The first shot sounded like a car backfiring, but the next two, former Texas Rangers coach Larry Hardy knew, were unmistakably from a gun.
Then, it was time to find cover as a lone gunman started spraying the field with bullets.
Hardy was one of the many of people at a baseball field in Alexandria, Va., on Wednesday morning as a group of Republican congressmen practiced for their annual charity game against their Democratic counterparts. He was at the practice serving as a coach with U.S. Rep. Roger Williams, who lives in Weatherford and represents Texas’ 25th district.