Factbox - Five victims in shooting at U.S. Congress baseball practice

FBI technicians examine the outfield area of a baseball field for evidence where shots were fired during a Congressional baseball practice wounding House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S., June 14, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Theiler

(Reuters) - A senior U.S. House member and other victims were rushed to medical facilities with injuries on Wednesday after a gunman opened fire on a baseball field where Republican lawmakers were practicing for a charity game.

The shooter, identified as James Hodgkinson of Illinois, was also taken to a hospital where he later died from gunshot wounds.