Tag: James Hodgkinson

Trump honors Majority Whip Scalise at Congressional picnic

WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (Reuters) — United States President Donald Trump offered words of encouragement about the condition of shot House Majority Whip Steve Scalise to Congressional staff and their families at a picnic in their honor in the White House South Lawn on Thursday (June 22). Trump said “things are looking very, very good,” for Congressman Scalise, just over one week after he was shot in the hip by rifle fire during a Congressional charity […]

FBI seeking information about baseball shooting suspect

ALEXANDRIA, United States (Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation is calling on the public to help provide more information on James Hodgkinson, the 66-year-old man suspected opening fire on Wednesday (June 14) during a practice for a charity Congressional baseball game morning. Congressman Steve Scalise was among those shot. FBI Special Agent in Charge for the Washington Field Office, Timothy Slater, didn’t get into specifics other than to clarify some confusion in the media about […]