Man in custody after baseball bat attack hurts 2, including intern, at congressman’s Virginia office

Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly’s office in Fairfax, Virginia. Two employees were treated for injuries sustained when a man with a bat walked into the office, asked to see Connolly and struck them. “I have no reason to believe that his motivation was politically motivated,” Connolly said. (Associated Press)

FAIRFAX, Va. — A man with a metal baseball bat walked into the northern Virginia office of U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly on Monday, asked for him, then struck two of his workers with the bat, including an intern in her first day on the job, police and the congressman said.

The attack marked the latest in an uptick in violence aimed at lawmakers or those close to them.