--- title: Steve Scalise: Democrats Pray After Alexandria Shooting description: Democrat members of Congress prayed for their Republican colleagues after the House Majority Whip Steve Scalise was shot at a baseball game. canonical: https://time.com/4817859/steve-scalise-alexandria-shooting-prayer-photo/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-14T14:27:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:07:20.008Z article:section: Politics og:title: Democrats Pray in Moving Photo After Steve Scalise Shooting og:description: "Praying for our baseball colleagues." og:url: https://time.com/4817859/steve-scalise-alexandria-shooting-prayer-photo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5e7c69bf6a64c06/6988d193ab6d77f7d86ae8e2/virginia-shooting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4368 og:image:height: 2457 og:image:alt: Shooting of multiple people in Alexandria, Virginia og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Democrats Pray in Moving Photo After Steve Scalise Shooting twitter:description: "Praying for our baseball colleagues." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5e7c69bf6a64c06/6988d193ab6d77f7d86ae8e2/virginia-shooting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Democrats Pray for Republican Colleagues After Congressman Shot in Virginia in Moving Photo > Sponsored content. 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Police in Virginia were scrambling Wednesday morning to respond to reports of a shooting near a baseball field in Alexandria where Republican members of Congress were practicing for an annual charity game, and at least one lawmaker was shot._ by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jun 14, 2017 2:27 PM UTC Police in Virginia were scrambling Wednesday morning to respond to reports of a shooting near a baseball field in Alexandria where Republican members of Congress were practicing for an annual charity game, and at least one lawmaker was shot. by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jun 14, 2017 2:27 PM UTC After a top [Republican leader in Congress](http://time.com/4817818/steve-scalise-alexandria-shooting/?xid=homepage) and others were [shot](http://time.com/4817777/alexandria-shooting-steve-scalise/?xid=homepage) in Virginia early Wednesday morning at a charity baseball game, a group of Democrats huddled, closed their eyes, and prayed. Republican members of Congress were practicing for Thursday’s Congressional Baseball Game when House Majority Whip Steve Scalise was shot, authorities and witnesses said. At the same time, House and Senate Democrats were also practicing on a different baseball field when they stopped to pray for their colleagues upon learning the news. “At baseball practice, hearing about the unthinkable horrific news. Practice shut down. Dems join-in prayer for our \[Republican\] colleagues and those hit,” Nevada Rep. Ruben J. Kihuen captioned a tweet with a picture of roughly 16 Congress members gathered in prayer. > [](https://twitter.com/RepKihuen/status/874961886722363393) Scalise was shot in the hip but is in stable condition at MedStar Washington Hospital Center where he is having surgery, his office said in a statement. > [](https://twitter.com/mikememoli/status/874984975048855552) According to Alexandria police, a suspect was taken into custody and five people were taken to area hospitals for medical treatment. > [](https://twitter.com/AlexandriaVAPD/status/874976014379749376) Mo Brooks, who was on the scene at the time, told [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/14/politics/alexandria-virginia-shooting/index.html) that Scalise and a congressional aide had been shot. “I heard Steve Scalise scream,” Brooks said. “He was shot.” > [](https://twitter.com/MEPFuller/status/874959037233803264) Democratic members of Congress have played Republican members in the annual baseball game since 1909\. The proceeds from ticket sales go to charity. Other members of Congress began reacting to the shooting on social media: > [](https://twitter.com/RepLoBiondo/status/874967720734928897) > [](https://twitter.com/MarkWarner/status/874967477289193472) > [](https://twitter.com/RepShimkus/status/874961300035690497) _Sandra Sobieraj Westfall contributed reporting._ ## Transcript And joining with this team to help confront the challenges that people all across this country are facing. We've got- Yeah. I'm just giving you a heads up on this. I don't know how long I'm going to be here cause I'm giving you you'll see there'll be a- How about you stay here and we'll go around? I think you should stay here, and we should go around. 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