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Congressional baseball shooting

Congressional baseball shooting
Eugene Simpson Stadium Park is located in Alexandria
Eugene Simpson Stadium Park
Eugene Simpson Stadium Park
Eugene Simpson Stadium Park is located in District of Columbia
Eugene Simpson Stadium Park
Eugene Simpson Stadium Park
Eugene Simpson Stadium Park is located in Virginia
Eugene Simpson Stadium Park
Eugene Simpson Stadium Park
Eugene Simpson Stadium Park is located in the United States
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Eugene Simpson Stadium Park
LocationAlexandria, Virginia, U.S.
Coordinates38°49′18″N 77°3′12″W / 38.82167°N 77.05333°W / 38.82167; -77.05333
DateJune 14, 2017
7:09 – 7:20 a.m. (EDT)
TargetRepublican Party congressmen
Attack type
Assassination attempt, domestic terrorism, mass shooting
Weapons
Deaths1 (the perpetrator)[4][5]
Injured6 (4 by gunfire); 2 of them critically[6][7][1][2]
PerpetratorJames Hodgkinson
MotiveFar-Left extremism, opposition to the election of Donald Trump

On June 14, 2017, a mass shooting occurred during a practice session for the annual Congressional Baseball Game in Alexandria, Virginia. 66-year-old James Hodgkinson shot six people, including U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, U.S. Capitol Police officer Crystal Griner, congressional aide Zack Barth, and lobbyist Matt Mika. A ten-minute shootout took place between Hodgkinson and officers from the Capitol and Alexandria Police before officers shot Hodgkinson, who died from his wounds later that day at the George Washington University Hospital.[7][8] Scalise and Mika were taken to nearby hospitals where they underwent surgery.[9]

Hodgkinson was a left-wing activist with a record of domestic violence from Belleville, Illinois,[10][11] while Scalise was a Republican Party member of Congress. The Virginia Attorney General concluded Hodgkinson's attack was "an act of terrorism ... fueled by rage against Republican legislators."[12] Scalise was the first sitting member of Congress to have been shot since Arizona Representative Democratic Gabby Giffords in the 2011 Tucson shooting.[13] In a 2021 report, the FBI classified the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism, and the perpetrator of the shooting as a "domestic violent extremist" with a "personalized violent ideology".[14][15]

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  3. ^ "Sources: Gun used in Scalise shooting was legally purchased". WTOP.com. Archived from the original on June 16, 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  4. ^ Diaz, Daniella; Love, Alysha. "Alexandria shooting: Live updates on the shooting at a congressional baseball practice in Virginia". CNN. Archived from the original on October 26, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
  5. ^ Wener, Erica; Day, Chad (October 25, 2018). "Congress seeks normalcy, heads back to work after shooting". WBAY. Associated Press. Archived from the original on June 15, 2017. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
  6. ^ Hermann, Peter; Phillips, Amber; Kane, Paul; Weiner, Rachel (June 14, 2017). "Lawmaker Steve Scalise is critically injured in GOP baseball shooting; gunman James T. Hodgkinson is killed by police". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on June 14, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  7. ^ a b Pergram, Chad. "Virginia GOP baseball practice shooting: Multiple people shot". Fox News Channel. Archived from the original on September 27, 2018. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  8. ^ de Vries, Karl; Scott, Eugene (June 14, 2017). "Rep. Scalise shot in Virginia". CNN. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  9. ^ Staff. "Hospital: House Majority Whip Steve Scalise in critical condition after surgery". AOL. Archived from the original on June 19, 2017. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
  10. ^ Laughland, Oliver; Swaine, Jon (June 15, 2017). "Virginia shooting: gunman was leftwing activist with record of domestic violence". The Guardian. Archived from the original on June 20, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  11. ^ Pearce, Matt; Tanfani, Joseph (June 14, 2017). "Virginia gunman hated Republicans, and 'was always in his own little world'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on June 20, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  12. ^ Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney, City of Alexandria. "Simpson Field Shooting" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on October 8, 2017. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  13. ^ Yadidi, Noa (June 14, 2017). "Giffords tweets support following baseball practice shooting". CNN. Archived from the original on June 14, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  14. ^ Sparling, Hannah (May 17, 2021). "After Ohio Rep. Brad Wenstrup objects, FBI changes designation of baseball shooting". Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  15. ^ Beitsch, Rebecca (May 17, 2021). "FBI reclassifies 2017 baseball field shooting as domestic terror". The Hill. Retrieved December 22, 2021.

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