Congressman, others shot

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and three others were shot Wednesday morning during an early-morning practice for Thursday's annual Congressional Baseball Game after a lone gunman armed with a rifle opened fire. Shots rang out at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Alexandria, Virginia, at about 7:10 a.m., according to the FBI. The gunman has since died. Scalise (R-La.) and three others, including Congressional aide Zachary Barth, former staffer and current Tyson Foods employee Matt Mika and U.S. Capitol Police Special Agent Crystal Griner were wounded. U.S. Capitol Police said officers who were part of Scalise's security detail returned fire, wounding the shooter. The shooter has been identified by the FBI as 66-year-old James T. Hodgkinson of Belleville, Illinois.