美國共和黨議員慈善活動遭槍擊

A man armed with a rifle opened fire on a group of Republican congressmen practising for an annual charity baseball game on Wednesday, wounding Steve Scalise, the House majority whip, and four others.

一名手持步槍的男子週三對着一羣正舉行年度慈善棒球賽的共和黨議員開槍，擊傷了衆議院多數黨黨鞭史蒂夫?斯卡利塞(Steve Scalise)和其他四人。

At 7.09am, police in Alexandria, Virginia, received a 911 emergency call reporting a shooting at a local baseball field. Units were on the scene within three minutes, according to Chief Mike Brown.

早上7時09分，美國弗吉尼亞州亞歷山德里亞市(Alexandria)警方接到了911報警電話，獲知當地一家棒球場發生槍擊事件。警察局長邁克?布朗(Mike Brown)表示，幾組警察在3分鐘內趕到了事發現場。

President Donald Trump announced in a televised address that the gunman had died of wounds sustained when Capitol Police officers assigned to protect Mr Scalise returned fire. Both officers were wounded.

美國總統唐納德?特朗普(Donald Trump)發表電視講話稱，肩負保護斯卡利塞責任的國會警員們開火還擊，槍手因傷重死亡。

“They attacked the shooter and that saved our lives,” Rep Joe Barton, still wearing his red baseball uniform, told reporters a few hours later. Senator Rand Paul told CNN it would have been “a massacre” had it not been for the presence of the security detail.

“他們朝槍手射擊，救了我們，”仍身着紅色棒球服的議員喬?巴頓(Joe Barton)在幾小時後告訴記者。參議員蘭德?保羅(Rand Paul)告訴美國有線新聞網(CNN)，要不是有警衛員在場，這件事將釀成“一場屠殺”。

Mr Scalise underwent surgery at Medstar Washington Hospital Center, which said on Wednesday afternoon he “was critically injured and remains in critical condition”.

斯卡利塞在醫療之星華盛頓醫院中心(MedStar Washington Hospital Center)接受了手術。該中心週三下午表示，“他的傷勢很重，仍處於危急狀態”。

Several US media outlets, all quoting law enforcement sources, identified the shooter as James Hodgkinson, 66, of Belleville, Illinois, who owned a home inspection business.

多家美國媒體援引執法機構消息人士的話稱，槍手名叫詹姆斯?霍奇金森(James Hodgkinson)，現年66歲，來自伊利諾伊州的貝爾維爾(Belleville)。此人擁有一家驗房企業。