Capitol Police Responded to Wrong Site in Scalise Shooting
- Elite tactical unit first sent to Pelosi’s Georgetown house
- Squad eventually arrived at scene of shooting in Virginia
A view of the baseball field after a shooting during a practice of the Republican congressional baseball team in Alexandria, Virginia, on June 14, 2017.
Photographer: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty ImagesThe U.S. Capitol Police department opened an internal investigation into why its elite tactical team was initially directed to respond to the wrong location when a gunman opened fire last month at a GOP congressional baseball practice, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Instead of responding directly to the Virginia field where House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and several others were shot, members of the Capitol Police Containment and Emergency Response Team were signaled instead to go to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s house in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, several miles away, according to the two people, who asked for anonymity to speak about the sensitive incident.