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by: Alex Thomas, Rare.us Updated: Jun 14, 2017 - 9:29 AM

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana and members of his staff wereamong the victims of a shooting early Wednesday during GOP baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who was also present at the practice, recounted the events to Morning Joe. Paul said he was in the batting cage. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., heads to the Senate floor for a vote on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call

"I grew up in the South, and I just thought someone had discharged a shotgun, which isnt that unusual in the South, but then I thought, We are in the city; were not in the country here.'

He said he saw Scalise shot but moving, trying to drag himself out of the dirt into the outfield.

Paul said he wasnt sure where the shots were coming from. He said he heard 50 to 60 shots before the Capitol Hill police responded.

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Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., also at the practice and told CNN that he was on deck, about to hit batting practice when the shots rang out.

I look around, and I see a rifle and I see a little bit of a body," he said. "Then I hear another blam, and I realize theres an active shooter.

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Brooks ran to the dugout, where a number of people were laying on the ground. The congressman then used his belt as a tourniquet to stop the bleeding from a staffers leg. Brooks heard another shot and looked up to see one of the members of their security detail firing back at the shooter with a pistol.

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