A gunman acted alone when he shot and wounded House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and four other people on a northern Virginia baseball field, the FBI says.
As The Associated Press reports, Tim Slater, the special agent in charge of the Washington FBI office, also said during a news conference held today that gunman James T. Hodgkinson did not have any ties to terrorism.
Scalise, a New Orleans-area congressman and Republican, was gravely wounded in the shooting last week. He has undergone several surgeries and remains hospitalized. His condition has been upgraded to serious.
Scalise and other congressional Republicans were practicing for their annual charity baseball game against Democrats when a gunman—identified as Hodgkinson—started shooting. U.S. Capitol Police and other officers returned fire and killed Hodgkinson, who turned out to be an unemployed home inspector with a deep animus toward President Donald Trump and other Republicans.
Hodgkinson, 66, from Belleville, Illinois, also was identified as a volunteer for Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign. He was taken to a hospital, where he died of his injuries.
The FBI says in a statement the agency is actively investigating Hodgkinson to determine his associates, whereabouts and any activity on social media. Officials also are running a trace on two weapons, including a rifle and a handgun.
