Steve Scalise in critical condition

US parliamentarian Steve Scalise is in critical condition at the hospital.

The hospital provided no further information. Scalise was hit by the shooter, 66-year-old James Hodgkinson, in his hip, said the police.

The 51-year-old politician was not the only victim of the shooting. Four others were also injured by bullets. The so-called Capitol Police, in charge of the security of the American parliamentarians, shot the attacker. He soon succumbed to his injuries.