The FBI privately informed GOP congressmen in November 2017 that the bureau determined the baseball field shooting in Virginia that wounded Whip Steve Scalise was “suicide by cop,” a lawmaker revealed on Thursday.

Rep. Brad Wenstrup, an Ohio Republican, broke the news to the public during a House Intelligence Committee meeting, saying the Republicans were alerted of the development approximately five months after a gunman opened fire at the congressional baseball practice in mid-June 2017. Wenstrup’s comments last week were directed at FBI Director Christopher Wray, and his statements led some of his colleagues to condemn the determination.