US House Representative Steve Scalise was shot Wednesday morning in Alexandria, Virginia, CNN reports.
The shooting took place at a practice for the GOP congressional baseball team.
Steve Scalise, a member of the House Republican leadership is the majority whip (Party whip is the an official of a political party who ensures party discipline in a legislature).
Two Capitol Hill police agents were shot. According to both congressional and law enforcement sources, the shooting appears to be a "deliberate attack."
On the ocassion the US President Donald Trump noted on his Twitter post: "Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana, a true friend and patriot, was badly injured but will fully recover. Our thoughts and prayers are with him."