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>> he was middle-aged. >> give us a sense of how you saw this man? what struck you most of all the suspect? >> the gun. i only saw him with one weapon, it was an ak-47 type weapon. it had a curve magazine, a distinctive silhouette. >> did you see the shooter being taken into custody? >> i did, i saw him exchanging fire with the officers appeared i later saw him being handcuffed, face down in the

The first -- it sounded like a pipe bomb or something went off and all of us kind of had an immediate reaction to it but nobody thought that it was a gun. i was looking right down at the third baseman trent kelly, and then when the second one realized and the i realized it was a gun and the third baseman came running at me calling shooter is and i saw and looked over to the third base line on the other side of the chain link fence and there he was, very methodical in his way. looking at the gun,...

Then i went out to him after they had subdued the shooter. >> okay. and what was the mood like today at this event? did you ever expect something like this to happen? >> no. we were upbeat getting ready for a game. something like this happens and you cant believe it. fortunately theres a security detail there, capitol hill police, or we all would have been vulnerable and without fire, return fire. so im sure they saved who knows how many lives. but lets pray for those that did get hit today. >> ...

Situations, available to our communities over the next couple days. we care very much about our residents and the people that come to visit us in this city, and were doing everything we can to reassure them that this is a safe community and that your government and your public safety personnel care deeply about it. that said, youll see a lot of law enforcement and fire personnel working this area, trying to reassure them of such. so i thank you for that. and as a part of the department, we will ...

Payment with a knee in his back. i saw emts go to where he was. >> was he changing out magazine magazines, methodical shooting or just fire, fire, fire? >> i didnt see him change magazines but i saw him move around. he seemed to be crouched down and i couldnt go any further than that. >> how long do you think it went on for? >> bill: wow.

Had left, trail of blood. >> scalises security detail and capitol hill police immediately began -- to return fire. >> one of our staffers was wounded. he was bleeding from his calf. >> we feared he might come into the dugout and take us all ou >> my son, jack, got under an suv, and he was very brave. my other son, brad, was in the batting cage, and he also was very brave. >> authorities identified the gunman as 66-year-old james hodgkinson, an illinois resident with strong anti-trump views, who ...

I want to bring in a statement that roger williams, a congressman from the state of texas, put out just a few moments ago. at approximately 7:00 a.m. eastern time this morning an armed gunman arrived at baseball practice and opened fire. congressman williams was not shot, however, a member of his staff was shot and is receiving medical attention. the gunman has been detained and at this time we do not have any further information but will continue to release it as it comes to the surface. jeff f...

Or the incident take place. >> now, those who were on the field, obviously a baseball field is an open area. was there anywhere for them to run? when we heard from rand paul earlier, he said some of the congressional aides who were in the right field, he could tell they were trying to make that decision, do they simply lay on the ground where shots were landing around them or hop over the fence and possibly make themselves a target but get closer to shelter. what are you able to see? >> simpson ...

Shooter could have killed more people. >> did you get the sense that it was the capitol police and it was the detail that was able to subdue the shooter? >> absolutely. they were initially the only presence that was armeded there and the reason i knew that as we lay in the dugout and were being fired upon. there were bullets fired all over the place and bouncing all over the place and we heard return fire and that was the capitol police firing back at the shooter. >> congressman fleischmann, tha...

Hes the one who brought the shooter down. he ran around for quite a while with a leg wound, returning fire. >> reporter: tonight, witnesses are crediting the officers. >> it was the capitol police i assume everyone would have been killed this morning. >> reporter: a total of five victims were hospitalized including congressman scalise, matt mika, staffer zack barth and crystal griner and dave bailey. >> this is a picture ill never forget. >> reporter: the hail of gunfire evident in bullet holes ...