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GOP, Democrats Play Ball as Team Scalise
Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., left, walks with Rep. Ryan Costello, R-Pa., before the Congressional baseball game, Thursday, June 15, 2017, in Washington. Republicans
and Democrats fought for bragging rights Thursday night in their annual Congressional Baseball game, and did so as one unit — Team Scalise. The opposing sides
paid tribute to Rep. Steve Scalise, the House majority whip who was critically wounded when a gunman opened fire at a Republican baseball practice in Virginia
on Wednesday. Scalise was shot in the hip, and sustained grievous injuries as the bullet traveled through his pelvis and injured internal organs. Many of the players
in the congressional game Thursday night wore Louisiana State University hats in honor of Scalise, a graduate of the school, as they assembled at Nationals Park in
Washington for the big game. The annual GOP-Democrats baseball game raises money for charity.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Scalise Has More Surgery; Authorities Track Shooter’s Path
By ALAN FRAM to business in a somber mood as law enforce- that the purchases were not lawful.”
Associated Press ment tracked the path the shooter traveled to Hodgkinson, a Belleville, Illinois, home inspec-
WASHINGTON (AP) — In critical condition and his ballfield carnage. tor who had been living out of his van near
undergoing repeated surgery, GOP House Investigators studying Wednesday’s attack at the park, had a social media page filled with
Whip Steve Scalise faces a “much more dif- a suburban Virginia park said shooter James criticism of Republicans and the Trump admin-
ficult” struggle to recover from his gunshot Hodgkinson had obtained his rifle and hand- istration. He died after officers in Scalise’s se-
wound than first thought, President Donald gun from licensed firearms dealers. Capitol curity detail fired back at him.
Trump said Thursday. The House lurched back Police said they had “no evidence to suggest Continued on page 3