--- 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: 2026-02-23T16:08:19.905Z 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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Baseball equipment is seen scattered on the field where a shooting took place at the practice of the Republican congressional baseball team at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Alexandria, Virginia on June 14, 2017. Shawn Thew—EPA 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._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4817859/steve-scalise-alexandria-shooting-prayer-photo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4817859/steve-scalise-alexandria-shooting-prayer-photo/"},"headline":"Democrats Pray for Republican Colleagues After Congressman Shot in Virginia in Moving Photo","datePublished":"2017-06-14T14:27:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:08:19.905Z","description":"\"Praying for our baseball colleagues\"","url":"https://time.com/4817859/steve-scalise-alexandria-shooting-prayer-photo/","keywords":["Congress","politics","photography","Photo","steve scalise","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5e7c69bf6a64c06/6988d193ab6d77f7d86ae8e2/virginia-shooting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5e7c69bf6a64c06/6988d193ab6d77f7d86ae8e2/virginia-shooting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Shooting of multiple people in Alexandria, Virginia","caption":"Shooting of multiple people in Alexandria, Virginia","creditText":"Shawn Thew—EPA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4817859/steve-scalise-alexandria-shooting-prayer-photo/","name":"Democrats Pray for Republican Colleagues After Congressman Shot in Virginia in Moving Photo"}}]}] ```