phil mattingly is out front. Reporter tonight investigators are digging into the past of this 66yearold man, james hodgkinsson. A politically active individual infewer yieted with donald trump and the republican party. He called republicans stupid, wrote that america is full of them. Said President Trump has quote destroyed our democracy. Its time to destroy trump and company. He liked a political cartoon suggesting Steve Scalise should be fired. One concluded ive never said life sucks. Only the policies of republicans. Hodgkinssons photo transposed with the face of senator bernie sanders. Sanders taking to the senate floor wednesday to acknowledge hodge kinson in may volunteered for his campaign and condemned his actions. I am sickened by this despigotble act. Let me be as clear as i can be. Violence of any kind is unacceptable in our societies and i condemn this action in the strongest possible terms. Hodgkinsson started his own Home Inspection company in 1994, only to quit the job on new years eve last year. He was fired in three as an independent contractor from a st. Clair intergovernmental department for unacceptable behavior. While kern wouldnt elaborate on that behavior itself he noted that rog kinsson returned in 2012 to ask for reinstatement. A search reveals seven runins with the law. A Police Report described him as allegedly punching a friend of his daughters in the face, firing off a gun, then dragging his daughter from a house by her hair, prying her out of a car by cutting her seat belt with a pocket knife. The charge was later dismised. Law enforcement Officials Say they are searching for a nine millimeter hand gun and another gun. Law enforcement has reason to believe that the shooter has been in alexandra, Virginia Area since march of this year. Reporter while back home a stun friend tried to defend a heinous act. I just want to let people know that he wasnt evil, that he was, i guess the tired of some of the politics that were going on. Reporter and one of the interesting elements is the secret service says he simply wasnt on their radar, despite the social media postings. He actually called congressman mice boss, his congress, a republican. According to the congressman. Its one of those things that raises a ton of questions. How he actually got to this point, what triggered this action. Still a lot of work for investors in washington. Phil, thank you. I want to go straight to James Gagliano and art rodder rick. Art, i know youve been talking to people working on this case. What have you been learning this evening . Well, it seems like this individual per chance had frequented the y leer right next to the ball field and had seen this as a target of opportunity but apparently the congressman had been practicing here several times a week and he was able to gain access to the facility fairly easily. I dont think he ever interested the ball field at all. He was able to leave his vehicle, which he had been sleeping in, it was set up as a camper where he had a dividing tur contain between the front seats and the rear, so he was living out of the van and basically left his wreak, parked only ten yards from the third base dugout and began firing. This brings up the protection issue of senators and congressman when theyre out in the public and specifically dealing with a large group of individuals, congressmen at a sperveg location. Job and we heard from congressman palmer telling us how hero i can those officers were. If they had not been there, this could have truly been horrific. We were talking to a bartender earlier today. Didnt look like the kind of person who was living out of a camper but was surly. Had been there a couple of months. Left his family to come here. When you put it all together, does it sound like he was planning for this specific target or was it a target of opportunity . Sure. Definitely seems like there was motive. You can go back in the facebook posts and whether or not he likes a political tar coon cartoon, thats one piece of it. Theres three ways that this could come under fbi purview. First is terrorist act. This could count as that. The second is political as nation. In the <