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Update: Congressman, 4 others shot; lone gunman dead

Crime scene investigation members look at what appears to be a bullet hole on a building across the street from the baseball field in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday, June 14, 2017, where House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La., and others, were shot during a Congressional baseball practice. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com(509) 319-0354
Crime scene investigation members look at what appears to be a bullet hole on a building across the street from the baseball field in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday, June 14, 2017, where House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La., and others, were shot during a Congressional baseball practice. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Crime scene investigation members look at what appears to be a bullet hole on a building across the street from the baseball field in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday, June 14, 2017, where House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La., and others, were shot during a Congressional baseball practice. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

A gunman unleashed a barrage of gunfire Wednesday at a park in Alexandria, Va., as Republican members of Congress held a morning baseball practice, wounding five people, including House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (La.).

President Trump said the suspected gunman — identified by multiple law enforcement officials as James T. Hodgkinson III, 66, from Illinois — was killed in a shootout with police, two of whom were wounded in the gun battle/Washington Post. More here .

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