A ten-minute shootout ensued between the shooter — James Hodgkinson of Belleville , Illinois , a left-wing activist — and officers from the Capitol and Alexandria Police . Media reports state Hodgkinson began firing from the fence adjacent to the third base dugout . At the time of the shooting , Kelly was playing third base and was roughly ten yards away from Hodgkinson . As Hodgkinson opened fire , Kelly is reported to be the first person to be shot at and the first to alert the rest of the team there was an active shooter by yelling " shooter , active shooter " as he evacuated himself from the field . Officers shot Hodgkinson , who died from his wounds later that day at George Washington University Hospital . Scalise and Mika were taken to nearby hospitals , where they underwent surgery . Scalise is the first sitting member of Congress to have been shot since Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords was shot in 2011
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