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WASHINGTON (LEX 18/NBC) -- Kentucky Senator Rand Paul was at the scene of the mass shooting at an Alexandria, Virginia baseball field during a congressional baseball practice.

The shooting injured five people, including House Majority Whip Steve Scalise. Sources say one Capitol Police was also shot.

Sen. Rand Paul was in a batting cage and witnessed the incident. He praised Capitol Police officers and their quick action saying that the situation would have escalated in their absence.

"It would have been a massacre," Paul said.

The Senator struggled to make sense of the incident, "You know, we live in this great, free and open country, and it's just sad that it's come to this and it's truly one of the best things we do. A bipartisan thing. I've gotten to know many Democrats through this game. We joke around, it's collegial. It's for charity. We're set to raise 600-thousand dollars for the Literacy Project and the Boys and Girls Club of D.C. It's a good thing. Who would want to kill people trying to do something good? It's really sick and very sad."

Paul believed that the weapon sounded like an AR-15 rifle. He was uninjured.

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