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Shooter was down, i just ran low out to steve and started putting pressure on the wound. >> total of four victims shot. congressman scalise, matt mika, zach barth and capitol police officer crystal grinor. remaining members of congress huddled nearby. police say the gunman is dead as members come to grips with what they witnessed. >> we've got to end this. we've got to stop it. i watched my friend and fellow member, steve scalise, laying motionless on the field. wondering if he was going to be okay. that is a picture i will never forget. >> this could have been a lot worse. senator rand paul f...

Leaving. i went around the field and got behind a wooden building about ten feet from the capitol police officers and their vehicle, and that's when matt mika was shot in the chest, about ten feet from me. and we were -- i never could see the shooter but the individual that was there, we kept an eye on it and found out a little while ago that three of the shots actually hit within two feet of where we are. one just above my head. and into the side of the building. we were blessed that we were shot but it's, you know, a vulnerable feeling to be targeted. he was truly targeting us without any wa...

>> steve scalise was near second base. one of the first struck in the hip. >> there was gunfire all around. some investigated some 50-something shots. i think that's an understatement. it seemed to be a lot more than that. but for ten minutes or so, we were trying to decide whether we would leave or take the injured. >> at 7:09, first 911 call came in to alexandria police. >> shots being fired. >> units arrived on the scene within just three minutes. joining the fire fight already under way between hooj kinson and tleet capitol police officers assigned to protect scalise. >> making it to the d...

He will recover from this assault and, steve, i want you to know, that you have the prayers be not only of the entire city behind you, but of an entire nation and frankly, the entire world. america is praying for you and all of the victims of this entire shooting. we may have our differences, but we do well in times like these to remember that everyone who serves in our nation's capitol is here because above all, they love our country. we can all agree that we are blessed to be americans. that our children deserve to grow up in a nation of safety and peace. and that we are strongest when we ar...

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