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For 100 years plus, this baseball game between democrats and republicans. i think the capitol police are going to focus more towards ramping up their security moving forward for additional games. >> while it's not confirmed that it's an ar-15, eyewitnesses across the board have said they believe based on the sound of the shots it was an automatic rifle. congressman barton is speaking now. >> she started shooting, shot a her third baseman, shot at steve scalise, our second baseman. he hit steve scalise. the security detail and capitol police immediately began to return fire. and alexander polic...

>> came out to practice, started shooting. he start at trent kelly, our third baseman, shot at steve scalise. he hit steve scalise. scalise's security detail and capitol hill police immediately began -- to return fire. and alexandria police also immediately came and began to return fire. they shot the shooter, and i think the security detail saved a lot of lives, because they attacked the shooter. so the heroes are the capitol hill police, the alexandria police and steve scalise's security detail. >> do you know what the shooter looked like? >> he was middle aged man, blue jeans and a blue shi...

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, picked it up, aimed, fired. put it down, looked for his next target, aimed, fire and seemed to have...

>> do we know where he's at? >> he's behind home plate. >> did you call 911? >> i assume people have been calling 911 already. >> hey, is that guy okay out there? the guy -- has that guy been shot? is he okay? anybody talking to him? [ gunshots ] >> wow, almost 20 republican lawmakers actually witnessed that attack along with their staffers and at least two children were there. here's how they painted the gruesome scene. >> we were taking batting practice and shagging balls infield. a gunshot went off. >> the next thing i heard was, run, he's got a gun. >> a shooter came out to practice, start...

Members that aren't on your committee. it's really a highlight on the calendar every year. it's a great, great, great event. and to be able to see it marred this morning in such a tragic way is really heartbreaking. >> david woodruff, a veteran congressional aide. thank you for getting in touch with us by telephone and telling us -- >> thank you brian. >> -- what you witnessed about this. we want to replay remarks by joe barton of texas who was interviewed after the shooting about what he saw and experienced. >> we were at batting practice, we have a congressional baseball game. we play every ...