Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise’s condition has been upgraded from “critical” to “serious” as he is showing signs of improvement, according to the hospital where he is being treated for a gunshot in the hip.
“He is more responsive, and is speaking with his loved ones,” MedStar Washington Hospital Center stated in a release on behalf of Scalise’s family.
Scalise was shot on June 14 during a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, by James Hodgkinson, a 66-year-old of Belleville, Illinois. Hodgkinson targeted Republican congressmen with rifle fire, wounding Scalise and four others (two Capitol Police officers and two congressional staffers).
Scalise, the third-ranking Republican in the House, underwent three surgeries, the latest one on Saturday.
He was shot in the left hip. “The round fragmented, and caused significant damage to bones, internal organs and blood vessels,” said Dr. Jack Sava, Director of Trauma at the hospital, in a June 16 statement.
