The department responded to shots fired on June 14th , 2017 to a quiet Del Ray neighborhood . Police Officers from both Alexandria and the US Capital Police Department shot and killed James Hodgkinson after a 10 minute gun battle with the assailant , an event that became known as the congressional baseball shooting . Hodgkinson was attempting to kill republican congressman who were practicing on Monroe street baseball field for the annual Congressional Baseball Game for Charity . Three officers from the Alexandria Police Department received the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor on July 27 , 2017 , in recognition of their heroism during the June 14 shooting incident at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park . The Medal of Valor is the highest decoration for bravery exhibited by public safety officers in the United States
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2017 Congressional baseball shooting
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