Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn., still wearing his baseball shirt, describes for reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 14, 2017, the scene at a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Va., earlier where a gunman opened fire wounding House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La. during a Congressional baseball practice. (AP Photo/Matthew Daly)
June 14, 2017
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Rifle-wielding gunman wounds lawmaker, then killed by police
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A rifle-wielding attacker opened fire on Republican lawmakers at a congressional baseball practice Wednesday, wounding House GOP Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana and several others as congressmen and aides dove for cover. The assailant, prepared with "a lot of ammo," fought a gun battle with police before he, too, was shot and later died.