Matt Mika, a lobbyist for Tyson Foods, is in critical condition after he was shot in the chest on Wednesday morning at a congressional baseball practice in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.
Mika was shot multiple times in the chest and is being treated at the George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C. As of Wednesday evening, Mika had undergone surgery and was in the ICU in critical condition, according to a statement from his family.
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Mika was one of at least five people hospitalized on Wednesday after a gunman opened fire on a baseball field where members of Congress and others were practicing for a charity baseball game.
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) was among those shot and was also in critical condition as of Wednesday night.
The shooter, James T. Hodgkinson, died on Wednesday from injuries he sustained while exchanging gunfire with law enforcement officers at the baseball field in Alexandria, Virginia.
Good Lord! They even have to have lobbyists on their Congressional baseball team.
I hope he pulls through and makes a full recovery…
Tyson Foods, a big exporter of chicken to Russia earlier, was hit by the Russian counter-sanctions in 2014 after the annexation of Crimea and Donbass mess. Tyson is a big player in the global meat market and a lobbying goal is ending sanctions against Russia to the extent that it can get back into that market, especially with the ruble’s recovery and imports recovering.
They’re everywhere. Don’t show any emotion.
I don’t normally excuse lobbyists but this young man – and he’s young – had been a Congressional staffer until very recently and had joined this group as a coach, a role that he may have played in prior games. I’ll cut him some slack here. Hope he recovers.