BREAKING NEWS: Shots fired at GOP Ball Game. Minimum 3 People Shot.

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This will attempt to be a short and condensed version of the known information.

**Rep. Steve Scalise as well as 2 Capitol Police Officers were shot. **

The shooting took place at a practice for the GOP congressional baseball team

According to both congressional and law enforcement sources, the shooting appears to be a "deliberate attack."

Two law enforcement sources told CNN the shooter, who is in police custody, has been taken to a hospital.
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, who was at the practice, told CNN "it would have been a massacre" had Capitol Police not been present.

"50 (shots) would be an understatement, I'm quite sure," Flake said, including police and attacker gunfire.

"The Vice President and I are aware of the shooting incident in Virginia and are monitoring developments closely," President Donald Trump said in a statement. "We are deeply saddened by this tragedy. Our thoughts and prayers are with the members of Congress, their staffs, Capitol Police, first responders, and all others affected."

Scalise is the first member of Congress to be shot since former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords was shot in January 2011.

This will be updated if new news is available. Read More at http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/14/politics/alexandria-virginia-shooting/index.html

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