Gunman attacks congressman (Congressmen, leader, elect, senator)

[finalmove]

Originally Posted by PedroMartinez

Where was this reported?

The shooter asked Tom Cotton as they passed at the field just prior.

[shadowne]

The practice was for the Democrat vs Republican baseball game played in the summer that has over 100 years history.

[Taiko]

Originally Posted by Dockside

CNN is carefully ignoring this.

I did a quick channel surf of the big 4 broad based networks and the large news networks and CNN was the only network giving partisan affiliation on its blurb, with "Majority Whip". The rest were just "Congressman"

[Old Gringo]

Police have the perp in custody.

Reports are that congressman Steve Scalise and some staffers were injured during practice for a softball game.

Domestic terrorism?

[PedroMartinez]

Originally Posted by finalmove

The shooter asked Tom Cotton as they passed at the field just prior.

Do they know it was the shooter who asked or was it someone asked and people assume it was the shooter?

[Camaro5]

The level of contempt and disrespect in this country is appalling. The blame goes to the media and people like Griffin, Madonna, et al. who are the ones that incite this kind of behavior. Their level of hatred is pushing people over the edge.

Apparently this is what they want. If someone disagrees with you, just shoot them.

[moneill]

Originally Posted by BentBow

Looks to be a targeted attack.

The guy had security with him -- was he threatened before?

[finalmove]

Originally Posted by PedroMartinez

Do they know it was the shooter who asked or was it someone asked and people assume it was the shooter?

I'm sure we'll know every second of the event by day's end. Witnesses all survived, and likely cameras everywhere.

[MMS02760]

My thoughts are with all the victims of this shooting. Hopefully their injuries are not life-threatening.

[PedroMartinez]

Fox News has Rand Paul on right now. He says two of those shot were the security members who engaged the shooter with their pistols.

Going after a rifleman in a fixed position with a pistol is pretty dang brave.