Congressman in stable condition after Virginia shooting

A congressional aide says Rep. Steve Scalise, the US House majority whip, is in stable condition at George Washington University Hospital after a shooting earlier Wednesday at a Virginia baseball field during a Congressional baseball game.

Rep. Mo Brooks, Republican of Alabama, says several other people also were hit, including two law enforcement officers.

Brooks says that Scalise, 51, was down on the ground with what Brooks described as “a hip wound.”

Rep. Mike Bishop, a Michigan Republican, says Scalise was standing on second base when he was shot.

“I was looking right at him,” Bishop tells Detroit radio station WWJ. “He was a sitting duck.”

Scalise is the No. 3 House Republican leader. He was first elected to the House in 2008 after serving in the state legislature.

Rep. Jeff Duncan says in a statement that he was at the practice and “saw the shooter.”

“Please pray for my colleagues,” Duncan says.

— AP