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House majority whip Steve Scalise is making “good progress” and has been moved out of the intensive care unit where he’s undergone treatment since being shot in the June 14 attack on Republican congressmen and staffers in Alexandra, Virginia, the MedStar Washington Hospital Center announced Friday:
Congressman Steve Scalise’s continued good progress allowed him to be transferred out of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) on Thursday (June 22). He remains in fair condition as he continues an extended period of healing and rehabilitation.
Scalise, two staffers, and two Capitol Police officers were shot at by James Hodgkinson, an Illinois native with a long criminal record who had become obsessed with the Bernie Sanders campaign, quit his job, and started stockpiling weapons at a Virginia storage unit. Scalise suffered broken bones and internal injuries when he was shot in the hip; the four individuals besides Scalise who were shot have been released from treatment. Hodgkinson was killed at the scene.
